Australian cricket coach and selector Mickey Arthur on Thursday defended the decision to drop young allrounder Glenn Maxwell, saying it was because the team wanted specialist bowlers. Australia’s third Test …
Continue reading Aust cricket team leave out Wade, MaxwellHawthorn and North Melbourne will take vastly different approaches this weekend as they gear up for the start of the AFL season. Hawthorn, who are yet to win during the …
Continue reading Hawks welcome Franklin back in AFLGerman Nico Rosberg is confident he will not be outpaced by new Mercedes Formula One teammate, Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg admits that Hamilton, the 2008 world champion, is fast but believes …
Continue reading Rosberg untroubled by new F1 teammateMike Moroney is looking for veteran Wall Street to snap his winless run in the Golden Mile at Bendigo ahead of a planned overseas mission. Moroney is hoping the Group …
Continue reading Wall Street hopes to break drought in Golden Mile 2013Brad Haddin is back in Australia’s Test side for the first time in 14 months and the 43-Test veteran knows his time in the sun may be only brief. Matthew …
Continue reading Brad Haddin excited by Test call-upA legal wrangle threatened to do what few V8 Supercars drivers could in the past – slow down four-time champion Jamie Whincup. However, an out-of-court settlement with a former sponsor …
Continue reading Whincup toasts legal winRed Bull ace Sebastian Vettel says the best way to snare a fourth straight Formula One world title is to forget about the first three. The record-setting German believes he …
Continue reading Vettel starts with a clean sheetNorth Queensland have given coach Neil Henry two seasons to land the Cowboys their first NRL premiership. Three days after locking away the game’s most precious player, with Johnathan Thurston …
Continue reading Henry to be Cowboys’ NRL coach until 2014South Australia’s grip on a Sheffield Shield final berth suffered a blow on Thursday as NSW bowled them out for just 182 to keep their own unlikely pursuit of a …
Continue reading Sandhu stars as SA all out for 182 v NSWShane Warne said earlier this week his Melbourne Stars Twenty20 teammate Glenn Maxwell was good enough to bat at No.3 in Thursday’s third Test, but Australia decided to drop the …
Continue reading Maxwell on outer of Australian Test teamStephen Baster has already played his part in one upset in a feature Melbourne three-year-old race during the autumn carnival and hopes to do it again at Moonee Valley on …
Continue reading Stephen Baster hoping for upset in Alister Clark Stakes 2013Silence – nothing speaks more about the mutual respect between veteran centres Matt Cooper and Justin Hodges. The pair will mark each other for the 13th time on Friday night …
Continue reading No NRL sledging for Cooper-HodgesEwen McKenzie has stressed the Queensland Reds are “not even close” to their best despite three straight wins and has demanded better finishing to be leading Super Rugby contenders. The …
Continue reading Reds nowhere near Super best: McKenzieBrisbane coach Michael Voss has tipped Carlton for the AFL’s top four, which he says makes it ideal facing the Blues in the pre-season final. Voss has also accused the …
Continue reading AFL’s Voss loves facing ‘top four’ BluesThe NSW Waratahs are wide awake to the threat of menacing former teammate Sarel Pretorius as they seek to stop the rot in Friday night’s Super Rugby hosting of the …
Continue reading Waratahs on guard against ex-teammateNew Zealand’s decision to bowl first is haunting them as England take command of the second cricket Test on day one in Wellington. Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum gifted the …
Continue reading England batsmen control 2nd Test v NZSouth Australia’s grip on a Sheffield Shield final berth suffered a blow on Thursday, with rookie NSW paceman Gurinder Sandhu blasting their batting order apart at the SCG. Fresh from …
Continue reading SA crumble under Sandhu pressure v NSWAustralia’s third cricket Test against India has been delayed for at least two hours because of morning rain. Thursday’s match had been due to start at 1500 (AEDT). On-field umpire …
Continue reading Aust leave out Wade, Maxwell for 3rd Test
