Hoodoos were meant to be broken in the AFL – just ask Sydney ahead of Saturday night’s Gabba clash with cellar dwellers Brisbane Lions. The last time Brisbane emerged triumphant …
Continue reading Swans wary of dead last LionsOutgoing AFL chief Andrew Demetriou says the price of food at venues is exorbitant and fans should consider bringing their own as a protest. Demetriou’s replacement Gillon McLachlan, who was …
Continue reading AFL boss tells fans: bring your own foodQuietly and efficiently, Hawthorn are rebuilding while at the top of the game. The reigning premiers will hand out their fifth AFL debut of the season against St Kilda on …
Continue reading Hawks’ youthful streak continuesFremantle coach Ross Lyon is super confident star midfielder Michael Barlow will be fit to return for Sunday’s AFL derby against West Coast, while Nat Fyfe is also expected to …
Continue reading Barlow and Fyfe ready for derby showdownAdelaide coach Brenton Sanderson predicts a defensive scrap against Melbourne mastermind Paul Roos in Saturday’s AFL match at Adelaide Oval. Sanderson has trained his charges to play against the Sydney …
Continue reading Crows prepare for scrap with DemonsAbsolute warrior. The ultimate competitor. An inspiration. The Crusaders’ heart and soul. If he hadn’t said it so earnestly, one might think Brumbies director of rugby Laurie Fisher was laying …
Continue reading McCaw an “absolute warrior”: BrumbiesRod Marsh has been appointed Australian cricket’s new chairman of selectors with fellow Test player Mark Waugh joining the four-man committee alongside the recalled Trevor Hohns. Marsh has been elevated …
Continue reading Marsh new CA chairman of selectorsThe second and last day of the Wagga Cup Carnival comes around on Friday with the drawcard event, the $140,000 Listed Duke Of Kent Hotel Wagga Gold Cup (2000m). The …
Continue reading Wagga Cup 2014 day Tips – Wagga Wagga racecourseIt was the chance to play alongside Fijian hero Jarryd Hayne that drew Semi Radradra to Parramatta – now the former mine worker is enjoying a cult following of his …
Continue reading Cult league star Radrada gets supportIt’s win or bust for the NSW Waratahs, whose Super Rugby season goes on the line against the red-hot Hurricanes on Saturday night. The Waratahs face the grim prospect of …
Continue reading Win or bust for the NSW WaratahsFriday’s only AFL Round 7 match is between Carlton Blues and Collingwood Magpies. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7.50pm AEST with the game to be played at MCG. …
Continue reading Carlton Blues vs Collingwood Magpies preview, tips and teams – 2014 AFL Round 7It was a costly outburst but maybe Russell Ingall’s “peanuts” claim towards V8 Supercars officials has delivered results. The veteran driver used the term to describe officials after being given …
Continue reading V8s change penalty systemAlastair Cook said he’d made one of the hardest telephone calls of his career to tell boyhood hero Graham Gooch he was no longer needed by England. Cook, the England …
Continue reading Cook still keen to work with GoochTommy Haas made light of his 36 years to open the defence of his Munich Open title with a 6-2 6-4 win over Colombia’s Alejandro Falla on Thursday. Haas, the …
Continue reading Haas, 36, wins Munich ATP openerNew Zealand Rugby (NZR) boss Steve Tew can imagine Super Rugby expanding beyond 18 teams after its latest metamorphosis is complete. Tew has labelled the expanded four conference model on …
Continue reading Tew says Super Rugby can grow and growNo one is more relieved than teammate Jake Melksham to see Heath Hocking back in the Essendon lineup. The Bombers are on a three-game AFL losing streak and sit uncomfortably …
Continue reading Bombers aim to fly up the AFL ladderTeenagers Paco Climent Gregori of Spain and Russia’s Philipp Aleksanyan have been banned for two years after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said …
Continue reading Teenage duo handed two-year tennis banHighlanders five-eighth Lima Sopoaga is benefiting from regular rugby which could yet thrust him into the international frame according to coach Jamie Joseph. Sopoaga and All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith …
Continue reading Sopoaga fulfilling Super potential: coach

