Brumbies halfback Nic White has had surgery for a fractured jaw after being king hit at the same Canberra music festival from which Raiders’ NRL player Blake Ferguson was ejected …
Continue reading Brumby White’s surgery for king-hit jawBoom recruit Brendon Goddard has been elevated straight into Essendon’s leadership group for the 2013 AFL season. Goddard would have been a leading contender to succeed Nick Riewoldt as St …
Continue reading Goddard in Bombers’ AFL leadership groupSanti Cazorla scored a hat-trick to lift Arsenal’s spirits as the Gunners bounced back from their League Cup humiliation with an emphatic 5-2 victory at Reading on Monday in the …
Continue reading Arsenal thrash Reading 5-2 in EPLFormula One team Lotus signed up talented if sometimes reckless French driver Romain Grosjean for another season on Monday ending several weeks of speculation over his future. The 26-year-old Swiss-born …
Continue reading Lotus retain Grosjean for 2013The controversy swirling around Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum and the Black Caps’ captaincy will be put aside as New Zealand tackle the opening match of their South African cricket tour …
Continue reading NZ must start S African cricket tour wellAustralian golfers, Nikki Campbell, Sarah King and Whitney Hillier, have secured places on next year’s Ladies European Tour after strong performances at tour school in Morocco. Campbell, a 10-year veteran …
Continue reading Aussie women secure European golf cardsAustralian coach Mickey Arthur is confident his bowlers can produce eight more wicket-taking deliveries to defeat Sri Lanka on Tuesday in the first Test in Hobart. But the home side …
Continue reading Aust face tough task in 1st Test in HobartEverton midfielder Marouane Fellaini was given a three-match suspension on Monday after accepting a charge of violent conduct for headbutting Stoke’s Ryan Shawcross. Fellaini wasn’t punished by referee Mark Halsey, …
Continue reading Everton’s Fellaini given three-match banManchester City’s Italian striker Mario Balotelli is to appeal this week to the English Premier League against a club fine imposed for on-field ill discipline, according to reports on Monday. …
Continue reading Balotelli to appeal club fine to tribunalRory McIlroy has ended the year as world No.1 for the first time with a comfortable lead at the top of the official rankings over Luke Donald and Tiger Woods. …
Continue reading McIlroy ends golf year as world No.1The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has voiced opposition to the US Tennis Association (USTA) decision to schedule next year’s US Open men’s final on a Monday instead of the …
Continue reading ATP against Monday finish for US OpenBangladesh have agreed in principle to tour Pakistan early next year and become the first team to play international cricket there since the 2009 attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus, …
Continue reading Bangladesh to tour PakistanNewcastle boss Alan Pardew is contemplating having to do without star man Hatem Ben Arfa for the Christmas programme. The 25-year-old France international missed Saturday’s 3-1 Barclays Premier League defeat …
Continue reading Star loss for Newcastle in EPLCasey Dellacqua has been forced to withdraw from the Hopman Cup due to a foot injury. Dellacqua was due to team with Bernard Tomic in the Australian team for the …
Continue reading Dellacqua out of Hopman CupAustralian selectors will consider picking former Test keeper Brad Haddin as a specialist batsman if captain Michael Clarke’s injury rules him out of matches in Melbourne or Sydney. The 35-year-old, …
Continue reading Haddin in frame as Test batsmanWe’ll find out plenty about Shane Watson if he takes over as captain of Australia in the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka, Australia coach Mickey Arthur says. The home …
Continue reading Clarke limps; Australia chase winA member of the Newcastle Knights board that approved Nathan Tinkler’s takeover has called for caution over the rising rancour about the NRL club’s future. The Knights Members Club (KMC) …
Continue reading Tinkler’s men meet Knights Members ClubBrian McDermott believes Reading’s home form will be the decisive factor in whether or not they evade relegation from the Barclays Premier League. The Royals are hoping to climb off …
Continue reading Reading backs home form against Arsenal


