Mark Hughes returned to football management on Thursday with Premier League club Stoke, hoping to prove his critics wrong after a disappointing spell at Queens Park Rangers. The 49-year-old Hughes, …
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Former finalist Samantha Stosur and three-time semi-finalist Jelena Jankovic beat torrential Paris rain to reach the French Open third round Thursday. After a one hour, 40 minute halt had left …
Continue reading Stosur beats Paris rain as Nadal waitsThe International Cricket Council is probing allegations of match-fixing in Bangladeshi cricket with former national captain Mohammad Ashraful among those being questioned, local officials said Thursday. ICC anti-corruption inspectors were …
Continue reading ICC probes match-fixing in BangladeshSamantha Stosur overcame a tough early battle and a rain delay to beat unseeded local Kristina Mladenovic and reach the third round of the French Open. While Stosur’s opening-round victory …
Continue reading Stosur through to French Open third roundPlay resumed at the French Open on Thursday after a rain delay of one hour and 40 minutes. Before the suspension, Serb 18th seed Jelena Jankovic and China’s Zheng Jie …
Continue reading Play resumes at French OpenColourful London mayor Boris Johnson will wear an Australian cricket shirt for a day if the Aussies manage to win the Ashes. Former Australian legspinner Shane Warne forced Johnson into …
Continue reading London mayor wages on Ashes win with WarneRound 10 kicks off with Brisbane hosting Collingwood and, with better performances the past two weeks from Brisbane, we should see a more competitive game than what would have been …
Continue reading Brisbane Lions vs Collingwood Magpies 2013 AFL Round 10 preview and tipsSerena and Venus Williams have pulled out of the women’s doubles at the French Open as Venus is suffering from a lower back injury, organisers announced on Thursday. The Americans …
Continue reading Williams sisters out of French doublesThe final event on the card and, as has been the case in recent weeks, a tough one from a punters perspective. Several runners back up from the BTC Cup, …
Continue reading QTC Cup 2013 – TipsRacial vilification of AFL players by spectators happens virtually weekly across the competition, says North Melbourne president James Brayshaw. Brayshaw says racial slurs such as the “ape” taunt delivered to …
Continue reading AFL fan racism displayed weekly: BrayshawRain has halted play early on day five of the French Open in Paris on Thursday. Australian Samantha Stosur was closing in on a second-round victory over Kristina Mladenovic when …
Continue reading Rain halts in-form Stosur at OpenSpin king Shane Warne says Fawad Ahmed would be a great addition to the Ashes squad if his Australian citizenship can be fast-tracked in time. Immigration Minister Brendan O’Connor has …
Continue reading Ahmed would be great for Ashes: WarneRoger Federer admits he can see the funny side of players whipping out mobile phones on court, but warns they could also undermine the game’s integrity. Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine …
Continue reading No phoning home for Roger FedererCollingwood premiership forward Alan Didak will play his first AFL game this year and Heath Shaw also returns to face a depleted Brisbane at the Gabba on Friday night. Elevated …
Continue reading AFL’s Magpies add Didak, Shaw for LionsThe big, bustling Lions are on their way to Australia but aren’t believing their own press. The UK rugby scribes are predicting the Wallabies pack will be cannon-fodder for the …
Continue reading Welsh hair-bear praises Wallabies packQueensland coach Mal Meninga has warned injured winger Darius Boyd is not out of the woods despite an earlier than expected appearance at training on Thursday. Boyd, feared to have …
Continue reading Meninga says Boyd not in the clear yetCollingwood premiership forward Alan Didak will play his first AFL game of the year and Heath Shaw is also back for Friday night’s Gabba clash with a depleted Brisbane. The …
Continue reading Didak, Shaw in for AFL’s MagpiesCanterbury captain Michael Ennis says the Bulldogs are only just coming to terms with their status as one of the hunted teams of the NRL after last year’s stellar season. …
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