The Bulls confirmed on Monday that star Super Rugby five-eighth Morne Steyn will join French club Stade Francais at the end of October on a three-year contract. His agent told …
Continue reading Bulls confirm Steyn rugby move to FranceDescribed by former Australian leggie Stuart MacGill as not a Test-standard spinner, Xavier Doherty did his best to prove his critics wrong on Monday. The left-arm spinner finished with 3-131 …
Continue reading Test spinner Doherty ignores criticsFormer Formula One driver Robert Kubica will compete in the world rally championship’s WRC2 category this year driving for Citroen, as he returns to racing after a career-threatening injury. After …
Continue reading Kubica returns to rallying after crashAustralia’s cricketers are facing the prospect of another big defeat against India while struggling batsman Phil Hughes’ spot is in serious doubt. Australia reached 2-74 in their second innings at …
Continue reading Hughes flops in Aussie cricket struggleIn his most fanciful dreams, trainer Paul Murray never imagined Alma’s Fury would be the horse to give him his breakthrough Group One success. But the five-year-old’s surprise win in …
Continue reading Chipping Norton Stakes 2013 start for Alma’s FuryChairman David Evans has promised Essendon fans that the AFL club will come through their doping crisis as a stronger organisation. Evans and coach James Hird made emotional speeches on …
Continue reading Essendon boss promises: we will be okayMerv Hughes retired from Test cricket long ago but you can’t keep a good big man down. When Australia’s opening batsman David Warner hit a six at Hyderabad in the …
Continue reading Big Merv takes big catch in IndiaCollingwood coach Nathan Buckley has brushed aside talk of going up against his old AFL boss Mick Malthouse three weeks earlier than planned. Depending on results this weekend, the Magpies …
Continue reading Buckley plays down Malthouse AFL rivalryAustralia’s latest version of a slow-bowling attack was in a tailspin after day two of the second Test against India. Coach and selector Mickey Arthur faced the media to explain …
Continue reading Aussie spinners find something in the dirtAustralia’s latest version of a slow-bowling attack was in a tailspin after day two of the second Test against India. Coach and selector Mickey Arthur faced the media to explain …
Continue reading Aust spinners find something in the dirtAustralia’s debutant offspinner Glenn Maxwell claimed 4-127 as India were bowled out for 503 in their first innings on day three of the second Test on Monday. The home side …
Continue reading India make 503, Maxwell takes four wicketsIt’s Groundhog Day for Canberra halfback Sam Williams as he faces a third NRL audition in as many years. With skipper Terry Campese expected to miss the opening month of …
Continue reading Williams to make most of Raiders NRL shotA Genia is coming to Queensland’s aid in a time of need but not the halfback Reds fans are desperate to see back in the No.9 jersey. Nigel Genia, the …
Continue reading Reds have a Genia coming to the rescueHaving traded public barbs over the AFL’s controversial interchange trial, Mick Malthouse and Kevin Bartlett will now thrash out the issue face to face. Malthouse has accepted an invitation to …
Continue reading Malthouse to meet AFL laws committeeManly back-rower Anthony Watmough says he’ll play through the pain barrier in 2013, the NSW star set to start the season with a rib problem. Watmough injured his ribs during …
Continue reading Watmough to fight through pain barrierThis time last year Justin Horo was preparing to face Brisbane in Parramatta’s NRL season opener confident of being the successor to Nathan Hindmarsh as the Eels’ back-row linchpin. Fast …
Continue reading Horo revelling at Manly after Eels dumpingMore Joyous will have set a weight-carrying record for a mare if she is to defend her Doncaster Mile victory. The eight-time Group One winner has been given topweight of …
Continue reading More Joyous gets Doncaster Mile 2013 top weightA trial at Flemington on Tuesday will help decide whether speedy filly Shamal Wind takes her place in Saturday’s Newmarket Handicap. A disappointing beaten favourite in the Oakleigh Plate, Shamal …
Continue reading Shamal Wind to decide Newmarket Handicap 2013 start tomorrow

