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English prop James Graham has been named Canterbury’s player of the season at the NRL club’s awards night. The 28-year-old, in his second year with the Bulldogs, won the Dr …
Continue reading Graham named Bulldogs’ NRL best in 2013Roger Federer crashed out of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday at the hands of flamboyant Frenchman Gael Monfils – another damaging defeat in a miserable season for the Swiss great. …
Continue reading Federer crashes out of Shanghai MastersAdam Scott has been further honoured for smashing Australia’s biggest sporting hoodoo by becoming the first golfer to claim The Don award. Scott ended 77 years of green and gold …
Continue reading Masters champ Scott wins Don AwardIndia’s record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar announced on Thursday that he would retire after playing his 200th cricket Test match next month. “It’s been a huge honour to have represented my …
Continue reading Tendulkar to retire next monthBradley-John Watling hit his second Test century as New Zealand’s lower order frustrated Bangladesh’s bowlers on the second day of the first Test in Chittagong on Thursday. The South African-born …
Continue reading Watling ton helps NZ to 469 v BangladeshFernando Alonso on Thursday said Sebastian Vettel’s superior Red Bull was a major factor in his dominance of Formula One, insisting it was too early to judge the German who …
Continue reading Jury still out on Vettel: AlonsoSt Kilda admit trading quality young AFL ruckman Ben McEvoy to premiers Hawthorn has left them light on for big men but say they had to get creative to climb …
Continue reading Saints admit McEvoy AFL trade tough callCrashing out at Mount Panorama practice not once, but twice on Thursday was hard enough to swallow. But the Mercedes team believes it was behind the eight ball from the …
Continue reading Mercedes sees red at Bathurst practiceCricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland admits it’s highly unlikely real time Snicko will be part of the decision review system for the coming Ashes series. Responding to news that …
Continue reading Snicko unlikely to replace Hot SpotNew North Queensland coach Paul Green has arrived in Townsville ready to do things by the book – Trent Robinson’s book, to be exact. Green knows he’s faced with a …
Continue reading Green to channel Robinson’s winning waysMotoGP front-runner Marc Marquez escaped a grid penalty on Thursday over a high-speed collision, boosting his chances of extending his championship lead this week in Malaysia. Officials handed the 20-year-old …
Continue reading Marquez escapes MotoGP grid penaltyWhile most drivers were seeing red, four-time champion Jamie Whincup was making his V8 Supercars rivals green with envy as he topped the practice timesheets at the Bathurst 1000 on …
Continue reading Whincup fastest in Bathurst V8 practiceNew Essendon coach Mark Thompson is on a quest to win respect – and hopefully a premiership – for the AFL club next year. And with his coaching passion back, …
Continue reading Thompson wants respect for AFL’s BombersSpeculation Sonny Bill Williams is set to return to rugby has intensified after the cross-code superstar was filmed meeting Chiefs head coach Dave Rennie. Williams and his agent Khoder Nasser …
Continue reading SBW in talks with NZRUNew Zealand stuttered to 9-378 at lunch on the second day of the first cricket Test against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. After losing three wickets …
Continue reading Watling boosts Black Caps totalThey’ve slipped into world rugby’s middle ground – well behind the mighty All Blacks and rejuvenated Springboks – but the Wallabies aren’t about to settle for being cruiserweights. Nor bide …
Continue reading Wallabies won’t bide time for World CupAustralia’s Ashes preparations have been kicked into gear, with a brains trust meeting in Sydney seeking ways to overcome the Test team’s batting inconsistency. Head coach Darren Lehmann has stayed …
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