Travis Auld has quit as Gold Coast chief executive to become part of the AFL’s 11-person executive team. AFL chief Gillon McLachlan announced the appointment on Thursday, stressing that Auld …
Continue reading AFL appoints Auld to executive teamCollingwood midfielder Dane Swan concedes an enforced lay-off may have come at a good time after being ruled out for a month with a foot complaint. Swan has struggled to …
Continue reading Collingwood’s Swan to miss a month of AFLGold Coast have made only two NRL finals series in eight years under John Cartwright but the Titans are stressing their comprehensive club review is not a coaching witch hunt. …
Continue reading Titans review is no Carty witch hunt: CEOGeneralife is destined to race in the shadow of more celebrated stablemates. But there is a strong chance the sprinter can figure for the second time as an important horse …
Continue reading Spotlight on Generalife in Winter Stakes FieldLeading trainer Tony Gollan has had a bumper season for two-year-old winners but he believes he has saved one of the best for last with maiden galloper Yeager. The clash …
Continue reading Gollan chasing more juvenile success at Eagle Farm racecoursePhillip Stokes has his first Adelaide trainers’ premiership wrapped up but he also hopes to add to his tally of winners across the border in Melbourne on Saturday. Stokes has …
Continue reading Stokes after more Melbourne success at Flemington racecourseThere is something different about Press Report that is welcome news for Lee Curtis as the trainer puts the filly on a course for the Golden Rose. “She always showed …
Continue reading Press Report set to make headlines: CurtisLast year Brumbies back Robbie Coleman was best described as a handy utility, getting the odd gig off the bench. But the try-scoring pocket rocket has been in such hot …
Continue reading Brumbies opt for Coleman over TomanePopular jockey Peter Robl will weigh up his next career move following confirmation his riding days are over. Robl visited a medical specialist on Thursday to gauge how his body …
Continue reading Injured Robl calls time on riding careerEarly Golden Rose favourite Earthquake is an unlikely runner in the $1 million race with her spring campaign focused on Group One racing against fillies. Earthquake heads betting on the …
Continue reading Earthquake favourite for $1m Golden Rose 2014Greg Inglis is in the best shape he’s ever been in after a State of Origin series, says South Sydney coach Michael Maguire. Maguire was an assistant at Melbourne under …
Continue reading Inglis in best post-Origin shape: MaguireSkipper Nick Riewoldt won’t be following retiring AFL fan favourite Lenny Hayes out the door at St Kilda. Coach Alan Richardson says Riewoldt remains locked in to leading the struggling …
Continue reading Riewoldt locked into leading Saints in AFLThe return of co-captain Ben Smith from illness has boosted the Highlanders ahead of their Super Rugby play-off match against the Sharks in Durban. The All Blacks fullback was hospitalised …
Continue reading Smith back to boost HighlandersSuperstar playmaker Johnathan Thurston has a blunt message to his Cowboys teammates: your time starts now. After a diabolical campaign on the road in 2014, the Cowboys enter Friday night’s …
Continue reading Thurston urges Cowboys to lift in NRLGlobal management company IMG has confirmed its split with Bernard Tomic, just as the troubled Australian tennis star scored his first back-to-back match wins since January. The agency used Twitter …
Continue reading Split with Tomic mutual, says IMGHawthorn will welcome back Josh Gibson for their blockbuster AFL clash with Sydney on Saturday week, with the defender declaring himself fit to play. The match pits the flag favourites …
Continue reading Hawks’ Gibson fit to face Swans in AFLNorth Melbourne veteran Brent Harvey has one goal in mind in signing a new one-year deal – and it’s not the 400 AFL games milestone. Harvey said the desire to …
Continue reading Veteran Harvey signs for 20th AFL seasonPort Adelaide’s Dom Cassisi wanted to play forever, but can’t. But North Melbourne’s ageless Brent Harvey just might. And Western Bulldog great Bob Murphy has at least one more year …
Continue reading Cassisi retires, Harvey and Murphy play on


