Manchester United says the club has reached an agreement with Premier League rival Arsenal to buy Netherlands striker Robin van Persie. United says Van Persie is yet to agree to …
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Serb second seed Novak Djokovic advanced in his opening match at the Cincinnati Masters with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 win over Italian Andreas Seppi. But Australian wild card Lleyton Hewitt …
Continue reading Djokovic through, Hewitt out in CincinnatiFormer England striker Michael Owen says he wouldn’t take his children to watch a soccer match, contrasting the atmosphere at English Premier League grounds with that of the London Olympics. …
Continue reading Owen says he won’t take kids to soccerSouth Africa captain Graeme Smith says suggestions his side deliberately leaked text messages from Kevin Pietersen are “the biggest load of rubbish I have heard”. England will go into Thursday’s …
Continue reading Smith denies Proteas role in Pietersen axeReading captain Jobi McAnuff has urged the club to follow the Barclays Premier League survival blueprint set out by Stoke. The Royals start the new season at home to Tony …
Continue reading Reading should follow Potters progressWigan manager Roberto Martinez’s devotion to stylish football helped sell the Latics to new signing Arouna Kone. The Ivory Coast international striker completed his move from Spanish side Levante yesterday …
Continue reading Kone impressed by MartinezLuke Romano has bounced back from injury to earn an unexpected start at lock for the All Blacks in Saturday’s match in Sydney. The man touted as the long-term replacement …
Continue reading Romano wins surprise start for All BlacksA week after the extinguishing of the Olympic flame in east London, the Premier League season is set to begin this weekend with football for once on the back foot. …
Continue reading Manchester battle aheadSouth Africa have made six changes to the team held by England last June for a Rugby Championship first-round match against Argentina in Cape Town Saturday. In comes fullback Zane …
Continue reading South Africa change six for Argentina TestEngland batsman Kevin Pietersen apologised on Wednesday for sending “provocative” text messages to South African players but team officials said it was too soon to say if he would be …
Continue reading Pietersen sorry for ‘provocative’ textsTwelve months ago, Brent Tate was contemplating his NRL retirement after battling to return from yet another knee reconstruction. All the frustration of late 2011 must now seem like a …
Continue reading Tate excited as Cowboys eye NRL top fourCanterbury skipper Michael Ennis says he would welcome the introduction of a captain’s challenge to the NRL as long as such a system was properly trialled first. Under the instruction …
Continue reading Ennis keen on NRL captain’s challengeThere is no risk of a complacent All Blacks side running onto ANZ Stadium in the first trans-Tasman rugby Test since their one-sided World Cup semi-final. The 20-6 thumping of …
Continue reading No complacency among All BlacksAFL coaches association chief executive Danny Frawley says clubs risk burning out their assistant coaches if they ignore new findings on stress levels. AFL-funded research released on Wednesday found 98 …
Continue reading Don’t let AFL coaches burn out: AFLCAWith their backs against the wall, Brisbane will be fired up for their crunch Friday night NRL clash with Melbourne according to Storm fullback Billy Slater. Melbourne snapped a five-game …
Continue reading Slater expects Broncos to show fightWest Coast coach John Worsfold says it was right for the AFL match review panel to hand Geelong skipper Joel Selwood a reprimand for shoving a dazed Adam Selwood last …
Continue reading Selwood AFL reprimand was fair: WorsfoldSam Perrett says he never doubted his mid-season move to Canterbury would be a success, as he eyes off his first NRL premiership while his former club Sydney Roosters remain …
Continue reading Perrett always confident in Bulldogs moveIf Olympic athletes can perform half a world away, Melbourne players ought to be able to improve the AFL club’s sorry interstate record, coach Mark Neeld believes. The Demons are …
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