Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will have to rethink his attacking options for the English Premier League run-in after striker Olivier Giroud lost his bid to overturn a three-match ban for …
Continue reading Giroud fails to overturn three-match banDave Taylor’s return for Gold Coast is a boost and the giant forward has nothing to prove to NRL teammates, according to Greg Bird. The Titans co-captain dismissed any suggestion …
Continue reading Taylor NRL return a boost for Titans: BirdFormer captain Adrian Vowles says North Queensland should forget about the expectation weighing them down and find the hunger needed to turn their NRL season around. Super League’s Man of …
Continue reading Hunger is key for Cowboys: Ex-capt VowlesEleven stayers have accepted to run in the $500,000 Group One Sydney Cup at Randwick on Saturday. Last year’s winner Niwot and the Lloyd Williams-owned Mourayan are equal 58kg topweights …
Continue reading Sydney Cup 2013 field releasedThe Saints take a home game to New Zealand and will be hoping to turn their poor form around. The task will not be an easy one given they take on …
Continue reading St Kilda Saints vs Sydney Swans Anzac day 2013 AFL preview and tipsPremiership midfielder Sharrod Wellingham is in line to make his West Coast debut next week after finally overcoming an ankle injury. Wellingham has been grounded since damaging ankle ligaments in …
Continue reading Sharrod Wellingham nearing Eagles debutCurtis Sironen is on a mission to play Wests Tigers star Benji Marshall out of his No.6 jersey, saying he isn’t content with being a stopgap solution. Gun teenager Sironen …
Continue reading Sironen wants Marshall’s No.6 jerseyEngland rugby league coach Steve McNamara could find himself spending as much time in Australia as England if the current trickle of Super League’s elite players to the NRL turns …
Continue reading Super League players continue NRL exodusSt Kilda coach Scott Watters has challenged his players to make a statement about who they are and embrace the spirit of a `finals-like’ Anzac Day AFL battle with Sydney …
Continue reading St Kilda must rise to occasion: WattersCanterbury skipper Michael Ennis says the last-placed Bulldogs are not a club in crisis despite the looming departure of chief executive Todd Greenberg and ongoing rumours of player unrest. Ennis …
Continue reading Canterbury not in crisis: EnnisOne of the highlights in the AFL season is the Anzac clash between the Bombers and Magpies. This particular match has produces some epic encounters over the years and I’d expect …
Continue reading Essendon Bombers vs Collingwood Magpies Anzac day 2013 AFL preview and tipsTest spinner Nathan Lyon and allrounder Dan Christian have quit South Australian cricket in defections which disappointed Redbacks coach Darren Berry. Lyon has moved to NSW and Christian to Victoria, …
Continue reading Nathan Lyon, Dan Christian quit SA cricketThe second AFL match on Anzac day is between St Kilda Saints and Sydney Swans. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:50pm local time with the game to be …
Continue reading St Kilda Saints vs Sydney Swans match preview and teams – AFL 2013 Round 5Collingwood will not risk first-choice ruckman Darren Jolly in the Anzac Day AFL clash with Essendon at the MCG. Magpies coach Nathan Buckley confirmed on Wednesday Jolly, who has missed …
Continue reading Collingwood Magpies Darren Jolly to miss Anzac Day AFL 2013 matchAustralia will head to England for the July/August Ashes at the longest odds they have been in decades to win an Ashes series. Punters have written off Australia’s chances, backing …
Continue reading Australia at long odds to win Ashes series 2013Brad Haddin is among seven members of the Ashes squad who will play in Australia A’s three-match tour of the United Kingdom as preparation for the showpiece five-Test series. Recalled …
Continue reading Haddin to captain Aust A squadGold Coast coach Guy McKenna wants his wounded Suns to show their pride and avoid another Canberra ambush against Greater Western Sydney this weekend. The Giants claimed their first win …
Continue reading Suns prepare for another GWS ambushA candid Michael Voss admits his players’ attitude has him concerned following Brisbane’s embarrassing start to the AFL season. Apart from a two-point win over Gold Coast in round three, …
Continue reading Voss worried about Lions’ attitude in AFL

