The sting of a previous loss to New Zealand will act as motivation for Australian forward Greg Bird when he finally gets a chance for some payback on Saturday week. …
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Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has confirmed he will retire for the second time at the end of 2012. “I have decided to retire at the end of the season,” …
Continue reading Schumacher to retire at end of F1 seasonPort Adelaide are disappointed to miss out on Leon Cameron but insist their search for a new AFL senior coach has not become farcical. While Gold Coast assistant Ken Hinkley …
Continue reading Port defend coach selection processRobbie Farah says you can judge the quality of the New Zealand rugby league pack by the players who haven’t been picked as he prepares to face clubmate Benji Marshall …
Continue reading Farah relishes rare tussle with BenjiAustralia’s in-form batting duo Shane Watson and Mike Hussey are known for their attention to detail and devotion to the training track. Details, however, have been the problem for West …
Continue reading Mike Hussey in the groove at No.3: BaileySkipper George Bailey admits Glenn Maxwell’s shot selection could have been better in Australia’s World Twenty20 loss to Pakistan but Bailey accepts some of the blame for a lack of …
Continue reading Maxwell no certainty for T20 semi: BaileyWorld No.6 Tomas Berdych reached the quarter finals of the Japan Open on Thursday after beating Colombia’s Alejandro Falla. The 2008 Tokyo champion, from the Czech Republic, raced to a …
Continue reading Berdych reaches Japan Open quartersThe loyalty shown to her by trainer Ron Quinton is the motivation behind Kathy O’Hara’s quest to win Saturday’s Epsom Handicap aboard Monton. In March, O’Hara became just the fourth …
Continue reading Kathy O’Hara to ride Monton in 2012 Epsom HandicapOpener Alyssa Healy says Australia’s loss in the women’s World Twenty20 group stage to England earlier this week has served as a wake-up call for Friday night’s (1900 AEST) semi-final …
Continue reading Aussie women calm for T20 semi: HealyIt’s A Dundeel has risen to every challenge so far and his jockey James McDonald is counting on his staying prowess to fashion an upset against the brilliance of Proisir …
Continue reading Spring Champion Stakes hardest task for It’s A DundeelKangaroos forward David Shillington isn’t disappointed by Sam Kasiano’s decision to pledge his international rugby league allegiance to New Zealand and has wished the big Bulldogs star well. One of …
Continue reading Shillington wishes Kiwi Kasiano wellSpanish tennis superstar Rafael Nadal, out of action since June, will resume training in two weeks with the aim of playing in the ATP Tour Finals and the Davis Cup …
Continue reading Nadal aims for ATP Tour Finals, Davis CupAs if there aren’t enough hazards for the V8 Supercars field to overcome in Sunday’s Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama’s kangaroos are again scaring drivers at the iconic circuit. During Thursday’s …
Continue reading V8 drivers on kangaroo alert at BathurstNormal proceedings were quickly in place at Mount Panorama as the V8 Supercars’ big guns hit their straps in Thursday’s practice for this weekend’s Bathurst 1000. Holden ace Jamie Whincup …
Continue reading V8 big guns fire first shots at BathurstJohnathan Thurston says New Zealand have the potential to rack up 40 points against Australia in Saturday week’s rugby league international in Townsville if the Kangaroos lack intensity in potential …
Continue reading Thurston says Kiwis have points to proveWorld No.2 Maria Sharapova enjoyed her third consecutive straight-sets win in Beijing on Thursday as she reached the last eight of the China Open in style. The Russian thrashed Slovenian …
Continue reading Sharapova through to Beijing quartersPlayer movements continued on Thursday under the AFL’s free agency with Port Adelaide defender Troy Chaplin headed to Richmond and two-time premiership forward Shannon Byrnes switching from Geelong to Melbourne. …
Continue reading Chaplin, Byrnes switch AFL clubsLeon Cameron feels his decision to succeed Kevin Sheedy as senior coach at AFL club Greater Western Sydney was a no-brainer. Two days after Port Adelaide formally interviewed Cameron for …
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