Essendon midfielder Mark McVeigh has announced his retirement from the AFL. The 31-year-old midfielder has decided to quit after 232 games, despite an offer from Bombers coach James Hird to …
Continue reading Bombers veteran McVeigh retires from AFLNovak Djokovic made a withering start to his US Open title defence with a 6-1 6-0 6-1 first round thrashing of Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi. Second seed Djokovic lost the first …
Continue reading Djokovic in fast start to US Open defenceSouth Sydney coach Michael Maguire says bad boy hooker Issac Luke will be involved in Friday’s NRL clash with Newcastle on Friday. Luke was axed for last Sunday’s win over …
Continue reading Luke ready for NRL return, says MaguireCarlton assistant coach Alan Richardson says the AFL club’s embattled head coach Brett Ratten is remaining positive and upbeat despite his uncertain future. There is strong speculation that Ratten will …
Continue reading Blues AFL coach Ratten ‘staying positive’St Kilda veterans Lenny Hayes and Stephen Milne have re-signed with the AFL club for another season. Hayes and Milne, both 32, extended their contacts until the end of 2013, …
Continue reading St Kilda re-sign four, including HayesAndy Roddick says he is ready to follow the pack when it comes to financial issues that have players pondering a boycott of next January’s Australian Open, but he isn’t …
Continue reading Roddick ready for Aust boycott if it comesEngland Test captain Andrew Strauss’s future and that of international exile Kevin Pietersen could both become clearer at a press conference at Lord’s on Wednesday. Strauss, 35, was set to …
Continue reading Strauss-Pietersen saga set for new twistTogether they’ve amassed more than 2000 NRL games. They’ve produced more than 430 tries, 3000 points and leave the game with a combined 105 years in rugby league’s toughest competition. …
Continue reading NRL good guys set to say goodbyeBritain’s Johanna Konta, born in Australia of Hungarian roots, reached the US Open second round on Tuesday, but admitted the national anthem still remains a mystery. Konta pledged to learn …
Continue reading Aust-born Konta advances at US OpenGeorge Bailey scored an unbeaten 57 to guide Australia to a tense four-wicket win in the opening match of their one-day series against Pakistan on Wednesday morning. Skipper Michael Clarke …
Continue reading Bailey guides Australia to ODI victoryJo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych may be seeded five and six at the US Open, but they admit it’s impossible to depose Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal as …
Continue reading Fed, Djokovic, Rafa ‘impossible to beat’Hashim Amla inflicted another record-breaking hundred upon England as South Africa won the second one-day international (ODI) by 80 runs in Southampton. Amla’s 150 saw him become the fastest player …
Continue reading Amla ton again too much for EnglandAn Australian Open boycott is still a long way away, according to Andy Murray. The leading male players have long been unhappy with the percentage of revenue that is paid …
Continue reading Murray plays down Australian Open boycottExiled England star Kevin Pietersen showed what his country are missing as the controversial batsman hit a sparkling century for Surrey in a County Championship match against Somerset. Pietersen is …
Continue reading Pietersen back in form with ton for SurreyYoung paceman Mitchell Starc claimed a career-best haul of 5-42 as Australia’s quicks ran through Pakistan for a total of 198 in Tuesday’s opening one-day international. James Pattinson bowled tailender …
Continue reading Starc claims five against PakistanWimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska and former world number one Ana Ivanovic breezed into the US Open second round as both women look to bury their woeful Flushing Meadows records. Polish …
Continue reading Radwanska, Ivanovic cruise at US OpenNew Liverpool midfielder Nuri Sahin has his sights set on helping the club break back into the Barclays Premier League top four this term. The 23-year-old’s season-long loan move from …
Continue reading Sahin targets Champions League spotNewcastle have paid tribute to former chief executive Freddie Fletcher following his death at the age of 71. Fletcher died last night following a battle against cancer. During his time …
Continue reading Newcastle mourn Freddie Fletcher


