From Super Rugby champions to wooden-spooners in three years – that’s the grim reality facing the Queensland Reds. And star playmaker Quade Cooper may not be there to rescue them …
Continue reading Reds eye Super Rugby wooden-spoonCowboys wins during the tough State of Origin representative season can be as hard to come by as snow in tropical North Queensland. In 2013, the club failed to jag …
Continue reading Cowboys look to shake Origin bluesLizette Salas moved into position for her first LPGA Tour victory, playing 25 holes Saturday in 6-under par to take a three-stroke lead at the Kingsmill Championship. The 24-year-old shot …
Continue reading Salas in line for first LPGA winWorld number one Rafael Nadal will battle Novak Djokovic for his eighth Rome Masters ATP title on Sunday after sweeping aside Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-2 in the semi-finals. Defending …
Continue reading Nadal v Djokovic, Serena v Errani in RomeThe Super Rugby Australian conference-leading Brumbies have stumbled to a shock 27-21 away loss to the lowly Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. The Brumbies picked up a bonus point for the narrow …
Continue reading Brumbies upset by CheetahsNew Zealand retained the women’s sevens world series title after beating arch-rivals Australia 29-12 in the final of the fifth and final tournament at Amsterdam. The teams had shared two …
Continue reading NZ retain women’s sevens series crownThe last time Jamie Whincup thought he’d turned the corner in his charge towards a record sixth V8 Supercars crown, he hit a brick wall. So there’s little wonder why …
Continue reading We’re not out of the woods yet: WhincupEngland rugby bosses were left with an anxious wait to discover if fullback Mike Brown would be fit for next month’s tour of New Zealand after he was injured in …
Continue reading Saracens eye rugby doubleThe defensive dam wall finally broke for the Western Force as they crashed to a 24-8 Super Rugby loss to the lowly Stormers in Cape Town. Looking for a franchise …
Continue reading Stormers upset Western Force 24-8The Stormers lifted themselves off the foot of the Super Rugby table by bringing down the high-flying Western Force 24-8 on Saturday. The West Australian side had won seven of …
Continue reading Stormers beat Western Force 24-8MotoGP world champion and present series leader Marc Marquez took pole position for the fifth successive race on Saturday, qualifying fastest for Sunday’s French Grand Prix. The 21-year-old Spanish Honda …
Continue reading Marquez on pole for French MotoGPPakistani cricket turmoil deepened Saturday after an Islamabad high court suspended a management committee appointed by the prime minister and reinstated Zaka Ashraf as chief of the cricket board. Pakistan’s …
Continue reading 3rd return for Pakistan cricket bossToulon head coach Bernard Laporte will be allowed to give his team talk to his players at next weekend’s European Cup rugby final after he had his 16-week suspension lifted …
Continue reading Laporte’s rugby suspension liftedQueensland skipper James Horwill claimed Super Rugby was being ruined and the Reds were “robbed” after a controversial video over-ruling on Saturday night. It was their sixth straight loss, 30-27 …
Continue reading Horwill claims Reds robbed by TMO callFremantle celebrated Matthew Pavlich’s 300-game milestone in grand style with a comfortable 32-point win over AFL heavyweights Geelong at Patersons Stadium on Saturday night. Pavlich booted 3.3 from 16 possessions, …
Continue reading Dockers beat Cats in Pavlich’s 300thThe Sydney Roosters’ NRL pain could turn into more woe for NSW after the visitors suffered a 42-10 mauling by North Queensland and had Blues hopeful Boyd Cordner hobble off …
Continue reading Cordner injured as Cowboys thump RoostersWallabies five-eighth Quade Cooper is set to miss next month’s Test series against France after suffering a serious shoulder injury in Queensland’s 30-27 loss to the Melbourne Rebels. The Rebels …
Continue reading Quade injured in Reds’ loss to RebelsNSW State of Origin coach Laurie Daley could finally crack a smile by Saturday night, with key players Robbie Farah and Paul Gallen giving the Blues reason to believe. Farah …
Continue reading Farah, Gallen star in good news for NSW
