International news agencies suspended coverage of the Test series between India and England starting on Thursday after Indian cricket authorities refused to lift restrictions on photo agencies. News outlets including …
Continue reading India Test series hit by coverage blackoutFormer Test captain Ian Chappell says Australia need Shane Watson’s experience at the top of a vulnerable batting line-up and the likely decision to exclude him from the squad for …
Continue reading Australia need Watson, says ChappellVeteran golfer Miguel Angel Jimenez set the early pace at the Hong Kong Open on Thursday, taking the clubhouse lead after posting a first-round five-under-par 65 studded with seven birdies. …
Continue reading Jimenez in early Hong Kong golf runningAll Blacks No.8 Kieran Read will captain New Zealand for the first time in the Test against Italy at Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Sunday (AEDT). Read, 27, will be …
Continue reading Kieran Read to captain All BlacksOne of cricket’s all-time fastest bowlers says he wouldn’t have been able to play at top levels for 12 years under the modern workload. Former West Indian speedster Michael Holding …
Continue reading Holding says modern pace would bowl himMitchell Starc snared three wickets, one day before the Adelaide Test squad announcement, but it was Victoria’s forgotten duo Chris Rogers and Cameron White who secured first points in the …
Continue reading Starc takes four at SCG Shield clashCollingwood recruits Quinten Lynch and Jordan Russell will wear the same numbers with the Magpies in 2013 as they did with their previous AFL clubs. The Magpies have given former …
Continue reading Lynch, Russell given old AFL numbersFormer Test star David Campese says Wallabies coach Robbie Deans should be sacked for “destroying Australian rugby”. Campese made a name for himself as a specialist try-scorer and lamented the …
Continue reading Campese calls for Deans’ headMcLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes Formula One’s return to the United States this weekend is crucial for the sport. After a five-year absence, F1 embarks on an all-new adventure …
Continue reading McLaren welcomes F1 return to USWestern Australia are on course for their first Sheffield Shield victory of the season after claiming the key scalps of Phil Hughes and Callum Ferguson in their clash with South …
Continue reading WA on top in Shield clash with RedbacksThe Kurt Tippett controversy has forced AFL club Adelaide to axe untried utility Nick Joyce. The 19-year-old Joyce, who used to be the Crows’ mascot and worked as a junior …
Continue reading Crows axe Joyce in wake of Tippett sagaLiving proof that golf can drive you crazy, Queensland’s Rika Batibasaga is feeling remarkably calm about sitting near the top of the Australian Masters leaderboard. The 25-year-old spent time in …
Continue reading Batibasaga mastering golf’s mental sideFremantle have de-listed midfielders Nick Lower, Dylan Roberton and Jesse Crichton from their primary AFL list, but former Collingwood forward Jack Anthony has survived the cut. Anthony was recently asked …
Continue reading Jack Anthony survives Freo AFL cutsTest great Ricky Ponting on Thursday launched a new charity initiative with the Ponting Foundation to raise funds for childhood cancer research. Ponting said the Biggest Game of Cricket (BGOC) …
Continue reading Ponting launches new charity projectFormer Test players Chris Rogers and Cameron White combined on Thursday to drive Victoria to first innings points and a lead of 37 in their Sheffield Shield clash with NSW …
Continue reading Starc strikes for NSW but Vics get pointsFor almost 10 hours, Michael Clarke plundered South Africa in the first Test at the Gabba. By rights, South Africa should be sick of the sight of the Australian captain. …
Continue reading Proteas want to see more of ClarkePutting frustrations threatened to spoil Adam Scott’s mood and his opening round before he turned things around to charge into the Australian Masters lead on Thursday. The Australian world No.5 …
Continue reading Late charge lifts Scott to Masters leadArgentina have been dealt a blow before this weekend’s match against France with news that veteran Felipe Contepomi has been ruled out for up to four months with a knee …
Continue reading Contepomi out for up to four months

