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Greater Western Sydney football manager Graeme Allan says his AFL club won’t be rushed into naming Mark Williams’ replacement, and is yet to decide whether the candidate will need to …
Continue reading GWS won’t rush coaching decision: AllanBrisbane pair Sam Thaiday and Justin Hodges have been ruled out of Australia’s end-of-season Test against New Zealand due to injury. Broncos captain Thaiday, who has been a regular feature …
Continue reading Hodges, Thaiday out of end-of-season TestThe AFL hope their first overseas game for premiership points, in New Zealand next year, paves the way for matches around the world. And they have left the door open …
Continue reading NZ just step one for expansion-keen AFLRecord-breaking big hitter Kevin O’Brien says semi-professional Ireland have nothing to fear as they prepare to take on Australia in their World Twenty20 clash in Colombo next week. The cheeky …
Continue reading Ireland set to meet Australia in T20Manly coach Geoff Toovey has rubbished claims the Sea Eagles rank among the best verbal agitators in the NRL, saying his charges aren’t smart enough to perform the tactic. Manly …
Continue reading Manly not smart enough to niggle: TooveyFremantle are banking on a lighter week on the track and oxygen masks to leave them refreshed and ready to fire in Friday night’s AFL semi-final against Adelaide at AAMI …
Continue reading Oxygen masks help Freo in AFLHe’s logged just 40 minutes of under-20s time since breaking a toe in May, but Canberra insist young winger Jack Wighton has the mettle to make a difference in their …
Continue reading Wighton set for NRL return against SouthsAFL footballer John McCarthy was drinking heavily and offered drugs before probably jumping from the third storey of a Las Vegas casino to a palm tree and falling to an …
Continue reading AFL player offered drugs before fatalitySouth Sydney co-captain Michael Crocker has revealed he let the occasion of the Rabbitohs’ first NRL finals appearance in five years get to him against Melbourne. Souths went into the …
Continue reading Finals clash got to Souths says CrockerAllrounder Steve Smith says runs, not wickets, will be the key to him nailing down a regular place in Australia’s national cricket side. Smith, who had played Test, one-day and …
Continue reading Allrounder Smith’s focus on battingWallabies halfback Will Genia has successfully undergone surgery to repair the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Genia will soon begin the arduous rehabilitation process which is expected …
Continue reading Genia has successful ACL surgeryFor the first time in a long time, NSW paceman Doug Bollinger will start the summer with a full pre-season to his name. Bollinger, the forgotten man in Australia’s injury-beset …
Continue reading Fit-again Bollinger no longer on iceA number of injuries have forced changes to the Prime Minister’s XIII to play Papua New Guinea later this month. Gold Coast’s Jamal Idris (hip) and William Zillman (shoulder) and …
Continue reading Injuries force changes to PM’s XIIIHawthorn star Sam Mitchell admits he would have loved another crack at fierce rivals Geelong this season. But the top midfielder is quick to add that Adelaide or Fremantle will …
Continue reading Hawk would have liked a Cats AFL finalA decade since the last of her three Women’s British Open titles, Karrie Webb is quietly confident about her prospects in this week’s Open. The 37-year-old Webb is sure to …
Continue reading Webb primed to seek 4th British Open winCollingwood prime mover Scott Pendlebury is confident the Magpies can bounce back from the last-start loss to Hawthorn and avoid a straight-sets finals exit. The Magpies will have to hurriedly …
Continue reading AFL’s Magpies can improve fast: PendleburyAdelaide’s Ricky Henderson has had some good news as he tries to return to the AFL side, with the Crows announcing a three-year contract extension for the utility. Henderson turned …
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