Australian Open smokey Juan Martin del Potro has an equipment crisis, revealing he’s down to just two racquets five days out from the season-opening grand slam in Melbourne. Del Potro …
Continue reading Del Potro not quite making a racquetSydney Roosters great Brad Fittler says he would love to line up alongside Sonny Bill Williams at the Auckland Nines but concedes it’s unlikely. Fittler has been lured out of …
Continue reading SBW unlikely to plan Nines, says FittlerAs the seeds continued to tumble at the Sydney International, world No.6 Petra Kvitova avoided the carnage to emerge as the title favourite. Second-seeded Kvitova was the first woman through …
Continue reading Kvitova avoids carnage at Sydney tennisTwo gutsy breakthrough wins have Sam Stosur believing her season is finally spluttering into life in time for her Australian Open campaign. Stosur followed up a scrappy first round effort …
Continue reading Gutsy wins have Stosur’s belief backMelbourne Stars allrounder James Faulkner says it’s a sign of how well his unbeaten BBL side is performing that they can drop a player as good as paceman Clint McKay. …
Continue reading Stars out to continue BBL dominanceAustralian tennis teen Jordan Thompson has fallen just short of a massive upset in his clash with world No.9 Richard Gasquet at the AAMI Classic at Melbourne’s Kooyong. The Frenchman …
Continue reading Aussie teen just misses Classic upsetBulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova has set up a semi-final showdown with title favourite Petra Kvitova at the Sydney International after a surprise win over third seed Sara Errani. Second-seeded Kvitova …
Continue reading Pironkova to meet Kvitova in Sydney semisTop seed Juan Martin del Potro has overcome a sluggish start to his season to safely progress to the quarter-finals of the Sydney International. Playing his first match of the …
Continue reading Del Potro into Sydney quarter-finalsThe West Indies, with centuries to Kirk Edwards and skipper Dwayne Bravo, have given themselves a fighting chance of squaring their one-day cricket series against New Zealand. The tourists, down …
Continue reading West Indies set NZ 364 to win one-dayerTrainer Bryan Guy is dismayed by claims his filly Stroak is not brilliant enough to win Saturday’s $2m Magic Millions Classic on the Gold Coast. Stroak is currently at $12 …
Continue reading Magic Millions Classic 2014: Stoak has the speedAmong the rich and famous at Saturday’s Magic Millions day will be three Brisbane rugby mates living their dream. James Connolly, Brendan Foster and Joe Lloyd were friends during their …
Continue reading Magic Millions Guineas 2014: Charlie Boy gives rugby mates a thrillSecond seed Petra Kvitova is the first woman through to the semi-finals of the Sydney International after removing fellow Czech Lucie Safarova in straight sets. The highest-ranked player left in …
Continue reading Kvitova into Sydney semi-finalsJapan No.1 Kei Nishikori is targeting an Australian Open quarter-final berth at a minimum after a promising start to the new year. Nishikori on Wednesday won his opening match at …
Continue reading Japan’s Nishikori eyes Open quartersTop seed Samantha Stosur has called on all her fighting abilities to down Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic in a heartstopping third-set tiebreaker at the Hobart International. Stosur saved two match points …
Continue reading Fighting Stosur comes back from brinkBrad Fittler’s anticipation of having Sonny Bill Williams alongside him for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Auckland Nines appears forlorn. Williams’ manager Khoder Nasser has told TVNZ that the …
Continue reading Manager says SBW skipping NinesCoach Andy Flower on Wednesday dismissed reports that he issued an ultimatum to England cricket chiefs over misfiring star batsman Kevin Pietersen as “totally inaccurate”. English media said Flower was …
Continue reading Flower slams ultimatum talk over PietersenAs England put in one woeful performance after another during their Ashes tour of Australia, star batsman Kevin Pietersen was causing coach Andy Flower quite some bother. Now, according to …
Continue reading KP and Flower flashpoint came in the AliceIn-form galloper Sistine Demon is back from a freshen-up following his hat-trick of city wins and will be set for the $260,000 Listed Kilmore Cup in February. Sistine Demon completed …
Continue reading Sistine Demon aimed for Kilmore Cup 2014

