Qatar’s Nasser al-Attiyah slashed 10-time champion Stephane Peterhansel’s lead by over eight minutes as tragedy struck the Dakar Rally with the death of two people on Thursday . Al-Attiyah, the …
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New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, who wants his bowlers to “fight fire with fire”, says seamer Neil Wagner’s aggression is a key reason for his selection for the second and …
Continue reading Wagner’s aggression earns NZ Test recallFormer paratrooper Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand fired a seven-under-par 65 on Thursday to take a three-shot first-round lead in the Volvo Golf Champions. South Africans Ernie Els and Louis Oosthuizen …
Continue reading Thongchai fires 65 for three-shot leadA five-team Pakistan Twenty20 competition is set to get underway at the end of March with around 30 foreign cricketers expected to play. The event is being planned by the …
Continue reading Pakistan T20 league set for MarchTwo people were killed and seven others were injured in a head-on collision between a Dakar Rally support vehicle and a taxi near Peru’s border with Chile, race organisers said …
Continue reading Two dead, seven injured in Dakar rallyWhen Swansea announced the signing of Miguel Perez Cuesta from Spanish struggler Rayo Vallecano in July last year, it barely caused a ripple in English football. At STG2 million ($A3.07 …
Continue reading Prolific Michu lighting up EPLSome love Frank Lampard. Some hate him. Some think he is overrated, overweight and over the hill. Others believe he is a national treasure, a footballer who comes around once …
Continue reading Blues must extend love affair with LampardDavid Ferrer will have to do something he’s never done before if he wants to win a fourth tennis title in Auckland – beat Gael Monfils. The world number five …
Continue reading Ferrer seeks first win over MonfilsThe late Alfred St George Hamersley, one of rugby union’s first internationals and also a pioneer of the sport in New Zealand and Canada, has been inducted into the IRB …
Continue reading Rugby pioneer Hammersley honoured by IRBItaly rugby coach Jacques Brunel called on the Azzurri to build on their promising November campaign as he named his 30-man squad for the Six Nations on Thursday. Italy kick …
Continue reading Brunel names Italy squad for Six NationsPakistan will host a multinational Twenty20 competition in March in the hope of reviving international cricket in the troubled country. There has been no top-class international cricket in Pakistan since …
Continue reading Pakistan launches Twenty20 leagueLiverpool may not be the force they once were but Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes insists they remain the league leaders’ biggest rivals. The teams meet at Old Trafford on …
Continue reading Liverpool still ManU’s key rival: ScholesWest Brom have rejected a bid from QPR – believed to be about STG5 million ($A7.67 million) – for defender Jonas Olsson, Press Association Sport understands. Olsson only signed a …
Continue reading Baggies reject Olsson bid from QPRHighly-rated teenager Luke Shaw has pledged his long-term future to Southampton and will sign a five-year deal at the club on his 18th birthday, Press Association Sport understands. The 17-year-old …
Continue reading Luke Shaw commits to SouthamptonBritish tennis player Ross Hutchins has been diagnosed with cancer and says he hopes to return to the circuit before the end of the year after six months of chemotherapy. …
Continue reading UK tennis player Ross Hutchins has cancerBernard Tomic’s new-found steel has helped the reformed youngster to within one tantalising victory of his maiden ATP Tour final at the Sydney International. Tomic battled back doggedly from a …
Continue reading Tomic to face Seppi in Sydney semi-finalSouth Africa captain Graeme Smith has advised counterpart Brendon McCullum to block out “the noise” of criticism surrounding New Zealand cricket. Approaching his 10th anniversary in charge of South Africa’s …
Continue reading McCullum told to ‘block out the noise’Shaun Marsh and his Perth Scorchers went on a record run spree to crush the Adelaide Strikers by 98 runs on Thursday night and earn a Big Bash League home …
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