A punter with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au this morning placed $50,000 on champion mare Black Caviar to win the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 23. Black Caviar has …
Continue reading Black Caviar backed to win 2012 Diamond Jubilee StakesThe door remains open for Billy Slater to make a remarkable Origin III appearance for Queensland – and NSW wouldn’t have it any other way, according to ex-Blues captain Ben …
Continue reading Slater an Origin III chance, say MaroonsFormer rugby league star Shaun Edwards has revealed the Welsh rugby union team used the example of the underdog NSW State of Origin side as motivation before the second Test …
Continue reading Wales inspired by NSW Blues league teamA text message from Robbie Farah has convinced NSW that he will not only lift for the State of Origin decider but will surpass his “superhuman” game two effort to …
Continue reading Farah will be ready for Origin III: EliasStar Collingwood midfielder Scott Pendlebury faces another two weeks on the sidelines with a cracked tibia, the AFL club said on Monday. However the third-placed Magpies could regain halfback Heath …
Continue reading AFL Magpies’ Pendlebury still on sidelinesPlenty believe Geelong aren’t the AFL team they once were but Sydney fullback Ted Richards isn’t one of them. A series of AFL pundits – including Tim Watson, Mick Malthouse, …
Continue reading Cats still a forward force: Ted RichardsNSW backrower Greg Bird will miss the Gold Coast Titans’ NRL clash with St George Illawarra on Friday night but is considered no risk of missing next month’s State of …
Continue reading Bird cleared for Origin IIIWales have questioned the legitimacy of the Wallabies breakdown tactics and want a meeting with the referee before the third and final rugby Test in Sydney on Saturday. Victories in …
Continue reading Breakdown tactics to be queried by WalesMissing out on packing down with Petero Civoniceva in his 300th NRL game was driving Brisbane forward Corey Parker’s bold comeback bid more than pushing his State of Origin claims. …
Continue reading Parker looking at surprise Broncos returnPort Adelaide’s Matt Thomas has been offered a two-match ban by the AFL’s match review panel for rough conduct on Bulldogs’ midfielder Tom Liberatore. Liberatore appeared dazed following the incident …
Continue reading Port’s Thomas faces two-match AFL banWebb Simpson believed he could be a major champion – just not yet. But he will wake up as the winner of the 112th US Open on Monday, becoming the …
Continue reading Webb Simpson rallies to win US OpenThe days of Quinten Lynch flinging away his glove are over, but the West Coast forward hasn’t given up hope of snaring one more AFL premiership before his career is …
Continue reading Eagle Lynch gives up AFL glove-flingingGeelong speedster Travis Varcoe will have another operation on his injured foot, placing uncertainty over what part he can play in the Cats’ AFL season. Varcoe, who starred in last …
Continue reading Surgery clouds AFL season for Cats’ VarcoeNorth Queensland prop Ashton Sims faces up to two weeks on the sidelines after being charged over a high shot on ex-teammate Ben Hannant. Sims on Monday was slapped with …
Continue reading Sims faces fortnight ban for Hannant hitPort Adelaide forward Jay Schulz will spend days in hospital with internal bleeding, joining his AFL teammate Hamish Hartlett with a serious injury. Both Power players will miss the next …
Continue reading Port’s Schulz still in hospitalJohn Senden tried his guts out but once again Australia’s charge towards a major golf championship failed as American Webb Simpson won the US Open at the Olympic Club on …
Continue reading Senden satisfied despite US Open slipBrisbane forward Corey Parker is making a bold bid to play against South Sydney on Friday, nine days after suffering a deep leg cut for Queensland during Origin II. Parker …
Continue reading Parker a chance for early Broncos returnQueensland selectors were breathing a sigh of relief after Greg Inglis was cleared of a serious elbow injury two weeks ahead of the Origin series decider. South Sydney on Monday …
Continue reading Inglis cleared of serious injury
