Jeremy Howe has been tipped to go back to back and is the early favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet to take the 2013 mark of the year. The Melbourne high …
Continue reading Jeremy Howe favourite to take AFL 2013 mark of the yearInterim ARL Commission chief executive Shane Mattiske is confident the long-awaited Collective Bargaining Agreement with NRL players will be signed off within the next week. An in-principal agreement was made …
Continue reading New NRL CBA imminent, says MattiskeA stronger and more mature Albrecht begins a campaign on Saturday aimed at achieving what he failed to do as a spring three-year-old. The Peter Snowden-trained colt kicks off his …
Continue reading Albrecht starts Australian Guineas campaign in Manfred Stakes 2013New St Helens coach Nathan Brown is looking forward to going up against former club Huddersfield Giants when the 2013 Super League season gets under way this weekend. Brown joined …
Continue reading No mercy from St Helens, says BrownThe Fijian government hopes the opening of a new stadium in the capital Suva will convince the International Rugby Board (IRB) they’re ready to host a leg of the Sevens …
Continue reading Fiji hoping to host IRB world Sevens legNew Zealand are hoping a ‘State of Origin’ style approach to international rugby league will result in Test football domination – and give them a stranglehold on the World Cup. …
Continue reading Kiwis taking Origin approach to TestsA decision to delay retirement for Amalfi Dreams will be vindicated if she wins the Nudgee Quality at Doomben on Saturday. Amalfi Dreams was stud-bound last year with only a …
Continue reading Nudgee Quality 2013 target for Amalfi DreamsFirst Command will break through the $1 million prize money barrier and earn another shot at the Oakleigh Plate if successful at Caulfield on Saturday. The winner’s cheque for the …
Continue reading First Command hopes to break $1m in WJ Adams Stakes 2013The first thing that hits you is the striking resemblance to Uncle Tiger. Whether Cheyenne Woods has her famous uncle’s golf swing, however, is another story. But if she performs …
Continue reading Is there a Tiger in Cheyenne’s bag?Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter has sprung a major surprise by naming Matthew Ebden in the singles for Australia’s tie against Taiwan starting on Friday. Ebden, the newly-crowned Australian Open …
Continue reading Ebden surprise singles pick for Cup tieAustralia skipper Michael Clarke says he’s fit to play in Friday’s one-day clash with the West Indies at the WACA despite copping a blow to the ribs at training on …
Continue reading Michael Clarke struck by friendly fireBernard Foley says he’s the man to unleash Israel Folau and the Waratahs’ star-studded backline this Super Rugby season. The five-eighth position has been somewhat of a poisoned chalice at …
Continue reading Foley ready to unleash Folau at WaratahsIt will be hot and humid in Chennai for the first Test against India on February 22 but Peter Siddle isn’t fussed about the weather. His main concerns are that …
Continue reading Siddle preaches patience in IndiaMal Meninga has challenged young props Martin Kennedy and Josh McGuire to prove they’re good enough to replace Petero Civoniceva in the Queensland State of Origin front-row this year. Civoniceva …
Continue reading Meninga urges young Maroons props to riseKarrie Webb has seven majors, 38 US tour wins, a career grand slam and is a member of golf’s Hall of Fame, all before the age of 40. The kid …
Continue reading Webb wants to be an Olympic golferIn the end, re-signing with Gold Coast was a “no brainer” for NRL workhorse Ashley Harrison. But first he had to complete a much harder task – regaining the desire …
Continue reading Harrison says NRL desire is backWaratahs coach Michael Cheika says he’s inherited a hangover from last year’s disastrous Super Rugby season that’s resulting in big name stars looking elsewhere. With Wallabies weapons Berrick Barnes and …
Continue reading Cheika trying to fix Waratahs hangoverMatthew Ebden has surprisingly been selected to play in the opening singles along with Lleyton Hewitt in Australia’s Davis Cup tie against Taiwan starting on Friday. Cup captain Pat Rafter …
Continue reading Hewitt, Ebden to play Davis Cup singles

