AFL multicultural ambassador Bachar Houli says he’s yet to speak to St Kilda counterpart Ahmed Saad over the Saint’s positive test to a banned substance, but has promised his support. …
Continue reading Houli to offer support to Ahmed SaadChiefs coach Dave Rennie has kept faith with the team that downed the Crusaders 20-19 in last week’s Super Rugby semi-final, naming the same line-up for Saturday’s final against the …
Continue reading Chiefs stick with tried and true line-upJohn Isner, fresh off a seventh ATP title, fired 19 aces on Wednesday to beat qualifier Alex Kuznetsov 7-6 7-6 at the ATP and WTA Washington Open. Eighth-seeded American Isner, …
Continue reading Rain hits ATP’s Washington eventThe Western Force will have a distinct South African flavour next season after adding another two players from the Rainbow Nation to their Super Rugby squad. Former Stormers centre Marcel …
Continue reading Force turn to South African playersMartina Hingis won in her return to the WTA Tour, teaming with Daniela Hantuchova for a 6-1 6-1 victory over Julia Goerges and Darija Jurak on Wednesday in the Southern …
Continue reading Hingis wins in WTA comebackAustralian Bernard Tomic and other tennis players defended their sport and the tour’s updating of anti-doping information on Wednesday in the wake of drugs cases involving 15th-ranked Croatia’s Marin Cilic …
Continue reading Tennis is mainly clean: playersBenji Marshall is hoping he can round off his glittering rugby league career with a second World Cup triumph for New Zealand, if given the green light to take part …
Continue reading Marshall wants Kiwis RLWC swansongAustralian Open champion Victoria Azarenka celebrated her 24th birthday with a 6-2 6-3 defeat of fellow grand slam winner Francesca Schiavone to reach the quarter-finals of the Southern California Open. …
Continue reading Azarenka celebrates birthday in styleIs the risk worth the reward? That’s what West Coast are weighing up as they prepare to make a decision on whether to play star ruckman Nic Naitanui again this …
Continue reading Sore Naitanui eager to return this yearCollingwood skipper Nick Maxwell says allegations – strongly denied by the club – that the Magpies used illegal sports supplements wouldn’t affect their AFL clash with under-siege Essendon on Sunday. …
Continue reading Maxwell still respects EssendonBroncos coach Anthony Griffin has welcomed back English international centre Jack Reed from injury weeks ahead of schedule for their crunch NRL clash in Newcastle on Friday night. But the …
Continue reading Reed in, Hannant chance for BroncosAustralia is in danger of having its smallest-ever contingent in the Internationals team at golf’s Presidents Cup team when they take on the Americans for the 10th time. Adam Scott …
Continue reading Few Aussies to play in Presidents Cup golfBrett Rumford says his game isn’t close to where he needs it to be to bank win number three for 2013 at the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational, but it …
Continue reading Rumford needs lots of luck at WGCEnglish Premier League new boys Cardiff on Wednesday signed Tottenham defender Steven Caulker for a club record fee believed to be in excess of STG8 million ($A13.53 million), the BBC …
Continue reading Cardiff sign Spurs defender CaulEssendon coach James Hird says his home has never been raided by the Australian Federal Police, as claimed by former Bombers fitness coach Dean Robinson. Robinson, in an explosive paid …
Continue reading Hird denies his house was raidedAdam Scott will use this week’s World Golf Championships to tighten up his target golf as he prepares for a big finish to his season. A winner of this $A9.82 …
Continue reading Scott back on target at WGCThe 2013 US Open singles champions will earn a record $US2.6 million ($A2.88 million) apiece this year. A player who loses in the first round of singles at Flushing Meadows …
Continue reading US Open singles champ to get record $2.88mAfter a near six-year absence, former world No. 1 Martina Hingis is ready for a comeback to the WTA Tour. But Hingis, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, insists her …
Continue reading Hingis insists comeback limited to doubles


