Perth Scorchers rocketed back into Big Bash League finals contention by beating the Melbourne Renegades by 51 runs at the WACA Ground on Saturday night. The Scorchers have won three …
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France coach Philippe Saint-Andre will, with his assistants Yannick Bru and Patrice Lagisquet, now take charge of team selection after the traditional committee was disbanded, a French rugby official said …
Continue reading France rejigs rugby selection processLi Na of China won the annual Hua Hin tennis exhibition on Saturday by beating world No.1 Victoria Azarenka 6-3 2-6 10-7 after a Champions tiebreaker. The seventh-ranked Li benefited …
Continue reading Li beats Azarenka in Hua Hin exhibitionBernard Tomic produced two spirited fightbacks to beat Germany’s Tommy Haas 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 7-5 in Saturday night’s Hopman Cup tie at Perth Arena. World No.21 Haas held a 6-1 …
Continue reading Tomic beats Haas at Hopman CupHerschelle Gibbs and Shaun Marsh returned to form in emphatic fashion to steer the Perth Scorchers to a formidable 3-187 against the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League at …
Continue reading Marsh blasts 85 as Scorchers make 3-187Three-times champions Spain drew first blood at the Hopman Cup in sweltering conditions in Perth on Saturday when Fernando Verdasco and Anabel Medina Garrigues shrugged off travel fatigue to post …
Continue reading Spain strike first at Hopman CupJames Packer, commentary doyen Richie Benaud and former Prime Minister John Howard led the tributes for larger-than-life cricketing identity Tony Greig. Packer, son of media tycoon Kerry Packer whose close …
Continue reading Packer, Benaud lead tributes for GreigFormer New Zealander Travolta has fuelled Sydney Cup ambitions with a return to winning form at Canterbury. The four-year-old won his first Australian start at Rosehill but disappointed at the …
Continue reading Sydney Cup 2013 path for TravoltaAustralia Test cricketer Mike Hussey has announced he’ll retire after next week’s third Test against Sri Lanka in Sydney. Hussey, 37, has scored 19 hundreds in 78 Tests and averages …
Continue reading Mike Hussey to retire from Test cricketThe Magic Millions campaign of Sizzling took a hit after his shock defeat in Saturday’s Vo Rogue Plate at Doomben. Sizzling started one of the shortest-priced favourites in Brisbane in …
Continue reading Sizzling’s Magic Millions Guineas 2013 campaign takes a hitSri Lanka coach Graham Ford has reserved judgement on whether his side’s woeful second Test batting display was due to a lack of character. Rarely has a side left the …
Continue reading Sri Lankans aim to show more fight at SCGFormer England captain and cricket commentator Tony Greig has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 66. Greig had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, but he suffered a …
Continue reading Cricket’s Tony Greig dead at 66There’s no easing into 2013 for Lleyton Hewitt, who will start his Australian Open preparations against Brisbane International specialist Radek Stepanek. Making his own Brisbane debut, Hewitt on Saturday copped …
Continue reading Hewitt faces wily Stepanek in tough startMissy Longstocking silenced doubters and proved her versatility when she won the B J McLachlan Stakes at Doomben on Saturday. Trainer Liam Birchley and jockey Damian Browne hatched a plan …
Continue reading Missy Longstocking wins B J McLachlan Stakes 2012Bennetta’s fourth start finally produced the result her trainer Grahame Begg had been waiting for with the filly delivering a win at Canterbury on Saturday. Her debut fifth in July …
Continue reading Light Fingers Stakes 2013 on Bennetta’s agendaSamantha Stosur faces a monumental challenge to end her Australian hoodoo this summer after spending most of this month sidelined by ankle surgery. Stosur underwent a minor foot operation five …
Continue reading Stosur surgery jolts her Aust Open hopesDiscreet salvaged her faltering Magic Millions campaign when she landed a plunge in the Carlton Mid Handicap (1110m). Trainer Kelly Schweida produced a masterstroke by adding a tongue tie to …
Continue reading Magic Millions Guineas 2013 back on Discreet’s agendaAnti big boat or too dominated by super-maxis? The Sydney to Hobart has been accused of both in recent times. Banned skipper Grant Wharington suggested race officials had it in …
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