Mark Winterbottom says the departure of teammate Will Davison and arrival of young gun Chaz Mostert have made Ford Performance Racing (FPR) a stronger force in 2014. Davison left the …
Continue reading FPR better in V8s without Davison: FrostyWorld No.1 Rafael Nadal breezed into the quarter-finals of the ATP Rio Open on Thursday but admitted that he was still feeling the effects of a back injury. Nadal, in …
Continue reading Nadal in Rio quarters, back still an issueQueensland authorities have identified the primary suspect as 1.84cm tall, 104kg, blondish hair, blue eyes, with a brazen talent to steal rugby balls in broad sight. “David Pocock is a …
Continue reading Reds out to limit Pocock’s thieveryTwo weeks out from the new NRL season, captain Robbie Farah says the Wests Tigers have finally closed the chapter on Benji Marshall’s time with the club. Marshall begins his …
Continue reading We have moved on from Benji: FarahWigan coach Shaun Wane has fond memories of the World Club Challenge but says victory over the Sydney Roosters on Saturday would be the highlight of his career. Wane was …
Continue reading Wigan coach Wane ready for biggest testAs soon as Stephen Hoiles knew he could play rugby again after two games for Randwick last August, he picked up the phone and asked Waratahs coach Michael Cheika for …
Continue reading Hoiles back for Waratahs on benchMelbourne Rebels coach Tony McGahan isn’t letting up on the pressure a week before their Super Rugby opening match against the Cheetahs. The Rebels have the bye this weekend so …
Continue reading Rebels coach McGahan keeps pressure onA brand new Super Rugby season it might be, but Blues pivot Chris Noakes expects the Highlanders to bring a traditional hard-nosed approach when the sides meet in Dunedin. Some …
Continue reading Blues expect bruising Highlanders battleOnce at sixes and sevens about his NRL future, Josh Hoffman said Brisbane’s Auckland Nines success was the catalyst to ending a three-month Broncos contract wrangle. Hoffman had been linked …
Continue reading Hoffman to stay at BroncosWorld No.1 Rafael Nadal stormed into the quarter-finals of the ATP Rio Open on Thursday by hammering Spanish compatriot Albert Montanes 6-1 6-2. Nadal, in his first event since losing …
Continue reading Nadal rolls into Rio tennis quarter-finalsJames Slipper isn’t sure if he’s an ageing 24-year-old or a young 49-Test veteran. But the bustling Wallabies prop can be excused. Considering the games he racked up in 2013 …
Continue reading Slipper primed for another Super yearNo surprise to see that champion filly Guelph returns as the odd-on favourite for the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes at Randwick this weekend. She’s won five of her last …
Continue reading Light Fingers Stakes 2014 – TipsSouth Sydney have suffered a blow ahead of Saturday night’s Charity Shield match against St George Illawarra, with halfback Adam Reynolds ruled out with a knee problem. The Rabbitohs insist …
Continue reading Reynolds ruled out of Charity ShieldIreland rugby coach Joe Schmidt insists nothing in his extensive career will have prepared him for the task of trying to guide his adopted country to a Triple Crown away …
Continue reading Ireland boss Schmidt set for EnglandThe final Group 1 of three scheduled for a bumper Caulfield meeting this Saturday, will be a fantastic edition of the Oakleigh Plate. A full field of seventeen will scorch …
Continue reading Oakleigh Plate 2014 – TipsMoment Of Change will be looking to keep his perfect 1400m record at Caulfield intact and record back-to-back Group 1 victories with success in the Futurity Stakes this Saturday. Punters …
Continue reading Futurity Stakes 2014 – TipsThe cavalry has arrived for Brisbane ahead of Sunday’s AFL pre-season clash with Gold Coast in Townsville. But Lions critic Matthew Lloyd might struggle to provide an accurate pre-season assessment …
Continue reading Big AFL guns return for LionsMelbourne great Jim Stynes will take his place in Australian sport’s Pantheon of champions, to be cast in bronze outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Melbourne Cricket Club has announced …
Continue reading Jim Stynes joins Avenue of Legends


