Multi-millionaire Rick Penn has reportedly purchased his co-owner’s share in the Manly Sea Eagles, a move likely to have significant ramifications for the retention of key players and staff at …
Continue reading New ownership structure for NRL club ManlyThe Essendon players facing potential anti-doping charges want to go before an AFL tribunal as soon as possible. AFL Players Association chief executive Paul Marsh says the 34 current and …
Continue reading ‘Dons want AFL anti-doping hearingTop seeds Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal raced through their Swiss Indoors assignments, spending under an hour each on court and dropping just five games between them. Federer, chasing a …
Continue reading Federer, Nadal race through in BaselYounis Khan has become the first Pakistan batsman to complete the set of hundreds against all nine other Test-playing nations. The 36-year-old veteran of 92 Tests says completing the feat …
Continue reading Younis treasures century against AustThe man who gave Michael Cheika one of his biggest coaching breaks is sure the newly-appointed Wallabies mentor has what it takes to succeed at international level. Leinster chief executive …
Continue reading Former boss backs Cheika to shineRafael Nadal continued his comeback from injury with a 6-1 6-1 win against unheralded Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert to reach the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals. The second-seeded Spaniard, playing just his third …
Continue reading Nadal reaches Swiss Indoors quartersSerena Williams won just two games Wednesday as she crashed to her heaviest defeat in 16 years and raised concerns over a knee injury that could dash her hopes at …
Continue reading Serena slumps to biggest loss in 16 yearsAustralian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo says he wasn’t surprised at Sebastian Vettel’s decision to quit Red Bull, and believes it was triggered by a desire for a new challenge. …
Continue reading Vettel ‘needs new challenge’: RicciardoFijian-born British Army soldier Semesa Rokoduguni is one of three uncapped players included in the England squad named by coach Stuart Lancaster for next month’s internationals at Twickenham. The dashing …
Continue reading Fijian-born soldier called up to Eng squadThe talk leading up to the Dubai Test had been all about spin. But it is pace which has been Australia’s key weapon on day one of the first Test …
Continue reading Johnson stars for Aust against PakistanSerena Williams has admitted her fitness is “nowhere near 100 per cent” as her WTA Finals hopes receded after one of the heaviest defeats of her career. Williams came into …
Continue reading Williams says she’s ‘nowhere near 100%”Pakistan have crawled to a painstaking total of 3-125 at tea on day one of the first Test against Australia in Dubai. In a two-match series in which spin is …
Continue reading Pakistan reach 3-125 at tea against AustMichael Clarke says Mitchell Marsh could end up in his shoes one day as Australia’s Test captain. Marsh’s dad, the former Australia vice-captain and ex-national coach Geoff Marsh, has told …
Continue reading Marsh gives son Mitchell some adviceSenior Essendon official Neil Craig is adamant that James Hird will be their AFL senior coach next season. Hird’s future in the role appeared tenuous at the start of this …
Continue reading Hird will coach ‘Dons in AFLCollingwood coach Nathan Buckley remains bullish about his team, warning the Magpies’ return to AFL power can come quicker than expected. Apart from finishing outside the top eight this season, …
Continue reading Buckley talks up ‘Pies in AFLQueensland may have claimed a morale-boosting one-run win over one-day cup favourites Western Australia, but it came at a cost with the competition’s leading run-getter Usman Khawaja suffering a suspected …
Continue reading Khawaja injured in Qld one-day winCronulla Sharks boss Steve Noyce has been let go by the NRL club in a management restructure. Noyce’s chief executive role has been made redundant with the club set to …
Continue reading Noyce moved aside in Sharks restructureOne-time major winner Charl Schwartzel will be desperate to prove a point this week when he lines up at the $1.75 million Perth International at Lake Karrinyup, starting on Thursday. …
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