Zack Holmes will make his run-on debut when he fills the Brumbies’ five-eighth hot seat in Friday night’s Super Rugby clash with the Hurricanes in Wellington. Holmes comes into the …
Continue reading Zack Holmes named new Brumbies five-eighthWorld No.1 Novak Djokovic dealt Bernard Tomic a claycourt reality check with a straight-sets dismissal of the Australian teenager at the Rome Masters. After enjoying a first-round bye, Djokovic opened …
Continue reading Djokovic outclasses Tomic in RomeNorth Melbourne coach Brad Scott has foreshadowed player axings for the AFL match against Port Adelaide on Saturday after a performance last weekend he labelled “un-North Melbourne-like”. Scott said the …
Continue reading Nth Melb set to wield AFL selection axeAustralian cricket captain Michael Clarke will swap the baggy green for a racing helmet when he takes part in the International Rally of Queensland (IROQ) later this month. Organisers announced …
Continue reading Michael Clarke to race in Queensland rallyBesieged Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss admits his side must start reversing their fortunes against AFL newcomers Greater Western Sydney on Sunday. Three big losses have placed Voss under the …
Continue reading Lions must reverse fortunes now: VossImproved Super Rugby performers Melbourne say they can’t afford to take the Western Force lightly when the teams meet on Sunday in Perth. Confidence is high in the Rebels camp …
Continue reading Rebels keen to prove they’re a forceLong-serving Southern Stars bowler Clea Smith has announced her retirement from cricket, ending 14 years of involvement in the game. The 33-year-old’s decision brings to a close a career that …
Continue reading Southern Star pulls up stumpsWest Indies face England in the first of a three-Test series at Lord’s here on Thursday with the tourists’ batting likely to determine the course of the match. Should conditions …
Continue reading Windies batsmen face searching testWallabies star Quade Cooper will be a shock starter in his long-awaited return from a knee reconstruction for the Queensland Reds on Saturday night. Cooper was named on Wednesday to …
Continue reading Quade Cooper a starter in injury returnWest Coast coach John Worsfold has declared Daniel Kerr a certain starter for Sunday’s AFL clash with St Kilda despite the star midfielder being struck down by food poisoning earlier …
Continue reading West Coast’s Kerr certain to playWest Indian cricket icon Brian Lara has called upon Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the world’s number one batsman, to move up the order for his team’s three-Test series with England which begins …
Continue reading Lara urges Chanderpaul to move to No.3Brent Tate empathises deeply with Jharal Yow Yeh, the man he’s replaced as he prepares to play his first State of Origin game for Queensland since 2008. Brisbane winger Yow …
Continue reading Tate backs Yow Yeh to returnIf there’s one tournament where Australia’s golfers can end their barren streak on the US PGA Tour surely it is this week’s Byron Nelson Championship in Texas. A confident Adam …
Continue reading Scott, Day seek repeat Texas golf successQueensland have begun cranking up the emotion for next Wednesday night’s State of Origin opener with players each receiving a unique personalised training jersey. Former Queensland players Gene Miles and …
Continue reading Queensland crank up Origin emotionWallabies star Quade Cooper is expected to make his long-awaited return from a knee reconstruction for the Queensland Reds on Saturday night. Cooper is set to be named on Wednesday …
Continue reading Quade Cooper in line for Reds returnVeteran Lleyton Hewitt and teenager Ashleigh Barty have been awarded Tennis Australia’s wildcards into the main draw of the French Open. Hewitt, who had foot surgery in February, has made …
Continue reading Hewitt, Barty get French Open wildcardsRugby’s television referees will be given wider powers under a series of rule changes that will be implemented later this year. The amendments, which were announced on Tuesday by the …
Continue reading More power for rugby’s video refereesWimbledon’s all-white dress code won’t be in place for the Olympics. And the traditional dark green backdrop around the courts will be gone, too. “The look will be the look …
Continue reading A colourful Wimbledon Olympics

