Hawthorn AFL premiership defender Grant Birchall is eyeing a spot in the club’s leadership group after signing on for three more years. The 24-year-old, 139-game rebounding backman was third in …
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Canterbury coach Des Hasler says the fact Ben Barba is even being considered as a replacement for injured Queensland fullback Billy Slater in the State of Origin decider is a …
Continue reading Hasler delighted by Barba’s Maroons linkCollingwood defenders Heath Shaw, Ben Reid and Alan Toovey will all return from injury for Saturday’s table-topping AFL clash with West Coast at the MCG. The trio all completed the …
Continue reading Pies’ Shaw, Reid, Toovey in for AFL clashThe fallout over the Will Minson abuse controversy might help the Western Bulldogs crash the Brisbane Lions’ biggest party on Saturday, Josh Drummond says. The Lions’ inaugural Hall of Fame …
Continue reading Minson AFL ban might steel Dogs: LionsWest Coast veteran Adam Selwood is battling an infection and faces a race against time to prove his fitness for Saturday’s AFL clash with Collingwood at the MCG. Selwood was …
Continue reading Adam Selwood in doubt to face Pies in AFLFormer finalist Mark Philippoussis fears Bernard Tomic lacks the serving firepower to be a realistic hope of breaking Australia’s 10-year Wimbledon title drought. Tomic last year became the youngest men’s …
Continue reading Scud says Tomic needs to ramp up serveFlush with confidence from his major championship debut, Melbourne golfer Alistair Presnell is ready to push harder towards a PGA Tour card. The 33-year-old tees it up in the Wichita …
Continue reading Presnell pumped to press towards PGA TourA reinvigorated David Hussey views the upcoming one-day series in England as the perfect place to launch his campaign for a spot on next year’s Ashes tour. The younger Hussey …
Continue reading Hussey junior keeps Test dream aliveSydney coach John Longmire is confident inspirational co-captain Adam Goodes will be playing in Friday night’s blockbuster AFL clash with reigning premiers Geelong. Missing the past six weeks with a …
Continue reading Goodes set to make Swans AFL comebackFormer New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori wants to return to the short form of the game at this year’s ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka, officials said on …
Continue reading NZ’s Vettori eyes World T20 cricket returnThe British and Irish Lions tour to Australia next year is set to generate up to $300 million for the local economy, says Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O’Neill. …
Continue reading Lions tour to reap $300m for economy: ARUDean Brownlie, Doug Bracewell, Andrew Ellis, Tarun Nethula and Kruger van Wyk have earned New Zealand Cricket central contracts for the first time, and James Franklin has regained his. They …
Continue reading Six players lose NZ cricket contractsWest Indies’ Dwayne Bravo risked disciplinary action after criticising officials for the “game-changing” decision to give Chris Gayle out in the second one-day international against England at The Oval. Opening …
Continue reading Bravo slams umpires over Gayle decisionHe’s widely condemned as a wasted talent, but Mark Philippoussis insists he’s content with what he achieved during his injury-plagued tennis career. With protective strapping on both knees, Philippoussis is …
Continue reading No regrets for Mark PhilippoussisNick Abendanon came to South Africa for a wedding and stayed on to score a hat-trick of tries as England triumphed 57-31 against Northern Barbarians on Tuesday. The fullback also …
Continue reading Three tries and a wedding for AbendanonEngland will rest three frontline bowlers for the third and final one-day international against the West Indies at Headingley on Friday. Seamers Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan, together with off-spinner …
Continue reading England ring changes for Windies finaleWimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was among the top three women’s seeds to fall in the first round of the Eastbourne Championships on Tuesday. Kvitova was the first to exit, going …
Continue reading Kvitova falls as upsets rule EastbourneEngland captain Alastair Cook led his side to a series-clinching eight-wicket win over the West Indies in the second one-day international with an impressive hundred at The Oval on Tuesday. …
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