National selectors will be impressed by Ryan Harris’s first-class return at the Gabba on Thursday – until they hear the ex-Test quick’s brutally honest self assessment. Harris (3-77) was on …
Continue reading Harris not happy with Shield returnCronulla players appear set to reject the offer of a six-month ban for coming clean over doping allegations, with their NRL season to open on Sunday under the shroud of …
Continue reading Sharks NRL stars set to reject ban offerFast bowler Michael Hogan claimed three wickets to give Western Australia the upper hand against South Australia on Thursday’s opening day of the Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide. The Redbacks, …
Continue reading WA take early honours against SA in ShieldA brilliant debut by 19-year-old seamer Gurinder Sandhu gave New South Wales the upper hand on Thursday in their important Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria at the MCG. The former …
Continue reading 16 wickets as NSW shine on day one v VicsJust who is in charge at Cronulla? If there is one thing that Cronulla’s amateurish handling of the scandal threatening to tear the club apart has highlighted, it is the …
Continue reading NRL’s Sharks floundering without leaderRound three of the AFL pre-season has effectively become “captain’s round”, with skippers Matthew Pavlich, Jonathan Brown, Nick Riewoldt and Adam Goodes all named to play their first games of …
Continue reading Captains return for AFL pre-seasonIt’s impossible to have a perfect day in Test cricket but New Zealand seam bowler Neil Wagner reckons he wasn’t far off against England as he knocked over his prize …
Continue reading Wagner pinching himself after dream dayDavid Payne’s hopes of having a Golden Slipper runner hinge on the performance of Criterion in Sunday’s Black Opal Stakes in Canberra. The Sydney trainer rates Criterion as the pick …
Continue reading Black Opal Stakes 2013 test for CriterionBrett Prebble returns to the scene of his Melbourne Cup win on Green Moon with the assurance the stayer is in better form than when he won Australia’s biggest race. …
Continue reading Green Moon on target for Australian Cup 2013The NRL has reassured fans that Cronulla will play their opening-round match against Gold Coast on Sunday, despite the threat of drug bans hanging over the heads of as many …
Continue reading Sharks will play opener: NRLWaratahs coach Michael Cheika says Israel Folau’s best position is still fullback, despite shifting his star recruit to the wing for Saturday night’s Super Rugby clash with the Brumbies in …
Continue reading Folau shifts to wing for WaratahsEssendon coach James Hird says it would be unrealistic to think the doping drama unfolding at Cronulla would not have been noted by his own players. As many as 14 …
Continue reading Hird not nervous about Cronulla reportsFormer French Open champion Francesca Schiavone defeated fellow Italian Flavia Pennetta 7-5 6-1 on Wednesday to book a clash with second-seeded Maria Sharapova at the Indian Wells hardcourt tennis tournament …
Continue reading Schiavone books Sharapova tennis showdownMatthew Wade admits Australia’s batsmen are sitting ducks unless they find a way to release the pressure valve screwed on so tightly by India’s spinners. The tourists have been thrashed …
Continue reading Wade says time to break shackles in IndiaUltimate professional Alex Glenn plans to take over some of the big power plays of departed Brisbane forward Ben Te’o, starting with Friday night’s 25th anniversary clash with Manly. It …
Continue reading Glenn hungry for more tries in 2013Inept English batting and a rare New Zealand century opening stand has the hosts in full control after the second day of the first Test in Dunedin. Following a first-day …
Continue reading NZ have reckless England on the ropesForget friendship, Melbourne Rebels five-eighth James O’Connor says he’s out to destroy Queensland’s Quade Cooper in their Super Rugby clash. Stand-in skipper O’Connor will lead the Rebels against the Reds …
Continue reading Rebel O’Connor ready to for Reds’ CooperSouth Australian batsman Callum Ferguson’s prolific run-scoring continued against Western Australia on Thursday’s opening day of the Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide. The Redbacks were 4-153 at tea with Ferguson …
Continue reading SA’s Ferguson nears 50 in Shield v WA

