Casey Stoner will become the youngest rider to be officially recognised as a MotoGP legend when he’s inducted into the Hall of Fame at Phillip Island next week. The recognition …
Continue reading Stoner to be named MotoGP LegendA – David Warner says former Test captain Mark Taylor has helped him realise he needs to grow up and knuckle down to his career. Struggling national team batsman Warner …
Continue reading I was a pest and need to mature: WarnerExperienced back-rower Todd Lowrie has been granted a release from the final year of his contract on compassionate grounds. The former Newcastle, Parramatta and Melbourne player is expected to join …
Continue reading Warriors back-rower Lowrie granted releaseCaulfield Guineas favourite Long John has been the best backed runner in the Group 1 feature with Sportingbet in the past 24 hours firming from $4.40 into $4. $200 CAULFIELD …
Continue reading Caulfield Guineas 2013: Punters come for Long JohnMark Thompson is expected to be announced on Thursday as Essendon’s interim coach. The AFL club have called a media conference for 4pm (AEDT). Bombers coach James Hird is serving …
Continue reading Bombers set to make Thompson AFL coachCameron Smith insists he will be a Melbourne player next year and dismissed the idea of leaving the Storm before the end of his current deal, but remained coy on …
Continue reading Smith vows to be a Storm player in 2014Alex Tagliani will replace three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti in the October 19 season-ending IndyCar race at Fontana. Franchitti remains hospitalised with two fractured vertebrae, a broken ankle and …
Continue reading Tagliani in for Franchitti at IndyCar raceHawthorn have secured the services of young ruckman Ben McEvoy from St Kilda in exchange for midfielder Shane Savage and the No.17 draft pick overall. McEvoy, 24, played all 22 …
Continue reading Hawks secure McEvoy from SaintsThe parents of Tohu Harris, the fall guy in superstar back-rower Sonny Bill Williams’ Rugby League World Cup selection backflip, have cancelled flights they booked to watch their son play …
Continue reading Harris’ parents deflated by SBW ejectionA cracking field of seventeen will line up for this year’s Toorak Handicap, among them, seven individual Group 1 winners. Solzhenitsyn, who won this race last year defeating Spirit Song …
Continue reading Toorak Handicap 2013 – TipsThe sprinting feature at Caulfield on Saturday is the Schillaci Stakes. Black Caviar won this race in 2010 and 2011 with Buffering claiming the title last year, meaning the last …
Continue reading Schillaci Stakes 2013 – TipsThe staying feature of the day at Caulfield is the Herbert Power Stakes. A strong overseas influence is present with six of the eleven runners have commenced their careers on …
Continue reading Herbert Power Stakes 2013 – TipsPractice makes perfect – or so Craig Lowndes hopes. The Holden veteran made an impressive start to his quest for a sixth Bathurst 1000 title by topping the timesheets at …
Continue reading Lowndes tops opening Bathurst practiceMelbourne’s Chris Connolly, the man who copped the biggest punishment from the tanking investigation into the AFL club, has lost his job. Connolly’s position as general manager of club development …
Continue reading Demons’ Connolly loses job at AFL clubControversial decision-review technology Hot Spot has been dumped by the Nine Network for the second leg of the Ashes. The Australian inventor of the technology, Warren Brennan, confirmed to Fairfax …
Continue reading HotSpot ‘axed for Ashes’Roger Federer says he draws huge motivation from the fervent support he receives in China despite his slip from the pinnacle of the men’s game. The Swiss has formed a …
Continue reading Federer overwhelmed by support in ChinaFormer top-ranked player Carlos Moya is set to replace Alex Corretja as captain of Spain’s Davis Cup team. Moya’s appointment is expected to be announced formally on Thursday. He will …
Continue reading Moya to be named Spain’s Davis Cup captainKiwis coach Stephen Kearney doesn’t expect Sonny Bill Williams’ belated callup for the World Cup to impact negatively on team culture. In fact, he’s predicting the opposite. Star second-rower Williams …
Continue reading SBW won’t harm Kiwis culture: Kearney
