Johnathan Thurston has added to Australia’s injury crisis ahead of the Kangaroos’ defence of their Four Nations title later this month. The North Queensland playmaker has withdrawn from coach Tim …
Continue reading Thurston adds to Kangaroos’ injury woesA question mark remains over the short-term future of captain Johan Botha and Tim Ludeman after they pulled out of South Australia’s domestic one-day clash with Western Australia in Brisbane …
Continue reading Botha, Ludeman out injured for SAJohnathan Thurston has been ruled out of Australia’s Four Nations campaign with a shoulder injury. Thurston joins a long line of Kangaroos who will miss the six-week tournament, beginning in …
Continue reading Thurston ruled out of Four NationsStar filly First Seal will chase her second Group One win in as many weeks when she takes on the males in Saturday’s Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick. The John …
Continue reading First Seal accepts in 2014 Spring Champion Stakes FieldOrganisers of Formula One’s Japanese Grand Prix have come under attack with former world champion Alain Prost weighing in to decry errors leading up to the crash that left French …
Continue reading Prost criticises F1 over Bianchi crashAustralians Thanasi Kokkinakis and Sam Groth have both suffered first-round losses at the Shanghai Masters. Groth went down 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 to Slovakia’s Martin Klizan, while Kokkinakis was beaten by …
Continue reading Murray wins Shanghai openerA total of 72 horses remain in contention for the Melbourne Cup after first declarations were taken on Tuesday. Third declarations were also taken for the other two spring features, …
Continue reading Melbourne Cup 2014: 72 runners still hope to make FieldThe streets of the world’s holiest city have been closed for two days, not for a religious ceremony but to welcome the roar of a Formula One show. In the …
Continue reading Drivers roar past holy sites in JerusalemFrench Formula One driver Jules Bianchi remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital in Japan after suffering a traumatic brain injury, his family and the hospital say. “Jules …
Continue reading Bianchi has traumatic brain injury: familyEDS: Note language in 8th, 11th and 14th pars LONDON, Oct 7 AFP – Kevin Pietersen’s monopoly of the airwaves and printed media regarding his claims of bullying in the …
Continue reading Claims made against Pietersen via emailNew Zealand rugby league coach Stephen Kearney is resigned to being without star hooker Issac Luke for the Kiwis’ opening Four Nations match against Australia later this month. Luke received …
Continue reading Luke-less Kiwis still confidentBillionaire businessman James Packer is on the verge of finalising negotiations to buy Peter Holmes a Court’s stake in the premiership-winning South Sydney Rabbitohs, it’s been reported. The move would …
Continue reading Packer tipped to buy into RabbitohsThe Dubai pitch for Sunday’s Twenty20 game was a “bunsen burner” and Tuesday’s deck for the opening one-dayer in Sharjah was also a delight for spinners. However Australia’s left-arm quick …
Continue reading Pace plays role in UAE seriesIt was fitting that Steve Smith reached his maiden one-day century in Sharjah with Dean Jones, the scorer of one of Australian cricket’s most talked-about hundreds, looking on. Jones’s 210 …
Continue reading Steve Smith beats heat for fine centuryPakistan’s batsmen have crumbled to 162 all out as Australia scored a crushing 93-run in their opening one-day clash in Sharjah. Steve Smith scored 101, his maiden ODI hundred, in …
Continue reading Aust power to strong win over PakistanSteve Smith scored his maiden one-day international century as Australia overcame a slow start to post a competitive total of 8-255 in Tuesday’s clash with Pakistan. Smith’s superb knock of …
Continue reading Steve Smith hits 101 against PakistanBen Melham is growing in confidence by the day that multiple Group One winner Dissident will be strong over the Cox Plate distance. His opinion will be put to the …
Continue reading Cox Plate 2014: Dissident to face 2000m test at CaulfieldSteve Englebrecht is as thankful as he is relieved to have Blake Shinn continue an association with his stable at Warwick Farm. Confirming he is one of Sydney most sought-after …
Continue reading Shinn rides luck with Englebrecht stayer
