The Immigration Department thought the case was “borderline” for granting Pakistani leg spinner Fawad Ahmed a permanent visa and then Australian citizenship, according to media reports. The Pakistan-born cricketer last …
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Formula One may need to reconsider its decision to award double points for the final race of the season after a fan backlash, according to Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff. …
Continue reading Mercedes F1 boss questions points changesSwingman Jarrad Waite has elected to step down from Carlton’s AFL leadership group this year. Long considered one of the Blues’ most important players, Waite has regularly battled injuries, limiting …
Continue reading Waite out of Blues’ AFL leaders’ groupA small but smart field has gathered for the running of the Manfred Stakes, a race which has been promoted to Group 3 status after being run as a Listed …
Continue reading Manfred Stakes 2014 – TipsAll eyes will be on promising sprinter Lord Of The Sky here. He ran a very good time on a substandard track at his last start and his trainer Robbie …
Continue reading WJ Adams Stakes 2014 – TipsThe quality 2yo racing continues at Caulfield this weekend with the running of the G3 Chairman’s Stakes. Gai Waterhouse’s Nayeli, an impressive winner at her only start in Sydney, is …
Continue reading Chairman’s Stakes 2014 – TipsAustralian captain Pat Rafter has instructed his unfancied Davis Cup side to throw caution to the wind in a bid to unsettle World Group heavyweights France. Australia’s long-awaited return to …
Continue reading Australia to go for broke in Davis CupBritish former Formula One world champion Jenson Button has made up for being unable to get out on the track on the first day of pre-season testing in the new …
Continue reading Button fast, Vettel struggles at testingInternational Winger of the Year Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is set for a surprise return from injury for the Sydney Roosters in the World Club Challenge. The Kiwi representative suffered a leg …
Continue reading Tuivasa-Sheck set for Roosters returnTwenty-two sixes in Australia’s opening Twenty20 international victory had England skipper Stuart Broad wondering about the dimensions at Bellerive. Australia and England hit 11 over the boundary rope each, the …
Continue reading Six-fest has Broad questioning BelleriveStuart Hogg has been restored to the Scotland line-up in one of four changes announced by Aussie coach Scott Johnson for the Six Nations opener against Ireland in Dublin on …
Continue reading Hogg back for Scotland at Lansdowne RoadAllrounders Ryan McLaren and Wayne Parnell have been named in South Africa’s squad as they prepare for Tests against Australia. The Proteas hope the two batsmen will be contenders to …
Continue reading McLaren, Parnell in Proteas squadWorld No.1 Rafael Nadal doesn’t intend to make any changes to his schedule, despite being hampered by a back injury in losing the Australian Open final to Stanislas Wawrinka. The …
Continue reading No rest plans for Nadal after back injuryCameron White justified his return to the national side with a brilliant batting display as a new-look Australia downed England by 13 runs on Wednesday in their opening Twenty20 clash …
Continue reading White blasts Aust to T20 win over EnglandMahela Jayawardene became Test cricket’s sixth-highest run-getter with a glorious unbeaten double-century as Sri Lanka compounded Bangladesh’s misery on Wednesday in the first Test in Dhaka. Mahela Jayawardene’s 203 and …
Continue reading Sri Lanka embarrass Bangladesh in TestCollingwood have announced Scott Pendlebury will be the AFL club’s captain for this season, replacing Nick Maxwell. Pendlebury, a dual Collingwood best and fairest winner, will be joined in the …
Continue reading Magpies name Pendlebury as AFL captainAshes player of the series Mitchell Johnson is among 31 players who have attracted the highest base price of around $US320,000 ($A365,735) for next month’s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. …
Continue reading Johnson in top bracket for IPL auctionAllrounders Ryan McLaren and Wayne Parnell were named on Wednesday as South Africa’s contenders to fill the huge void left by the retirement of Jacques Kallis. McLaren and Parnell, who …
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