Trainer Guy Walter is on track to end a hoodoo and make amends in the Group One Epsom Handicap after the favourite Toydini won the Group Three Cameron Handicap at …
Continue reading Toydini storms into Epsom Handicap 2013 favouritismFormer Collingwood sports science director David Buttifant has joined AFL rivals Carlton, continuing his association with Blues’ coach Mick Malthouse. Malthouse, who coached Collingwood from 2000 to 2011, guided the …
Continue reading Buttifant joins Blues’ AFL medical staffCoerced by skipper Paul Gallen into taking the field last weekend, Cronulla prop Andrew Fifita admits he didn’t want to play in the opening weekend of the NRL finals for …
Continue reading Fifita ready to make amends against ManlyStatistics mean nothing to Newcastle stand-in skipper Jarrod Mullen – and just as well. Looking at the Knights’ form in Melbourne – or lack thereof – ahead of Saturday night’s …
Continue reading Knights not fazed by Melbourne recordCarlton defender Jeremy Laidler wants a new AFL home after managing just one game this season under coach Mick Malthouse. Laidler is one of eight Blues players who are leaving …
Continue reading Blues’ Laidler wants an AFL moveSydney ventured into enemy territory on Wednesday, with coach John Longmire and co-captain Jarrad McVeigh vowing the AFL’s reigning premiers will embrace the hostility awaiting in Perth. The Swans are …
Continue reading Hampered Swans go west with no AFL worriesBrett Kirk led Sydney inspirationally to the 2005 premiership and throughout his 241-game AFL career, but is now having a big say in plotting their 2013 downfall. Kirk joined Ross …
Continue reading De Boer praises AFL influence of KirkTop seed Sorana Cirstea crashed out of the Guangzhou Open in the first round on Tuesday, but British number one Laura Robson powered through as she looks to repeat last …
Continue reading Cirstea crashes out of Guangzhou OpenThe odds keep leaning Hawthorn’s way, with Geelong star Corey Enright ruled out of Friday night’s blockbuster AFL preliminary final. Enright was always in serious doubt for the MCG clash, …
Continue reading Cats confirm Enright to miss big AFL finalMotoGP rookie sensation Marc Marquez will call on the expertise of dual world champion Casey Stoner to help him conquer Phillip Island at next month’s Australian motorcycle grand prix. The …
Continue reading Marquez to learn from MotoGP champ StonerJohn Coleman wasn’t big on training and he certainly wasn’t a fan of umpires. But the AFL’s four-time leading goalkicker could certainly pull a crowd, in life and even 40 …
Continue reading John Coleman leaps into AFL eternityInjured Cronulla star Todd Carney is undergoing six hours of treatment a day in a desperate bid to play finals footy. Just not this week however. While refusing to put …
Continue reading Carney focused on next week, not FridayA handy field of sixteen stayers line up for a crack at the Newcastle Cup and ultimately, a shot at the G1 Metropolitan Handicap in little over two weeks time. …
Continue reading Newcastle Gold Cup 2013 – TipsIt was murder on a church floor. But the Americans haven’t killed the groove of the Australian Steelers murder ball – aka wheelchair rugby – team despite beating them in …
Continue reading USA beats Aust in wheelchair rugby openerNewcastle may be running on old legs but defending champions Melbourne aren’t going to alter their game plan to try to exploit that in their NRL semi-final. Ahead of their …
Continue reading Storm say old Knights are no NRL weaknessIt may have taken a few days, but North Queensland have finally admitted the seventh-tackle refereeing howler did not cost them the NRL elimination final against Cronulla. “I want to …
Continue reading Cowboys concede try didn’t cost them finalAnother piece in the 2014 V8 Supercars drivers’ puzzle is officially in place after Mercedes young gun Tim Slade was confirmed as veteran Russell Ingall’s replacement at Holden. But frustrated …
Continue reading Slade set to swap Mercedes V8 for HoldenDual acceptor Hawkspur is one of nine horses paid up for the Group One George Main Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. One of four Chris Waller-trained gallopers in the weight-for-age …
Continue reading Hawkspur among Waller team for George Main Stakes 2013

