Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has no qualms about leaving All Blacks captain Richie McCaw on the bench for Saturday’s Super Rugby semi-final against the Chiefs in Hamilton. Blackadder stuck with …
Continue reading Crusaders’ McCaw on bench for Chiefs semiAll season, the Brisbane Lions have been trying to turn around their horror starts to AFL games. Yet Lions defender Matt Maguire admitted he had no clue what Brisbane were …
Continue reading Lions must overcome horror AFL startsWest Coast coach John Worsfold is confident Daniel Kerr can power through his ongoing knee issues to reproduce his trademark brilliance next year. Kerr is set to miss Sunday’s AFL …
Continue reading Eagle Kerr down but not out of AFLBrett Stewart has hit out at the NRL’s statisticians and says he won’t consider himself Manly’s record try-scorer if he surpasses Steve Menzies’ milestone of 151 four-pointers for the Sea …
Continue reading Stewart backs Menzies on Manly try recordHawthorn are set to green-light Lance Franklin for action in their monster top-of-the-ladder AFL clash on Friday night. Franklin has missed the past two weeks with a knee problem, but …
Continue reading Hawks’ Franklin set to play: ClarksonThe playing return of Fremantle midfielder Anthony Morabito could be put on hold until next year as the Dockers take an extra cautious approach with the unlucky 22-year-old. Morabito, who …
Continue reading Dockers extra cautious with MorabitoFelipe Massa returns to Budapest – scene of his darkest hour in Formula One – this weekend intent on a form revival to help safeguard his future with Ferrari. The …
Continue reading Massa looking for Budapest F1 boostChampion South African winger Bryan Habana says he still hopes to play in the 2015 Rugby World Cup after completing his move to big-spending French Top 14 club Toulon. The …
Continue reading France-bound Habana eyes RWC15Brisbane have suffered a blow ahead of their must-win NRL clash with North Queensland in Townsville on Friday night with ex-Test prop Ben Hannant again succumbing to a calf injury. …
Continue reading Broncos rule out Hannant for Cowboys clashPort Adelaide don’t have a discipline problem despite losing a third player in three weeks to AFL suspension, coach Ken Hinkley says. And Hinkley says he won’t carpet the latest …
Continue reading Port not ill-disciplined: coach HinkleyWestern Bulldogs’ skipper Matthew Boyd says he just wants to get on with playing football again and won’t wear any protective headgear on Sunday in his AFL comeback after missing …
Continue reading Boyd returns for Bulldogs in AFLThe feature race at Caulfield on Saturday will be the running of the Bletchingly Stakes. Peter Moody won this race last year with Ready To Rip and this year, will …
Continue reading Bletchingly Stakes 2013 – TipsAFL boss Andrew Demetriou says he didn’t tip off Essendon as he didn’t know which club was under investigation by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA). Demetriou has acknowledged he …
Continue reading Demetriou denies tipping off EssendonCollingwood’s clash with winless Greater Western Sydney on Saturday looms as the calm before the storm as a tough run home puts the Magpies in a fight to confirm their …
Continue reading Tough run has Magpies in AFL finals fightLleyton Hewitt is through to his third quarter-final in his past four events after reaching the last eight at the Atlanta Open. Continuing his good form ahead of the US …
Continue reading Hewitt through to Atlanta quarter-finalsDavid Warner showed why he must be rushed back for Australia’s Ashes rescue mission, delivering the big hundred selectors have been demanding from their underperforming batsmen. Warner appears set for …
Continue reading Warner set for Test recall with Aust A tonPakistan scrambled to a four-wicket victory off the second last ball in the fifth and final one-day international against the West Indies on Wednesday at the Beausejour Stadium in Saint …
Continue reading Pakistan win ODI series 3-1 in WindiesAlbert Montanes of Spain upset top-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-4 on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Croatia Open tennis tournament. Montanes was up 3-1 in the …
Continue reading Top seed Gasquet beaten at Croatian tennis


