As crazy as it sounds, Fremantle’s history of failure could end up playing an important role in driving the AFL team to long-awaited success. Expansion clubs aside, Fremantle are the …
Continue reading Freo inspired by success-starved veteranBrisbane’s ongoing boardroom and coaching dramas continue to destabilise the AFL club with popular utility Brent Staker the latest player linked with a rival club. Out-of-contract Staker is due to …
Continue reading Lions suffering on shaky AFL groundAs V8 Supercar racing enters its business end, Ford is close to agreeing on a deal to stay in the sport for at least another year. Ford Performance Racing (FPR) …
Continue reading Ford expected to stay in V8s for 2014Brisbane Heat key import Kemar Roach is confident an ambassadorial trip to Papua New Guinea won’t hamper his Champions League Twenty20 campaign. The West Indies paceman has been helping international …
Continue reading PNG trip no burden for Heat’s RoachFormer ASADA chairman Richard Ings says it’s entirely appropriate that Cronulla be allowed to play in the NRL finals despite being at the centre of an ongoing doping investigation. While …
Continue reading Sharks fine to play NRL finals: IngsCoach Des Hasler has faith Canterbury can become the first team to win the NRL from outside the top four as they prepare for Sunday’s elimination clash against Newcastle. No …
Continue reading Bulldogs can defy NRL history: HaslerGold Coast aren’t anticipating a busy AFL free agency and trade period despite the retirement of veteran Jared Brennan on Thursday. Brennan called time on his 173-game career in typically …
Continue reading Suns in no hurry after Brennan retirementPort Adelaide players used to be just hungry. Now, they’re getting greedy for another taste of AFL finals success, coach Ken Hinkley says. Hinkley says his players are far from …
Continue reading Port players greedy for success: HinkleyWests Tigers captain Robbie Farah says he’s concerned about NRL players regularly taking both caffeine and sleeping tablets. Speaking at an anti-doping roundtable alongside disgraced Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson in …
Continue reading Sleeping tablets in NRL a worry for FarahSydney co-captain Jarrad McVeigh believes Hawthorn forward Luke Breust was right to say the lopsided second half of last week’s AFL grand-final rematch was unbefitting of a final. The Swans …
Continue reading Swans weren’t up to finals class: McVeighKeenly aware of the threat from former teammate Greg Inglis, Melbourne warn their strike weapon Billy Slater is getting back to his best for Friday night’s big NRL qualifying final …
Continue reading Storm’s Slater to match it with InglisTriple-premiership AFL players like Steve Johnson hate losing finals matches and the Cats are still stinging from their defeat by Fremantle, Geelong’s football boss Neil Balme says. Fremantle’s upset win …
Continue reading AFL Cats stung by defeatNo.8 Duane Vermeulen will be out to produce a defensive impact against the All Blacks when South Africa try to cement their position at the top of the Rugby Championship. …
Continue reading Boks No.8 out to make impactNick Smith faces a sleepless night in the words of Sydney AFL coach John Longmire, as the unassuming defender prepares for a run-in with Carlton’s mosquito fleet. Smith is regularly …
Continue reading Smith set for Carlton’s AFL mosquito fleetA home-sick Jared Polec is wanted by both South Australian AFL clubs after walking out of his current club Brisbane. Adelaide-born Polec has told Brisbane he wants to return to …
Continue reading SA clubs to bid for Brisbane’s PolecNorth Queensland enforcer Matt Scott is confident he’ll lead the Cowboys into Saturday’s NRL knockout final against Cronulla despite a broken finger. In a major boost to the Cowboys, Scott …
Continue reading Cowboy Scott confident of playing SharksGeelong officials are “pretty optimistic” big forward Tom Hawkins will be fit to play in Friday night’s AFL knockout semi-final but can’t be sure until the morning. Cats’ football boss …
Continue reading Geelong optimistic Hawkins will playMost associate the description of the “mighty mare” with Black Caviar or Makybe Diva but there’s now another who can be described in such a way – Atlantic Jewel. She …
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