Leading from the front has been Michael Clarke’s trademark since taking over as captain, but if tour match form is anything to go by, the superstar batsman won’t be a …
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Essendon coach James Hird says he’s not worrying about the prospect of losing premiership points when the ASADA investigation into his AFL club’s supplements program wraps up. Hird was saying …
Continue reading Hird not concerned about points threatFormer All Blacks wing Hosea Gear is primed to play probably his last Super Rugby game in New Zealand on his old home ground on Saturday night. Gear will run …
Continue reading Hosea Gear primed for maybe last NZ matchAshleigh Barty missed a chance to reach a second doubles semi-final at Wimbledon as she and fellow Australian John Peers bowed out of the mixed event. The pair down went …
Continue reading Barty misses Wimbledon mixed doubles semisFormer Black Caps skipper Daniel Vettori has ruled himself out of a New Zealand Cricket retainer contract for the coming season as he recovers from achilles surgery. The 34-year-old left-arm …
Continue reading Vettori opts out of NZ contractWest Bromwich Albion says it has signed former Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka to a one-year contract as it prepares for the next Premier League season. The 34-year-old …
Continue reading West Brom signs Anelka in one-year dealEverything appears to be going to script for defending V8 Supercars champion James Whincup ahead of this weekend’s Townsville round. And that usually does not mean pretty reading for his …
Continue reading Whincup uncertain about V8s title defenceTwo-time AFL Coleman Medallist Jack Riewoldt says he’s determined to finalise a new deal which will keep him at Richmond. The 24-year-old, who won All-Australian selection in 2010, is out-of-contract …
Continue reading Tigers hope to re-sign Riewoldt soonFormula One champion Sebastian Vettel said on Thursday his Red Bull team has discovered the reason for a gearbox failure that forced him to retire in leading position with 10 …
Continue reading Red Bull have solved Silverstone problemSydney ruckman Shane Mumford insists there’s no reason why the AFL premiers can’t field all three of their premier big men, now that the chance to do so has finally …
Continue reading Mumford backs Swans giant trioThe heat is on but under-fire Wallabies coach Robbie Deans says his focus is solely on Australia’s series-deciding Test with the British and Irish Lions on Saturday night. Former Wallabies …
Continue reading Deans’ focus solely on Lions clashThe Midwestern US city best known for one of the world’s highest profile car races is preparing for a proper game of cricket. Indianapolis is spending $US6 million ($A6.6 million) …
Continue reading US city spends $US6m on cricket pitchFormula One drivers will withdraw from the German Grand Prix if there are more tyre blowouts during Sunday’s race. Last weekend, a number of blowouts overshadowed the British GP, causing …
Continue reading Drivers threaten to withdraw if tyres blowCronulla coach Shane Flanagan believes Paul Gallen’s injury-plagued season could translate into the secret ingredient that catapults the Sharks into genuine NRL premiership contenders. For so long the workhorse which …
Continue reading Gallen woes could help Sharks: FlanaganDenmark’s Anders Hansen overcame the effects of a hand injury to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the French Open at Le Golf National on Thursday. The …
Continue reading Hansen leads at French Open golfOne semi-finalist is rebounding from a taxing five-set comeback. Another was so overwhelmed to reach the final four, he sat on the court and wept. One more has a knee …
Continue reading Djokovic is the freshest of the menMichael Clarke once again led the way for Australia with an emphatic century against Worcestershire, but in a welcomed change less than a week out from the start of the …
Continue reading Clarke leads from the front for AussiesSabine Lisicki, the smiling darling of Centre Court, and eccentric Marion Bartoli, who happily slept away the minutes leading up to her semi-final, set up an unlikely Wimbledon final on …
Continue reading Smiling Lisicki, sleepy Bartoli in final
