Ricky Ponting has scored a century in his final first-class cricket match. Playing for English county Surrey, Australia’s former Test captain hit Nottinghamshire’s left-arm spinner Samit Patel for four late …
Continue reading Ponting hits ton in final first-class gameRace 7 – 3:53PM DOUGHERTY CONSTRUCTIONS 100TH GRAFTON CUP (2350 METRES) Of $150,000.1st $90,000, 2nd $30,000, 3rd $15,000, 4th $7,500, 5th $3,000, 6th $1,500, 7th $1,500, 8th $1,500, Starter Subsidy …
Continue reading Grafton Cup 2013 – resultsFoundation Western Force back-rower Richard Brown is the latest Australian to announce he’ll continue his career in Japan. After eight seasons with the Perth-based Super Rugby franchise during which he …
Continue reading Brown to leave Western Force for JapanEnglish Premier League clubs have been urged to invest in the future rather than the present if they are to escape a web of spiralling debt. Simon Chadwick, Professor of …
Continue reading Clubs can ‘invest in future; escape debt’Australian leg-spinning great Shane Warne is to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame during the second Ashes Test. Warne, credited with reviving interest in leg-spin outside Asia, was …
Continue reading Warne set for ICC Hall of Fame inductionNewcastle boss Alan Pardew has warned clubs targeting his biggest names they will have to “blow the doors off” to stand any chance of landing them. Pardew is desperate not …
Continue reading Toon have no need to sell: PardewSt Kilda have recalled forward Stephen Milne for their AFL match against Carlton at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night. Milne has missed the Saints’ past three matches – given leave …
Continue reading St Kilda name Milne to face CarltonAaron Woods says he’s preparing to play in the State of Origin decider although deep down hopes he’ll be 18th man for NSW next Wednesday. The Wests Tigers prop had …
Continue reading Blues hopeful of Gallen’s fitnessLast round’s 32-0 humbling at the hands of Melbourne still irks the Broncos. But it is another result that haunts Brisbane as they look to make amends without their State …
Continue reading Baby Broncos must come of age: GriffinGreater Western Sydney’s list manager Stephen Silvagni says the Giants are considering offering the AFL’s top draft pick in a bid to recruit Hawthorn’s Lance Franklin. “It might be free …
Continue reading Giants ponder No.1 draft pick for FranklinThe fear of NSW building their own State of Origin dynasty will spur Queensland on to clinching an eighth straight series win in Sydney next week, Maroons veteran Brent Tate …
Continue reading Fear of NSW dynasty spurs Maroons: TateBrownlow medallist Shane Crawford has completed a gruelling 3600 kilometre charity bike ride across the country, prompting calls for him to be dubbed Australian of the Year. Crawford began the …
Continue reading Crawford completes 3600km charity rideBenji Marshall remains in the Blues’ sights, although coach Sir John Kirwan admits there’s only a slim chance of convincing the West Tigers star to join his New Zealand Super …
Continue reading Blues admits luring Marshall ‘a hard ask’Richmond AFL coach Damien Hardwick says he’s more concerned with stopping Gold Coast’s Brownlow Medal favourite Gary Ablett than pondering whether the Tigers have a Cairns hoodoo. Sixth-placed Richmond’s deal …
Continue reading Tigers laugh off Cairns’ AFL hoodooBerrick Barnes says sayonara to the NSW Waratahs this weekend and the Wallabies utility says he’s leaving with no regrets. Barnes, 27, remains hopeful, if not overly optimistic, about adding …
Continue reading Barnes says sayonara to WaratahsStand-in skipper James Slipper insists there’ll be no hangover from the British and Irish Lions series as the Queensland Reds chase a Super Rugby home qualifying final with victory over …
Continue reading Reds pumped for Waratahs, says SlipperAndrew Horrell returns as fullback in one of six changes to the Chiefs’ starting line-up for their Super Rugby match against the Blues in Auckland on Saturday night. Horrell has …
Continue reading Horrell back as Chiefs make six changesMelbourne Storm and former NSW State of Origin coach Craig Bellamy says the NRL should take a leaf out of rugby union’s book and suspend regular-season club games while the …
Continue reading Bellamy says suspend NRL games for Origin

