Australians Matthew Ebden and James Duckworth lost second-round matches on Thursday at the Claro Open tennis tournament in Colombia. Ebden was defeated 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 by local player Alejandro Falla, …
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Hawthorn remain unsure when star forward Lance Franklin will return to their AFL side. Franklin missed last weekend’s win over Port Adelaide with a knee injury and has not recovered …
Continue reading Hawks unsure when Buddy back in AFLPort Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says he’s disappointed at the inconsistency of the match review panel and wants the AFL to find a better system. Hinkley’s master tagger Kane Cornes …
Continue reading AFL match review panel inconsistent: PortThey lined up four rows deep, craning their necks for a glimpse of Nick Faldo, Tom Watson and Fred Couples walking onto the first tee at the British Open. Turns …
Continue reading Old timers take British Open centre stageEssendon coach James Hird has hit out at what he calls innuendo, half-truths and lies spread about him and his AFL club over the supplements saga. Hird has maintained a …
Continue reading Emotional Hird on defensive over sagaFormer champion Louis Oosthuizen was forced to withdraw from this year’s British Open Championship on Thursday after playing his tee shot at the par five, ninth hole. The South African …
Continue reading Injured Oosthuizen out of OpenFrank-Paul Nuuausala has credited the Sydney Roosters with keeping him out of prison and said he owes his NRL career to former club captain and assistant coach Craig Fitzgibbon. The …
Continue reading Roosters saved me from jail: NuuausalaCrusaders coach Todd Blackadder rates the Queensland Reds a clever side who will be difficult to overcome in the Super Rugby elimination final on Saturday. The Reds haven’t won in …
Continue reading Crusaders rate Reds attacking playbookFormer champion Mark O’Meara, fresh from a four under par 67, on Thursday criticised golfers who “whine a lot” after some British Open competitors suggested that conditions were unfair. “Everybody’s …
Continue reading O’Meara slams Open whinersSteve Smith’s remarkable reincarnation as a spinner at Lord’s has kept Australia’s Ashes hopes alive and improved his stock as a future Test captain. Reeling from a Peter Siddle no …
Continue reading Smith spins Australia back into TestJason Day will have x-rays next week on a niggling wrist injury that has cast a cloud over his British Open campaign. In the meantime, the Australian world No.9 faces …
Continue reading Wrist injury hurts Day’s Open hopesAdam Scott emerged relatively unscathed on a fiery Muirfield afternoon as American Zach Johnson seized a one-shot lead in the British Open first round on Thursday. Of the 12 Australians, …
Continue reading Scott solid as Zach Johnson leads OpenWorld number one Tiger Woods said Thursday he was very happy with a two under 69 in the first round of the British Open, especially given the lightning quick greens …
Continue reading Woods ‘very pleased’ with Open startRoger Federer had few problems as he breezed into the quarter-finals of the Hamburg ATP tournament with a straight sets third-round win over Czech opponent Jan Hajek on Thursday. The …
Continue reading Federer into Hamburg quartersBenji Marshall says a contract ultimatum from the Wests Tigers pushed him out the door of the NRL club. Marshall claimed on Thursday, three days after declaring his shock intention …
Continue reading Tigers forced me out says MarshallBrumbies veteran Clyde Rathbone has been promoted to the starting side at the expense of Wallabies winger Joe Tomane for the Super Rugby qualifying final against the Cheetahs on Sunday. …
Continue reading Brumbies’ Tomane benched for RathboneSurprise packet Steve Smith took three crucial wickets late on day one to revive Australia on day one of the second Test at Lord’s. A Peter Siddle no ball had …
Continue reading Smith gives Australia the late edgeDaniel Ricciardo topped the times on the second day of the young driver test at Silverstone, but was quicker in his Toro Rosso than during his audition for a 2014 …
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