Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene believes one-day cricket’s experimental fielding restrictions are making the 50-over game boring and wants the trial knocked on the head. Preparing for Friday’s day-night clash …
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Red-hot Bernard Tomic has racked up his ninth straight win of the summer to book a likely third-round Australian Open blockbuster with Roger Federer. In heatwave conditions at Rod Laver …
Continue reading Tomic through to third round of OpenShe admits everyone thinks she’s crazy but 42-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date-Krumm expects to be playing grand slam tennis for years to come. The record-breaker’s Australian Open campaign remains alive after …
Continue reading They think I’m mad, says tennis veteranMelbourne Renegades’ captain Aaron Finch was named the Big Bash League’s player of the season on Thursday, two days after his side’s shock semi-final exit against Brisbane Heat. Finch, who …
Continue reading Finch named BBL player of the yearSouth Sydney’s prodigal son Beau Champion will make his Rabbitohs comeback in the NRL club’s Return to Redfern trial match against Papua New Guinea next month. The South Sydney junior …
Continue reading Champion named for Souths league trialWithout the Nine Network’s heavy financial commitment to Australian cricket, George Bailey might find himself “flipping burgers” for a living. That’s the view of Nine’s executive producer of cricket Brad …
Continue reading Bailey would be flipping burgers: NineExcited by their Big Bash exploits, Michael Clarke has endorsed the return of former cricket bad boys Luke Pomersbach and Shaun Marsh to the Australian team. Captain Clarke on Thursday …
Continue reading Bad boys back in Australian cricket frameWorld No.1 Victoria Azarenka empathises with Samantha Stosur’s sorry plight, saying mental demons plague every tennis player at times in their career. Azarenka on Thursday was surprised to hear Stosur …
Continue reading World No.1 feels for StosurThe NSW Waratahs’ resistance to forfeiting their Wallabies for an extended Test camp before the Lions series has been inflamed by a needless injury to lock Kane Douglas. Douglas rolled …
Continue reading Tahs fume over Douglas injurySuper-fit Andy Murray kept his cool on a brutally hot Melbourne Day to ease through to the third round of the Australian Open. Murray, who undergoes a tough off-season training …
Continue reading Murray, Tsonga win at Aust OpenJo-Wilfried Tsonga is done with the Greta Garbo approach – at least for now. Having spent 18 months without a coach following his split with long-time mentor Eric Winogradsky early …
Continue reading Tsonga through to third round at OpenAFL club Port Adelaide have expressed their disappointment over ex-Melbourne forward Liam Jurrah’s alleged drink-driving incident. Port chose not to draft Jurrah for 2013 after giving the 24-year-old Northern Territory …
Continue reading Port disappointed over Jurrah incidentDefending champion Victoria Azarenka was quick to defend the depth of women’s tennis after cruising into the third round of the Australian Open. Russian Maria Sharapova has led a march …
Continue reading Azarenka cruises into Open third roundSamantha Stosur’s flummoxed coach acknowledges his charge’s mental frailties, but challenges anyone to find the magic solution. No-one has endured more Stosur centre-court meltdowns than David Taylor, who linked up …
Continue reading No magic solution to Stosur’s woes: coachThe Perth Scorchers’ bid to win the Twenty20 Big Bash title has suffered a huge blow, with opener Herschelle Gibbs an unlikely starter for Saturday night’s home final against the …
Continue reading Scorcher Gibbs likely to miss BBL finalSerena Williams has eased concerns over an ankle injury by moving effortlessly into the third round of the Australian Open. Williams defeated 19-year-old Spaniard Garbine Muguruza 6-2 6-0. While there …
Continue reading Serena, Azarenka cruise in OpenStar Sydney Roosters recruit Michael Jennings says he is disappointed with Penrith coach Ivan Cleary’s stinging assessment that he was released because he wasn’t living up to his lofty wage. …
Continue reading Jennings disappointed with Cleary sledgeAustralian batsman Aaron Finch is a late addition to the Auckland team to take on Wellington in Friday’s crucial New Zealand Twenty20 semi-final at the Basin Reserve. Finch arrives fresh …
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