Star South African allrounder Jacques Kallis will be given until Friday morning to prove his fitness for the third Test against Australia at the WACA Ground, but spinner Imran Tahir …
Continue reading Proteas hope Kallis can play WACA TestTears are not something normally associated with Ricky Ponting. Black eyes, yes, in his early days. Black looks, certainly, throughout 17 combative summers wearing the baggy green cap. Yet tears …
Continue reading Emotional outpouring as Ponting resignsSri Lanka, needing 363 to win, were 5-107 in their second innings at lunch on the final day of the second and last Test against New Zealand at the P. …
Continue reading Sri Lanka 5-107 at lunch on final dayThe AFL Commission hearing over the Kurt Tippett saga could kill Steven Trigg’s long career at Adelaide, but the Crows chief executive just wants to walk the plank. Trigg and …
Continue reading Crows want Tippett AFL saga to endMark Webber has declared he won’t be playing support act to teammate and record-breaking Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel when the season rolls around again next year. Vettel has already …
Continue reading Webber won’t play Vettel’s support F1 gigSheffield Shield leaders Queensland have been torn to shreds by an understrength NSW outfit, crumbling in their second innings to be all out for 173, setting NSW a target of …
Continue reading Qld all out for 173, NSW set 98 for winAustralia coach Chris Lane is looking towards an Olympic future as he takes a young, developing squad to the first tournament of the inaugural women’s world sevens series. Lane has …
Continue reading Women’s sevens takes big step aheadFor a fierce competitor like David Pocock, being so close to returning from injury on the Wallabies’ European tour has been extremely frustrating. Pocock is set to make his long-awaited …
Continue reading Pocock ready to let loose against WalesBroomstick pioneer Peter Senior fears a proposed ban on “anchoring” the controversial long-handled putter to the body could lead to major interpretation dramas for golf officials. The Royal and Ancient …
Continue reading Senior queries broomstick putter decisionEven at the age of 12, Ricky Ponting had sponsors. Five years later he made his Sheffield Shield debut with an endorsement from cricket academy boss Rod Marsh as the …
Continue reading Ponting leaves as an all-time greatSoon to be retired retired cricketing legend has been tipped to end his career on a good note, with online bookmaker sportsbet pricing $7.00 for him to score a century …
Continue reading Ricky Ponting to go out with a bang?Wales coach Warren Gatland believes Wallabies counterpart Robbie Deans has been harshly judged by critics and he questions whether some of it’s because he’s a New Zealander. Preparing for the …
Continue reading Wales’ Gatland defends DeansPeter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus have been left out of Michael Clarke’s squad for the third Test, with the Australian captain likely to put his faith in two debutants to …
Continue reading Siddle, Hilfenhaus out of Aussie Test teamAustralian Red Bull driver Mark Webber has brushed aside concerns teammate and Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel could be stripped of his title. Ferrari are considering an appeal against an …
Continue reading Webber brushes aside F1 appeal concernsAfter claiming the title of Australia’s No.1 ranked men’s tennis player almost by stealth, late-blooming Marinko Matosevic has a couple of big aims for 2013. He desperately wants to turn …
Continue reading Matosevic aiming big in 2013There wasn’t a dry eye in the house on Thursday morning at the Australian team hotel when Ricky Ponting broke the news to teammates that he was retiring from Test …
Continue reading Ricky Ponting retires from Test cricketSheffield Shield leaders Queensland have been torn to shreds by an understrength NSW outfit, crumbling in their second innings to be 8-152 at tea on day three at Manuka Oval. …
Continue reading Qld on the ropes v NSW at ManukaThe Melbourne Rebels are searching at home and abroad for a new Super Rugby prop after a neck injury forced Kiwi recruit Pauliasi Manu to return to Auckland. The Rebels …
Continue reading Rebels lose Kiwi prop to neck injury


