His top-of-the-table South Sydney side welcome back three Queensland stars, but it’s two injured veterans who embody what coach Michael Maguire wants from his NRL outfit. Centre Matt King, 32, …
Continue reading Injured NRL veterans pushing Souths to topFourth placed Manly take on seventh placed Canterbury in the second of Friday night’s matches. Last week Manly travelled to New Zealand to take on the Warriors and, in a …
Continue reading Manly Sea Eagles vs Canterbury Bulldogs 2013 NRL Round 14 preview and tipsRound 14 gets under way at Win Stadium with St. George hosting North Queensland. The Dragons posted their fifth win of the season last week, their first in three weeks, …
Continue reading St George Illawarra Dragons vs Nth Queensland Cowboys 2013 NRL Round 14 preview and tipsThe feature race of the day is the running of the Ipswich Cup. Unlike last year’s race where we had only ten runners taking part, a full field sixteen plus …
Continue reading Ipswich Cup 2013 – TipsThe first of three Listed Races on Ipswich Cup Day is the Gai Waterhouse Classic for Fillies and Mares. A full field of sixteen, plus two emergencies have been entered …
Continue reading Gai Waterhouse Classic 2013 – TipsThe final Listed race on Ipswich’s card is, as the first two also are, a hard affair for punters with yet another capacity field. A case could be made for …
Continue reading Eye Liner Stakes 2013 – TipsSergio Garcia struggled with hecklers and poor shot-making on Thursday at the US Open, opening with a three-over par 73 and being chided by some spectators over a racism row …
Continue reading Garcia battles through US Open hecklersAustralian Marinko Matosevic was outclassed 6-2 6-2 by top seed Andy Murray to bow out of the Queen’s Club tennis tournament on Thursday. Matosevic had received a free passage into …
Continue reading Murray too good for MatosevicMelbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy is warning his players that winning isn’t enough to keep them in the NRL side. The Storm were back to their punishing best against Cronulla …
Continue reading Bellamy says competition fierce at StormBullocking Warriors centre Konrad Hurrell’s try-scoring threat has always been evident. But he also knows he has to tighten up his game when the opposition have the ball. Hurrell will …
Continue reading Warriors’ Hurrell seeks defensive steelKumar Sangakkara smashed an unbeaten 134 off 135 balls as Sri Lanka stunned England by seven wickets in a high-scoring thriller on Thursday to stay afloat in the Champions Trophy. …
Continue reading Sangakkara century sinks EnglandPhil Mickelson, a five-time runner-up hungry to finally claim the title, seized a one-stroke lead early in Thursday’s first round of the US Open at tough-playing Merion. Mickelson birdied the …
Continue reading Mickelson takes early US Open leadWorld number two Andy Murray admits missing the French Open with a back injury made him realise how much he loves tennis. Murray was forced to withdraw from Roland Garros …
Continue reading French Open injury inspires MurrayAustralian captain Michael Clarke says he’s confident an altercation with Ashes rival Joe Root in a Birmingham bar will be David Warner’s last indiscretion. However, Clarke said it was up …
Continue reading Clarke says Warner will reformSaturday’s clash with the British and Irish Lions is the ideal opportunity for the next generation of NSW Waratahs stars to emerge, says team stalwart Tom Carter. The robust 30-year-old …
Continue reading Lions clash to unearth next NSW starsLleyton Hewitt continued his impressive run at Queen’s Club by beating big-serving American Sam Querrey to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in five years. Hewitt, a four-time champion …
Continue reading Hewitt on a roll to reach Queen’s quartersAustralian batsman David Warner has denied he has a drinking problem but said he was consuming alcohol and acted aggressively when he punched England rival Joe Root in the face …
Continue reading Warner denies he has drinking problemAll good things take time and Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum believes the clock is counting down before Luke Ronchi announces himself on cricket’s world stage. The 32-year-old former Australian …
Continue reading Ronchi given time to succeed for NZ


