All Blacks great Dan Carter will go head to head with code hopper Karmichael Hunt in Friday night’s Super Rugby pre-season trial between the Crusaders and the Queensland Reds. The …
Continue reading Carter to start for Crusaders v Qld RedsGreg Chalmers is determined to prove he can bring his Australian form to the US PGA Tour as he lines up for a rare start at Torrey Pines. The 41-year-old …
Continue reading Chalmers gets late entryLydia Ko might be golf’s youngest-ever world No.1, but she has shown she can be a star-struck fan herself. Ko rates the message from fellow New Zealand teenager Lorde as …
Continue reading Lydia Ko adjusting to life as golf No.1Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus survived 26 aces and saved a match point to upset top-seeded Ivo Karlovic from Croatia in the second round of the Zagreb Indoors on Wednesday. Baghdatis, …
Continue reading Top-seed Karlovic out in Zagreb quartersThe ATP says it is looking at the circumstances of a Tunisian tennis player’s retirement from a match after winning the first set in a French tournament on Wednesday, citing …
Continue reading ATP to query Tunisian player’s withdrawalTiger Woods says he doesn’t have chipping yips. But the former world No.1 has all but written off his chances of winning this week’s US PGA Tour event at Torrey …
Continue reading Tiger Woods caught between two swingsCharlie Sifford, the first African-American golfer on the US PGA Tour and in the World Golf Hall of Fame, has died aged 92. Sifford, a pioneer in breaking the colour …
Continue reading PGA barrier-breaker Charlie Sifford diesAnother modest summer showing hasn’t dented Samantha Stosur’s confidence as she prepares to lead Australia into battle against fierce Fed Cup rivals Germany this weekend. Alicia Molik’s side faces the …
Continue reading Stosur confident ahead of German battleWorld No.1 Rory McIlroy has been spared a protracted legal battle ahead of the US Masters in April, settling a case with his former management company in a deal understood …
Continue reading McIlroy settles case with former agentsCharlie Sifford, who only wanted a chance to play and broke the colour barrier in golf as the first PGA Tour member, died Tuesday night, the PGA of America said. …
Continue reading Trailblazing golfer Charlie Sifford diesExperienced left-hander Richard Green has warmed up for the Victorian Open at Thirteenth Beach with an extremely rare hole-in-one at a par-four during Wednesday’s pro-am. Green took the driver from …
Continue reading Albatross for Green at Vic Open pro-amFive-time British Open champion Peter Thomson says greeting great mate Kel Nagle after he won the same tournament in 1960 was the happiest moment of his golfing life. Thomson was …
Continue reading Nagle gave Thomson his happiest momentThe NRL has sacked its commercial manager Paul Kind. The long-serving staffer had been with the NRL since 2002, various media outlets reporting he was let go on Wednesday because …
Continue reading NRL sacks commercial managerConvicted drug dealer Danny Wicks has been cleared to return to the NRL and take up a one-year deal with the Parramatta Eels. The Eels on Wednesday announced the 29-year-old …
Continue reading Wicks cleared for NRL returnKarmichael Hunt will start at five-eighth for the Queensland Reds in Friday night’s Super Rugby trial against the Crusaders after a change of heart from coach Richard Graham. The No.10 …
Continue reading Hunt to play No.10 for Reds in trialHurting from the lightweight barbs, St George Illawarra five-eighth Gareth Widdop says his club’s much-maligned forwards have sharpened up their game ahead of the 2015 NRL season. With backline stars …
Continue reading Dragons forwards feel the pain in NRLThe Queensland Reds forward pack will receive a timely boost this week with three key names – including recruit Adam Thomson – set to be named for their final Super …
Continue reading Reds forwards pumped over Thomson arrivalTest spinner Nathan Lyon will return for NSW in their first match following the Sheffield Shield break while last-start centurion Kurtis Patterson is facing the axe. Lyon, emerging Australian paceman …
Continue reading Lyon to return for NSW Shield side
