Mick Malthouse has distanced himself from the axing of three assistant coaches at Carlton, the AFL club he could join as early as this week. There is little doubt that …
Continue reading Malthouse says he had no say in axingsNew Zealand driver Mitch Evans is the new GP3 motor racing champion after a dramatic end to the season at Monza in Italy. The 18-year-old Aucklander could be overtaken at …
Continue reading Evans becomes GP3 championNorth Melbourne coach Brad Scott admits his team were absolutely “spent” and like “deers in the headlights” in Sunday’s 96-point AFL elimination final loss to West Coast at Patersons Stadium. …
Continue reading Roos were deers in the headlights: ScottWest Coast hardman Beau Waters is the fourth AFL player whose finals series looks finished barely after it started. Waters landed awkwardly in the second quarter and trainers had to …
Continue reading Waters’ AFL finals could be overA mystery foot injury has almost certainly ended the AFL premiership hopes of West Coast defender Beau Waters, but the Eagles will enter Saturday night’s semi-final brimming with confidence after …
Continue reading West Coast ruthless in thrashing KangaroosCanberra coach David Furner claims no side is more battle-hardened for the rigours of sudden-death NRL football than his surprising Raiders – who continued their merry tightrope trip into the …
Continue reading Raiders not fearing sudden-deathDashing West Coast defender Jacob Brennan looks set to be the beneficiary of Beau Waters’ foot injury as he prepares to follow in his father’s footsteps onto the MCG in …
Continue reading Brennan set to step up for West CoastPublicly they’re unfussed, but the AFL’s two WA sides must overcome significant scheduling handicaps if they are to make the grand final. West Coast and Fremantle were outstanding this weekend, …
Continue reading WA teams face big AFL finals challengesCronulla coach Shane Flanagan admits he rolled the dice in letting an injured Todd Carney take to the field against Canberra in Sunday’s NRL elimination final loss. But he’s refused …
Continue reading Sharks exit finals, Carney injured againCanberra’s decision to target Cronulla’s two superstars worked a treat as the Raiders battered the Sharks into submission in advancing to an NRL semi-final against South Sydney on Saturday night. …
Continue reading Raiders batter Sharks out of NRL finalsCanberra centre Blake Ferguson insists he’d forgotten all about his infamous departing jibe that Cronulla weren’t NRL premiership contenders. But scoring two match-turning tries as the Raiders sent his old …
Continue reading Ferguson leaves Sharks sledge behind himRather than brush it off as a horror day, North Melbourne captain Andrew Swallow will use Sunday’s 96-point AFL elimination final loss to West Coast as motivation to get another …
Continue reading One result won’t make Swallow’s summerAustralian Matthew Griffin scored the biggest win of his career on Sunday with a one-stroke victory at the OneAsia Tour event in South Korea. The 29-year-old from Melbourne led by …
Continue reading Griffin grabs one-shot win in South KoreaSydney Swans forward Ben McGlynn has been given some hope of playing a part in the Swans’ AFL finals campaign after being diagnosed with a minor strain of his right …
Continue reading Hurt Swan McGlynn racing finals clockCollingwood coach Nathan Buckley remains confident key forward Travis Cloke will stay at the AFL club. The Magpies’ negotiations with Cloke were put off until the end of the season, …
Continue reading Buckley says Cloke deal ‘matter of time’Sam Burgess has slammed claims South Sydney were overawed by finals football and is confident the Rabbitohs can bounce back from their loss to Melbourne. Souths get a second chance …
Continue reading No stage fright for Souths: BurgessAustralia’s Twenty20 cricketers are well aware they’ve slipped below the semi-professional Ireland team to 10th on the world rankings, but middle-order batsman Cameron White says all that can change very …
Continue reading Australia upbeat despite T20 slump: WhiteSonny Bill Williams didn’t get off to the start he hoped for in his debut in Japanese rugby on Sunday. The star centre played the full 80 minutes but his …
Continue reading Sonny Bill quiet in Japanese club debut
