Ken Hinkley reckons it’s over-rated. Kane Cornes says it’s irrelevant. The Port Adelaide coach and stalwart dismiss any theory of inside knowledge in Sunday’s AFL elimination final against Richmond. Hinkley …
Continue reading Port and Richmond links over-rated: PowerBeauden Barrett will start at five eighth for the first time in his 23-Test career when New Zealand plays Argentina in their Rugby Championship clash in Napier on Saturday. The …
Continue reading Barrett gets start as All Blacks playmakerSidelined halfback Will Genia and Brumbies flyers Henry Speight and Joe Tomane have been cleared to use the National Rugby Championship as a launching pad for Wallabies selection. The backline …
Continue reading Genia set for return in NRCFremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich says he won’t draw on the pain of last year’s grand final loss as the AFL club attempts to break their 20-year premiership duck. The Dockers’ …
Continue reading Dockers won’t draw on AFL GF heartacheRichmond hold no fears travelling for their elimination final with Port Adelaide, with coach Damien Hardwick admitting the match is a chance to right two wrongs from last year. The …
Continue reading Hardwick: Dropping Foley a mistakeBe warned England. Serving up more slow, dry wickets next Ashes series may not be enough to blunt the fearsome threat from Mitchell Johnson. Breaking bones and sending stumps flying, …
Continue reading Johnson’s Ashes warning for EnglandPort Adelaide’s sole premiership survivor Kane Cornes has a message for his callow teammates: embrace the pressure. But Cornes, who will equal Port’s club record for most finals played in …
Continue reading Port must embrace AFL finals heat: CornesSerena Williams has roared back from an early deficit to defeat Flavia Pennetta 6-3 6-2 and book a US Open semi-final clash with giant-killer Ekaterina Makarova. Williams, the two-time defending …
Continue reading Serena Williams surges into US Open semisLeeds have sprung to the defence of full-back Zak Hardaker, suggesting he may be the victim of a witch-hunt over further allegations of homophobic abuse. The 22-year-old England international served …
Continue reading UK league player ‘witch-hunt victim’Ian Bell has been ruled out of England’s fifth and final one-day international against India at Headingley with a broken toe. The batsman’s injury was due to be assessed during …
Continue reading Bell ruled out of final England-India ODIThe previous time North Melbourne got to the AFL finals, the players were shot – mentally and physically. This time, they hope, things will be very different against Essendon at …
Continue reading North much better prepared for AFL finalsLawyers acting for former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns are pushing for Lou Vincent to be prosecuted by British police for match fixing. Vincent, a former international teammate of Cairns, …
Continue reading Cairns’ lawyers want Vincent prosecutedSteve Smith might have been hard done with his omission from the team to face Zimbabwe, but the talented right-hander must put runs on the board if he’s to convince …
Continue reading Smith needs big score in ODI finalThe world’s highest rated sprinter returns to racing at Moonee Valley this Saturday where, under set weight conditions, he’ll start the raging odds-on favourite to record his seventh consecutive victory. …
Continue reading McEwan Stakes Tips – 2014Punters are sticking with Chris Waller’s Weary in this weekend’s Tramway Stakes despite the former import not running up to expectations last start in the G2 Warwick Stakes where as …
Continue reading Tramway Stakes Tips – 2014She was scratched from the G2 Silver Shadow Stakes to avoid the wet track and although there is every chance we’ll be faced with the similar conditions again come Saturday’s …
Continue reading Furious Stakes Tips – 2014Gai Waterhouse won this race last year with eventual Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente and will be hoping history can repeat itself as this year; she has entered the current Melbourne …
Continue reading Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes Tips – 2014With six of the nine runners entered for this weekend’s Chelmsford Stakes, trainer Chris Waller would have to rate his chances of winning the Group 2 feature pretty high but …
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