While 15-year-old American CiCi Bellis was surprising a grand slam finalist to become the youngest player to win a US Open match since 1996, her father did his best to …
Continue reading Bellis shows old head to win at US OpenThe Wallabies have included injured hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau in their 30-man squad for their Rugby Championship Tests against South Africa and Argentina. The powerful Polota-Nau has been sidelined with a …
Continue reading Tatafu rushed back for WallabiesThe NRL is set to trial a video referee bunker next season amid the ongoing discontent surrounding refereeing decisions. The bunker has been on the agenda for some time but …
Continue reading NRL ref bunker to be trialledNathan Buckley has served AFL premiership fancies a cautionary tale ahead of the last round of the season: don’t lose that winning feeling. The Collingwood coach drew on the club’s …
Continue reading Buckley warns AFL clubs: Don’t let upPat Rafter is considering throwing Sam Groth into the Davis Cup cauldron after watching the big-hitting journeyman blast his way into the second round of the US Open. Groth continued …
Continue reading Groth in line for Davis Cup call-upAll Blacks coach Steve Hansen says special treatment for Sonny Bill Williams is essential to ensure the code-hopping rugby star is ready for New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup defence in …
Continue reading Williams’ exemption important, Hansen saysThe Brumbies have watered down head coach Stephen Larkham’s comments that hardman Pat McCabe has retired, saying the 26-year-old’s playing future hinges on a meeting with the Wallabies’ doctor. McCabe …
Continue reading McCabe’s future hinges on Wallabies doctorInjured Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore will captain the Brumbies for the 2015 Super Rugby season, head coach Stephen Larkham has confirmed. Australia’s most accomplished hooker with 92 Test caps, Moore …
Continue reading Moore named Brumbies captain for 2015Five-time champion Roger Federer advanced to the second round of the US Open on Tuesday with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-4) victory over Australian Marinko Matosevic. Federer was cruising against …
Continue reading Federer beats Aussie Matosevic at US OpenFremantle coach Ross Lyon says skipper Matthew Pavlich will have to complete training on Thursday in order to play in Saturday’s crunch clash with Port Adelaide at Patersons Stadium. Pavlich …
Continue reading Docker Pavlich still in doubt for PowerIt started two metres away from a television in the Cronk family home and where it finishes, not even he knows. Ahead of his 250th game, Cooper Cronk’s love affair …
Continue reading Cronk reflects on 250 game milestoneLast time spinner Nathan Lyon toured Zimbabwe, he won a match for Australia A with a towering six and reckons he almost caused an international incident. “I think Bobby Mugabe …
Continue reading Lyon on a mission in ZimbabwePort Adelaide ace Robbie Gray says wrecking a knee saved his AFL career. Gray believes he wouldn’t have won this season’s AFL Coaches Association’s champion player award if not for …
Continue reading Knee wreck saved my career: Robbie GrayBernard Tomic and big-hitting Sam Groth have joined Samantha Stosur and Casey Dellacqua in the second round of the US Open on another banner day for Australians at Flushing Meadows. …
Continue reading Stosur, Dellacqua, Tomic win at US OpenVeteran Manly prop Jason King has announced he will retire at the end of the Sea Eagles’ tilt for this season’s NRL premiership. The 33-year-old King is in his 14th …
Continue reading Manly’s King to retire after NRL seasonBrisbane have granted midfielder Andrew Raines an immediate release from the club. Raines, 28, was off-contract at season’s end but has been granted an early release by the Lions in …
Continue reading Lions release midfielder RainesBig-hitting Sam Groth has joined Samantha Stosur and Casey Dellacqua in the second round of the US Open on another banner day for Australians at Flushing Meadows. Davis Cup captain …
Continue reading Stosur, Dellacqua, Groth win at US OpenBrumbies and Wallabies outside back Pat McCabe has been forced to retire because of a neck injury. Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham told ABC radio the 26-year-old had decided to hang …
Continue reading Wallaby McCabe retires from rugby union

