No Benn Robinson, no Henry Speight and just hold your horses Matt Toomua. Michael Cheika’s first Wallabies’ Test team looks much the same as Ewen McKenzie’s last but the new …
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Without hitting a ball, Phil Hughes’ Test stocks have risen. The batsman was a touring spectator to Australia’s batting carnage in the humbling 2-0 series loss to Pakistan. “It was …
Continue reading I’m ready for Test recall: Phil HughesCricket great Allan Border has nominated classy all-rounder Glenn Maxwell as the X-factor to lead Australia to a first-ever one-day World Cup crown on home soil. Australia have won the …
Continue reading Maxwell Australia’s World Cup key: BorderSonny Bill Williams has barged another door down in his remarkable sporting career, earning an instant recall to the All Blacks’ top team. Williams will start at inside centre against …
Continue reading SBW and Cruden to start for All BlacksSean McMahon’s dream year continues after the rising Melbourne Rebels flanker was named to make his Test debut with a Wallabies starting role against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday. New …
Continue reading McMahon to start for Wallabies v WalesRicky Ponting had little interest in revisiting the Monkeygate scandal of 2008, in the headlines again amid the release of Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography. Ponting and Adam Gilchrist come under criticism …
Continue reading Ponting not interested in Monkeygate talkVeteran recruit Willie Mason has promised to bring mongrel and intimidation to Manly’s NRL pack, filling a gap left by good friend Anthony Watmough. As the 34-year-old Mason arrived at …
Continue reading Mason promises to add mongrel to ManlyMichael Clarke believes Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson would be a worthy winner of the international cricketer of the year award. Johnson is in line to join former Australian captain …
Continue reading Clarke backs Johnson for cricket awardSauber Formula One team announced on Wednesday that Brazil’s Felipe Nasr will drive for them in 2015 joining fellow new recruit Marcus Ericsson. The 22-year-old Nasr has been working as …
Continue reading F1 team Sauber sign Nasr for 2015Former skipper Ricky Ponting says questioning Michael Clarke’s Australian captaincy credentials is ridiculous. Clark was left bewildered when, on his arrival home from Australia’s crushing 2-0 series loss to Pakistan …
Continue reading Former captains back Michael ClarkePopular Tasmanian galloper The Cleaner will be back in Melbourne for the Group One Emirates Stakes which has attracted a capacity field. The Mick Burles-trained The Cleaner captured the racing …
Continue reading Full field declared for G1 2014 Emirates Stakes FieldA field of 13 has accepted for the $1 million Darley Classic, including Irish sprinter Slade Power. A winner of the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and July Cup at his two …
Continue reading Slade Power draws gate 4 in 2014 Darley Classic FieldAn autopsy on Melbourne Cup favourite Admire Rakti has revealed the Japanese stayer died of heart failure. “(The horse’s death) is caused by a large heart mass, a really rapid …
Continue reading Heart failure claimed Cup fav: autopsyTrackwork rider Willie Hulbert’s calming influence on horses has earned his father Peter an impressive new stable acquisition in Salut The Solution. Although now a six-year-old, Salut the Solution has …
Continue reading Soothing hands key for Salut The SolutionClarry Conners will make sure he is standing far away from rival trainer John Sargent when they leg their jockeys aboard for the VRC Oaks. Conners saddles up Yesterjoy at …
Continue reading Clarry Conners looking for VRC Oaks 2014 joyA Melbourne Cup day win was a new experience for country trainer Gwenda Johnstone. But she will be back at Flemington on VRC Oaks day with a runner in a …
Continue reading Johnstone after fourth win in Greys Challenge 2014Joe Pride’s decision to steal a nap on a flight from Melbourne to Sydney on Wednesday had an unwanted aside. He woke to find the plane descending towards a foreign …
Continue reading Ball Of Muscle won’t be caught nappingTrainer Robert Heathcote was furious after Queensland racing officials scrapped an open company race in Brisbane for the second week in a row. Racing Queensland deleted a 1050m event from …
Continue reading Heathcote fuming after Doomben race dumped
