Test captain Michael Clarke on Wednesday was named Wisden’s leading cricketer of 2012, becoming only the third Australian to receive the honour. He joins former skipper Ricky Ponting (2003) and …
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Wests Tigers forward Adam Blair has successfully avoided an NRL ban after pleading his case in front of the judiciary on Wednesday night, boosting the struggling joint-venture club. The Tigers …
Continue reading Blair escapes NRL ban, gives Tigers boostAdministrators in England and Australia have been warned by Wisden editor Lawrence Booth that the prospect of three Ashes series in two years could mean “a little of the magic …
Continue reading Ashes magic ‘will be lost’: WisdenSeventh-seeded Paolo Lorenzi overpowered Austrian qualifier Gerald Melzer 6-2 6-2 in the opening round of the ATP Tour’s US Clay Court championships in Houston on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Italian Lorenzi …
Continue reading Lorenzi, Isner win at Houston ATP eventCollingwood have lost captain Nick Maxwell for at least six AFL games with a fractured wrist. The defender will have surgery and his absence could stretch as long as eight …
Continue reading Pies Maxwell to miss up to eight AFL gamesQueensland Reds back Luke Morahan says a few conversations with past and present Western Force players convinced him to sign on with the Perth-based franchise on a two-year deal. Morahan, …
Continue reading Force sign Reds Super Rugby back MorahanStar Melbourne fullback Billy Slater is in a moon boot and in doubt for the Storm’s top-of-the-table NRL clash with South Sydney on Saturday night. Coach Craig Bellamy confirmed Slater …
Continue reading Slater in doubt for Storm NRL blockbusterThe recuperative powers of Golden Slipper winner Overreach have surprised even her trainer Gai Waterhouse. Waterhouse planned to give the filly a few easy days to get over her Slipper …
Continue reading Overreach to run in Sires Produce Stakes 2013Brisbane believe they have set the platform for a return to NRL success with the “vital” retention of Bribie Island connection Matt Gillett and Jack Reed. The long-time friends and …
Continue reading Broncos hail new Gillett, Reed NRL dealsWests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall will miss at least a month of NRL action after scans confirmed the New Zealand Test star had fallen victim to a turf toe injury …
Continue reading Tigers’ Marshall out of NRL for a monthFremantle midfielder Jayden Pitt hopes his AFL career isn’t over despite being diagnosed with a heart irregularity. Pitt’s career has been put on hold since the irregularity was discovered during …
Continue reading Unwell Docker clings to AFL dreamThe two best sprinters in the country will resume their rivalry in Saturday’s TJ Smith Stakes after Hay List confirmed his place in the field after a midweek training gallop. Hay List has been …
Continue reading Black Caviar and Hay List to clash in TJ Smith Stakes 2013Former Essendon forward Matthew Lloyd has called on West Coast to part ways with coach John Worsfold if they don’t win the AFL premiership this season. But Worsfold says even …
Continue reading Worsfold untroubled about AFL futureSydney Roosters playmaker James Maloney is grateful teammate Sonny Bill Williams is such a popular man. While he hasn’t bought into the hype surrounding Williams’ first clash on Friday against …
Continue reading SBW hype great for me, says MaloneyStatistics from the opening five rounds of the season show the gap between the haves and have nots of the NRL could be on the increase. Last year, just seven …
Continue reading Gap widening between NRL sidesMelbourne’s sports performance director Neil Craig says it will take more than the 10 minutes of satisfactory effort the Demons showed last weekend for a team that’s been bonding beachside …
Continue reading Effort key to AFL Demons bonding on fieldStatistics from the opening five rounds of the season show the gap between the haves and have nots of the NRL could be on the increase. Last year, just seven …
Continue reading Gap between sides widening in the NRLAustralian Fed Cup captain Alicia Molik has named an unchanged team of Samantha Stosur, Jarmila Gajdosova, Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty to contest the World Group playoff in Switzerland later …
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