Casey Dellacqua’s six-game winning streak came to an abrupt end at the hands of an even bigger improver on the women’s tennis tour, the Australian easily dispatched by Simona Halep …
Continue reading Dellacqua streak ends with Halep lossZoustar returns to racing and lines up against a quality field in the Canterbury Stakes this Saturday at Randwick. He opened $2.50 in early markets on Wednesday evening and although …
Continue reading Canterbury Stakes 2014 – TipsA great collection of 3yo’s has come together for what is the highlight of the Randwick card this Saturday, the Group 1 Randwick Guineas. New Zealander Trainer Murray Baker will …
Continue reading Randwick Guineas 2014 – TipsIt’s great to be able to refer to Buffering as a triple G1 winner. He’ll line up for start number thirty-nine in the G2 Challenge Stakes this Saturday where is …
Continue reading Challenge Stakes 2014 – TipsA competitive edition of the Alister Clark Stakes will see a full field of fourteen runners take part. The only filly likely to race, the second filly be an emergency, …
Continue reading Alister Clark Stakes 2014 – TipsJames Hanson’s surging sideline try and a non-stop 60-minute performance hasn’t saved the Reds hooker who has been dropped for Queensland’s Super Rugby clash with the Sharks in Durban. Hanson …
Continue reading Reds make three changes for SharksCurse, voodoo, call it what you like, but the Warriors are adamant there’s a simple answer to ending their barren NRL run at Eden Park – put out their A …
Continue reading Warriors play down Eden Park curseBig serving Canadian Milos Raonic powered past fifth-seeded Andy Murray 4-6 7-5 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters. Raonic, playing his first tournament …
Continue reading Raonic upsets Murray in California tennisBoth sides deemed it a worthwhile exercise, but the rain-hit Twenty20 clash between Australia and South Africa in Durban almost didn’t go ahead. Play was delayed for two and a …
Continue reading Match referee overruled umpires: DomingoBrad Hodge joked after his recall to the national Twenty20 side that it took Jesus three days to rise after death, while it had taken the 39-year-old some six years. …
Continue reading Hodge stars, Aust win rain-hit T20 gameBrad Hodge starred in the shortest Twenty20 match ever played by Australia, as the tourists posted a thrilling five-wicket victory over South Africa in Durban. Play was due to start …
Continue reading Aust beat Sth Africa in rain-marred T20Havana’s easy four-length victory at Canterbury on Wednesday was more than usually satisfying for his co-breeder Paul Favretto and fellow owners including Arrowfield and Blue Sky Thoroughbreds. The handsome 3YO …
Continue reading Starcraft’s son targets Autumn richesChampion unbeaten mare Zarkava safely foaled a colt by champion sire Redoute’s Choice on Monday morning at the Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval in France. The colt is described by …
Continue reading To Redoute’s Choice & Zarkava, a coltSeveral NRL clubs including Cronulla and South Sydney are circling Canterbury prop Sam Kasiano, who could find himself forced out of Belmore as a result of Andrew Fifita coming on …
Continue reading NRL clubs circle Bulldog KasianoCrusaders coach Todd Blackadder admits his team may have underestimated the Melbourne Rebels in their two Super Rugby meetings. The Rebels scored a 28-19 upset in 2012, a result that …
Continue reading Crusaders giving Rebels due respectPakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez hopes Shahid Afridi will be fit in time for the World Twenty20 after the hard-hitting allrounder delayed his departure to Bangladesh. Afridi played in the Asia …
Continue reading Hafeez hopes Afridi gets fit before T20WCIn the uncertainty brought by the biggest suite of rule changes to hit Formula One in a generation – perhaps ever – one thing is certain: Ferrari is hungrier than …
Continue reading Ferrari ready to fire in F1 openerFans of Israel Folau may disagree but AFL boss Andrew Demetriou believes off-contract code hopper Karmichael Hunt’s achievements may never be rivalled in Australia. And while Demetriou reckoned Hunt had …
Continue reading Hunt justified AFL price tag: Demetriou


