Former Newcastle NRL player Scott Dureau has undergone successful surgery to remove a tumour behind an eye, the Catalan Dragons Super League club announced on Friday. The procedure was carried …
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Reputations meant little at an upset-riddled Brisbane International on Friday but Andy Murray still managed to enhance his by booking a semi-final berth. Three seeds fell in the quarter-finals before …
Continue reading Murray through to Brisbane tennis semisDashing half centuries to Dave Warner, Phil Hughes and Michael Clarke on Friday gave Australia the upper hand in the third Test but Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath sent a …
Continue reading Aust lead Sri Lanka by 48 runs in 3rd TestCan Michael Clarke be called an abject failure for scoring 50? He can if the yardstick is that set by him during 2012. Australia’s captain looked set to continue his …
Continue reading Clarke’s ‘failure’: a mere half centuryPhil Hughes was shattered to miss out on a fairy tale first century on Australian soil, but his home-coming 87 at the SCG on Friday was another sign he’s mentally …
Continue reading Hughes shows mental strength at SCGThree men’s seeds crashed out on Friday in the Brisbane International quarter-finals. Bulgarian world No.48 Grigor Dimitrov ousted seventh-seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3 6-2 in just under an hour. And …
Continue reading Men’s seeds fall in Brisbane tennisIt’s an argument as old as the game itself, but the naming of Englishman Kevin Sinfield as rugby league’s best of 2012 is sure to raise more than a few …
Continue reading Aussies snubbed in league Golden BootBy the very nature of his dashing style, questions about Dave Warner’s attitude to – and aptitude for – Test cricket might never subside. The good and the bad of …
Continue reading Warner dashes into Test record booksWorld No.4 Agnieszka Radwanska is determined to cap off her best start to a tennis year by winning the Auckland Classic on Saturday. The Polish top seed put herself in …
Continue reading Radwanska eyes first Auckland tennis titleMike Hussey holds no records for runs scored, centuries made, matches played, catches held or anything else in cricket. He has never captained his national team. Yet when he walked …
Continue reading A rare tribute to a rare cricketerMike Hussey has been dismissed in gut-wrenching circumstances in his last Test, caught short for 25 by a direct-hit run-out. There’s still every chance Hussey will bat again in the …
Continue reading Hussey run out at SCG in last TestShe’s just 16 and stands at a diminutive 166cm, but Queensland schoolgirl Ashleigh Barty is already making a splash on the world tennis stage. Barty notched the biggest scalp of …
Continue reading Aussie Barty on cloud nine after giant winIt’s time national selectors got deadly serious about death bowler Ben Laughlin, the Hobart Hurricanes say. Laughlin sits atop the Big Bash League’s wicket-takers list alongside Sri Lankan whirlwind Lasith …
Continue reading Laughlin on selectors’ mindsThe form surrounding the penultimate race in the European career of this year’s early Melbourne Cup favourite promises to have a more modest impact at Warwick Farm on Saturday. One …
Continue reading Award Season linked to Melbourne Cup 2013 favouritePhil Hughes and David Warner have thrown away centuries, but not before putting Australia in a commanding position by tea on day two of the Sydney Test against Sri Lanka. …
Continue reading No SCG 100s for Warner, HughesA worrying trend of embarrassing run-outs has damaged the Ashes preparations of an inexperienced Australian top three desperate for time in the middle. On Friday in Sydney, Ed Cowan made …
Continue reading Run of run-outs a worry for Aust top threeWith his confidence sky high following a dream Hopman Cup campaign, Australian star Bernard Tomic is confident he can break into the top 10 by the end of this year. …
Continue reading Confident Tomic ready to make his markChinese tennis star Li Na set up an all-Chinese semi-final in the Shenzhen Open on Thursday with a straight-sets victory over Serbian Bojana Jovanovski, while French player Marion Bartoli crashed …
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