Former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka has refused to blame a pedestrian performance in her US Open quarter-final defeat on food poisoning suffered the day before. Azarenka, bidding to reach a …
Continue reading Azarenka refuses to blame loss on sicknessKei Nishikori has become the first Japanese man for almost a century to reach the US Open semi-finals after securing an epic 3-6 7-5 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 win …
Continue reading Nishikori powers into US Open semisArgentina have made two changes to the side that almost upset South Africa to face the All Blacks in their Rugby Championship Test in Napier on Saturday. No.8 Leonardo Senatore …
Continue reading Pumas make two changes for All BlacksGeoff Ogilvy is aiming to complete one of the great golf comebacks by winning the FedEx Cup just a month after facing playoff oblivion. Before teeing it up at the …
Continue reading Comeback golfer Ogilvy targets FedEx CupThe Seattle Seahawks are solid favourites to start their quest for back-to-back Super Bowls with a Week 1 win over the Green Bay Packers when the new NFL season commences …
Continue reading 2015 Super Bowl XLIX odds have Seattle Seahawks on topJason Day admits he’s annoyed there aren’t more trophies in his cabinet. While world No.6 Day takes plenty of positives from contending in the opening two US PGA Tour playoffs …
Continue reading Driven Jason Day targets No.1The Roosters continued to march strongly toward the finals registering their fifth straight win over the highly rated Melbourne Storm last Saturday night, 24 – 12. Despite being forced into …
Continue reading Sydney Roosters vs South Sydney Rabbitohs 2014 NRL Round 26 preview, tips and teamsMichael Vaughan is calling on England to be ruthless by sacking captain Alastair Cook to salvage any chance of winning next year’s World Cup. Vaughan is convinced that if England …
Continue reading Vaughan calls for Cook to goBeauden Barrett’s hold on the All Blacks’ five-eighth jersey may last just a week. The 23-year-old Taranaki pivot will start in the No.10 shirt for the first time in Saturday’s …
Continue reading Barrett gets chance as All Blacks’ pivotIt wasn’t Jimmy Anderson, but Australian destroyer Mitchell Johnson has broken the arm of an opponent. Ryan McLaren, the South African allrounder who is all too familiar with Johnson’s thunderbolts, …
Continue reading Johnson breaks South African’s armThe Wallabies’ backs no longer have to talk themselves up – Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer has done it all for them. While Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie admits he’s still looking …
Continue reading Boks nervous over ‘brilliant’ Aussie backsThe Wallabies’ backs no longer have to talk themselves up – Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer has done it all for them. While Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie admits he’s still looking …
Continue reading Boks nervous over “brilliant” Aust backsMitchell Pearce has bounced back from the toughest period of his life to become a player who can lead the Sydney Roosters to back-to-back NRL titles, coach Trent Robinson says. …
Continue reading In Pearce we trust, says RobinsonEkaterina Makarova has reached the first grand slam semi-final of her career with a 6-4 6-2 victory over former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka. “I’m feeling amazing – finally I’m in …
Continue reading Makarova books US Open semi-finalRod Laver did it in tennis, now Australian ace Mitchell Johnson is chasing a cricket grand slam. The Test spearhead is determined to enhance his reputation as the best fast …
Continue reading Johnson chasing cricket grand slamBeauden Barrett will start as the All Blacks’ first five-eighth for the first time in Saturday’s Test against Argentina. The 23-year-old Taranaki pivot is one of three changes for the …
Continue reading Barrett to start at No.10 for All BlacksEurope will be taking five vice captains to the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, with Padraig Harrington, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Jose Maria Olazabal added to the list of Paul McGinley’s …
Continue reading Europe name five Ryder Cup vice captainsReligious comments by Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad to Sri Lanka player Tillakaratne Dilshan after their one-day international last Saturday are being investigated by the Pakistan Cricket Board. While the players …
Continue reading Pakistan probe into religious issue

