English Premier League side West Ham United on Friday said they had signed Joe Cole from Liverpool, bringing the midfielder back to the club where he began his career. The …
Continue reading Cole re-signs for West Ham in EPL: clubRed Bull Racing’s outspoken adviser Dr Helmut Marko has indicated Mark Webber will be expected to play a supporting role to Sebastian Vettel as the German bids to make it …
Continue reading Webber will play supporting F1 role: MarkoWorld No.1 Victoria Azarenka has protected her Australian Open title defence plans by withdrawing from the WTA’s Brisbane International with a toe infection. The 23-year-old pulled out just half an …
Continue reading No.1 Azarenka withdraws from BrisbaneDavid Warner and Phil Hughes showed on Friday why they might be Australia’s best-choice openers for the Ashes series and beyond. In their six Test partnerships to date, the diminutive …
Continue reading Warner, Hughes look sound togetherSri Lanka cricket coach Graham Ford has called on his men to follow the lead of captain Mahela Jayawardene and regain control of the third Test on Saturday. After conceding …
Continue reading Follow the leader, Lankan coach urgesIt has certainly been a whirlwind past few months for kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker. When he first arrived in Australia a couple of years back, he couldn’t buy a winner. …
Continue reading Bjorn to be a winnerTwilight Royale will be back at the scene of her lucrative debut win on Saturday to try to cement a trip to Victoria for another big pay day. Twilight Royale …
Continue reading Twilight Royale to race Magic Millions Classic aspirantsFormer 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 …
Continue reading League player Dureau’s eye tumour surgeryReputations 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 Test

