Offspinner Glenn Maxwell is Australia’s x-factor and possesses the all-round game to win matches single-handedly in the World Twenty20. That’s what he reckons anyway and his on-field performances have so …
Continue reading Maxwell says he brings x-factor to T20Argentina insist their first Rugby Championship win is just around the corner after letting slip a golden opportunity to beat the Wallabies on Saturday. The Pumas led 19-6 with 20 …
Continue reading Pumas hungry for first Rugby C’Ship winThe World Twenty20 explodes into action this week in tropical Sri Lanka with no runaway favourites and upsets likely in cricket’s shortest and least predictable form. At least half of …
Continue reading Upsets likely at World Twenty20Dejected and lost for answers, Will Power was left contemplating his oval track “jinx” after another IndyCar championship title slipped from his grasp. For a third straight year Australian star …
Continue reading Power bemused after IndyCar letdownThe lethal combination of Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione has put the Australian Davis Cup team just one win away from a spot in the top-flight next year. The undefeated …
Continue reading Australia close in on Davis Cup promotionHow the injury-hit Wallabies finish their Rugby Championship campaign with a maiden combined tour of South Africa and Argentina will speak volumes for Robbie Deans’ future in charge. Under the …
Continue reading Big potholes loom on Wallabies tourSouth Sydney insist there is nothing wrong with Greg Inglis despite the fullback being in obvious discomfort at the Rabbitohs’ recovery session on Sunday. Inglis was wearing a compression bandage …
Continue reading Souths say no fitness issues for InglisDespite a near-miraculous rebuild by his pit crew, Will Power has once again suffered final day heartbreak in the IndyCar championship. The 31-year-old Australian, holding a 17-point lead going into …
Continue reading Power misses out on IndyCar titleA sickening finger injury to rookie winger Dom Shipperley may save playmaker Quade Cooper from being the latest Wallabies star to feel the axe. Cooper endured a horror first hour …
Continue reading Cooper may pay for Wallabies bloopersHOW THE TEAMS MATCH UP IN THE AFL PRELIMINARY FINALS (TIMES AEST):- Friday, September 21 SYDNEY v COLLINGWOOD at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, 7.50pm Last time: Collingwood bt Sydney by 8 …
Continue reading AFL preliminary finals detailsWestern Australia captain Marcus North won the toss and elected to bowl first in the season-opening domestic one-day clash against New South Wales at the WACA Ground. The Warriors named …
Continue reading WA win toss and elect to bowl in PerthBill Glasson moved into position for his first Champions Tour victory, shooting a 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the inaugural Hawaii …
Continue reading Senior gives up Hawaii golf event leadWest Coast’s narrow AFL semi-final loss to Collingwood has underlined the importance of finishing the home and away season in the top four, says coach John Worsfold. The Magpies’ 10.13 …
Continue reading Top four AFL finish crucial: WorsfoldPromising rugby union player Nevin Spence died alongside his father and brother late Saturday after they fell into a slurry tank at their farm in Northern Ireland. Spence, 22, rose …
Continue reading Irish rugby player killed in slurry tankIreland and former NSW seamer Trent Johnston reckons Ireland have a mirror image of Australia’s top-order powerhouse David Warner in 22-year-old opener Paul Stirling. “Stirling’s probably the right-handed Warner,” Johnston …
Continue reading Ireland promise aggressive T20 approachRoger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka slumped to a 6-4 6-2 5-7 6-3 defeat to Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer on Saturday as the Netherlands stayed alive in their Davis Cup …
Continue reading Federer, Wawrinka lose Davis Cup doublesAustralia’s championship leader Will Power has crashed out of the season-ending IndyCar race in Fontana, California. Power was on track to become the first Australian to win the American-based motorsport …
Continue reading Power crashes out of last Indy raceUnseeded Belgian Kirsten Flipkens surprised third-seeded German Mona Barthel 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-3) on Saturday to reach the final of the Bell Challenge WTA Tour tournament. Flipkens, who toppled top-seeded …
Continue reading Flipkens books WTA final

