Pat Cummins will step up his bid to reclaim a Test berth in a two-day match against India that starts on Friday at Adelaide Oval. Australian paceman Cummins earlier this …
Continue reading Pat Cummins to play India tour gameEven after a full season of football, taking on the mantle of Geelong’s first top 10 AFL draft pick since Joel Selwood in 2006 would carry a burden of expectation. …
Continue reading Cats pounce on Cockatoo at AFL draftIndia’s final tour match before the first Test has been called off following the death of Phillip Hughes. The visitors were slated to start a two-day game against a Cricket …
Continue reading India tour game cancelled, players grieveCricket’s saddest day ended with a numbing, ironic postscript – Phillip Hughes had won his fight. Just hours after Hughes succumbed to the most freakish of sports injuries, it came …
Continue reading Hughes’ death brings cricket to its kneesNext week’s first Test between Australia and India should go ahead because Phillip Hughes would have wanted it to go ahead. That is the opinion of national selector Mark Waugh, …
Continue reading First Test trivial as Aus cricket weepsCricket stars from around the world have expressed their shock at the death of Phillip Hughes. England players, many of whom played with the 25-year-old in county cricket, took to …
Continue reading Cricket world mourns HughesPaddy McCartin is now the face of the rebuild at AFL strugglers St Kilda. As expected, the Saints used the No.1 pick at the national draft to recruit the 18-year-old …
Continue reading McCartin to lead the new Saints in AFLTheir eyes said it all. One by one Australia’s cricketing elite filed out of St Vincent’s Hospital, unable to hold back their grief after saying their last goodbyes to their …
Continue reading Hughes’ mates say their last goodbyeSt Kilda have named key forward Paddy McCartin as the No.1 pick in this year’s AFL national draft. There had been considerable speculation for several weeks about who the Saints …
Continue reading McCartin is AFL top draft pickMost people across Australia feeling sadness and some wrench of loss at the death of cricketer Phillip Hughes didn’t know him – but we feel like we did. Hughes was …
Continue reading Hughes’ loss will be felt by manyAdam Scott faces a fight to avoid missing the Australian Open cut for the first time in his 15-year professional career after enduring a horror start on Thursday. As American …
Continue reading Scott in battle at the Australian OpenBatting icon Sachin Tendulkar led tributes in India on Thursday for Australian opener Phillip Hughes, calling the death of his former teammate a “sad day for cricket”. “Shocked to hear …
Continue reading Tendulkar says Hughes death a sad dayThe first day of India’s tour match has been called off following the death of Phillip Hughes. The visitors were slated to start a two-day game against a Cricket Australia …
Continue reading India tour game on ice as players grieveMichael Clarke has often been the man for a crisis but never before has he stood so strong. The Australian Test captain has earned plaudits for leading like never before, …
Continue reading Michael Clarke a rock in Hughes tragedyAustralia team doctor Peter Brukner has revealed Phillip Hughes died from an injury which had only occurred once before in cricket. After being hit in the neck by a bouncer, …
Continue reading Hughes killed by freak injuryFAMOUS SPORTING DEATHS Sadly, deaths in the sporting arena at the elite level are not uncommon. PETER BROCK (Touring cars) The V8 Supercars Hall of Famer was killed in 2006 …
Continue reading High-profile deaths in sportAs news filtered through of Phillip Hughes’ death, his hometown of Macksville fell into a shocked silence. “Everyone is beside themselves. The town has gone quiet. The streets are empty,” …
Continue reading Hughes’ death sweeps across MacksvilleWallabies coach Michael Cheika believes Will Skelton is slowly getting to grips with international rugby and hasn’t given up on luring the giant lock’s younger, bigger brother back to Australia. …
Continue reading Skelton to benefit from Wallabies tour

