Rugby league’s international governing body has endorsed the NRL’s ban on the shoulder charge by extending it across all competitions. All rugby league matches – starting with this weekend’s World …
Continue reading RLIF extends NRL’s shoulder charge banParramatta chief executive Ken Edwards has downplayed fears the doping scandal hovering over the NRL will frighten off sponsors as the Eels announced the loss of their longtime backer. Edwards …
Continue reading Eels boss denies sponsors fleeing NRLVictorian opener Chris Rogers has challenged the Australian selectors to reward his strong form this summer with a second shot at Test cricket. The 35-year-old left hander moved past Sir …
Continue reading Rogers wants Test cricket recallThe blockbuster value of the NRL season opener has gone up several notches with the contest to now double as Sonny Bill Williams’ much-hyped return to the code. Williams will …
Continue reading SBW to be saved for NRL season openerA depleted Queensland fought back with two late wickets on day two of the Sheffield Shield cricket match against Victoria at the MCG. A great diving catch from Cameron Gannon …
Continue reading Bulls fight back in Shield cricketNew coach Michael Potter doesn’t want to reinvent the wheel at Wests Tigers – he just wants a rethink as to when his side puts the pedal to the metal. …
Continue reading Potter to temper expansive TigersNSW quicks Trent Copeland and Doug Bollinger claimed quick wickets as South Australia lost their early grip of the Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide. The Redbacks bowled NSW out for …
Continue reading NSW fight back against SA in Shield gameStar fullback Josh Dugan and winger Jack Wighton will sit out Canberra’s final NRL trial match, but otherwise it’s the Raiders’ strongest possible squad taking on Canterbury in Goulburn on …
Continue reading Dugan, Wighton rested for Raiders trialSydney veteran Jude Bolton says the AFL club’s old hands have talked to their younger cohort about the dangers of complacency, for some time a foreign concept at the Swans. …
Continue reading Swans have talked complacencyEd Cowan is set to retain his spot at the top of the Australian batting order for the opening Test against India, even if David Warner recovers from a broken …
Continue reading Arthur hints Cowan to stayBrumbies backrow enforcers Fotu Auelua and Peter Kimlin are gearing up for another bruising derby against the Melbourne Rebels after successfully “bullying” the Queensland Reds at the breakdown on Saturday. …
Continue reading Brumbies backrow bullies to stay dominantMelbourne have been spared draft penalties and technically cleared of tanking while the AFL have avoided a costly and drawn-out legal fight. But the Demons were on Tuesday fined $500,000, …
Continue reading Demons fined $500,000 but won’t fight AFLRicky Ponting has all but taken Western Australia’s one-day final hopes away, helping Tasmania post 6-307 in Tuesday’s cup match at the WACA Ground. Ponting was dropped twice on his …
Continue reading Ponting pounds WA in decisive one-dayerAustralia have won one Test series in India in four decades, but Australia coach Mickey Arthur says India will feel the enormous weight of over one billion fans on their …
Continue reading Arthur says India face pressure at homeOnline bookmaker sportsbet expects Melbourne Cup winner Green Moon to be very competitive when he resumes racing in the Futurity Stakes on Saturday. $250 FUTURITY STAKES FREE BET The six-year-old …
Continue reading Melbourne Cup winner fancied in Futurity Stakes 2013An impressive gallop from Mrs Onassis at Rosehill has convinced trainer Gerald Ryan to give the mare her chance in Saturday’s Group One Oakleigh Plate. Ryan had thought about waiting …
Continue reading Oakleigh Plate 2013 start for Mrs OnassisEmbattled jockey Danny Nikolic has been offered “a way back” from racing exile by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal which has reduced his two-year disqualification. Nikolic, who was banned …
Continue reading Danny Nikolic’s ban reducedProud Fijian Petero Civoniceva is hoping to take an opportunity to represent his country of birth that he missed out on 13 years ago. The 36-year-old former Australian forward, who …
Continue reading Civoniceva eyeing off Fiji World Cup berth


