Pakistan’s disgraced former captain Salman Butt says he expects his country’s cricket board to help him get an early end to his ban for spot-fixing. Butt was banned in September …
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Joe Tomane admits triumphing in the fierce selection battle between Wallabies wingers can be bittersweet when it comes at the expense of his “fro bro” Henry Speight. The Brumbies duo, …
Continue reading Wallaby Tomane chases World Cup dreamJames Hopes worked tirelessly in a losing Sheffield Shield effort against Western Australia but the Queensland skipper wants his team to bounce back against NSW at the Gabba with some …
Continue reading Hopes wants Qld to lift off canvasFrance number one Jo-Wilfried Tsonga admitted it was with “fear and excitement” he was anticipating their Davis Cup final clash against Switzerland later this month. Tsonga, ranked 12th in the …
Continue reading ‘Fear and excitement’ for French Davis CupTouring with the Wallabies beats toiling away in the mines but Josh Mann-Rea doesn’t want to just make up the numbers in Europe. The 33-year-old hooker became Australia’s oldest debutant …
Continue reading Mann-Rea digging deep for starting spotCoach Vern Cotter is being heralded for turning around Scotland’s Test rugby fortunes as well as providing an insight on how to tackle the All Blacks at Murrayfield. Scottish captain …
Continue reading Kiwi Cotter’s Scottish impact hailedNRL boss Dave Smith says the league’s reaction to South Sydney rising star Kirisome Auva’a’s assault of his ex-girlfriend does not smack of double standards. The same day the NRL …
Continue reading Smith rejects NRL double standards claimHe can strike some lusty blows with the bat, but Nathan Coulter-Nile knows it’s his menace with the ball that will decide whether he gets a World Cup ticket. Coulter-Nile …
Continue reading Coulter-Nile eyes off World Cup ticketA coach’s education is never complete, according to Trent Robinson, so the NRL premiership-winning Sydney Roosters mentor jumped at the chance to sit in on the Wallabies’ first steps under …
Continue reading Robinson a fly on wall with WallabiesThe disconnect between players and their boards at the lower end of Test cricket has come to the fore once again, with Zimbabwe’s franchise cricketers refusing to take the field …
Continue reading Money row hits Zimbabwe cricketRoger Federer is on the verge of qualifying for the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals after cruising to a 6-3 6-2 victory over Japan’s Kei Nishikori at London’s O2 …
Continue reading Federer close to ATP semi-final spotOpener Tom Latham hit a maiden hundred but Pakistan still managed to secure a big lead in their bid to win the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi. …
Continue reading Pakistan in control of Test with NZBoth the Kiwis and the Kangaroos are talking each other up ahead of the Four Nations final in Wellington, but they aren’t talking to each other yet. Players from both …
Continue reading Four Nations final talkfest warms upOpener Tom Latham hit a career best 87 amidst a wicket slide to take New Zealand to 5-186 at tea on the third day of the first Test against Pakistan …
Continue reading NZ struggle to 5-186 against PakistanFringe Test bowler Steve O’Keefe has cut down South Australia’s batsmen to deliver NSW a 168-run Sheffield Shield triumph. Chasing 330 to win, SA crashed to 161 all out – …
Continue reading O’Keefe stars as NSW beat SA in ShieldThe worst kept secret in the NRL has finally been confirmed – Cronulla have signed Ben Barba on a three-year NRL deal. Twelve months after arriving at Brisbane with a …
Continue reading NRL’s Cronulla confirm Barba signingTest forward Sam Thaiday has urged Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens to retain their winning formula for Saturday night’s Four Nations final against New Zealand in Wellington. Which is bad news …
Continue reading Thaiday wants Roos coach to keep faithNew Zealand were struggling at 3-81 at lunch on the third day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar took two wickets …
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