Blackburn defender Gael Givet has dismissed any suggestion he refused to play in Saturday’s 3-0 English Premier League defeat at Swansea. The Frenchman, who has not featured for Rovers since …
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Fernando Torres always dreamt more about winning the Champions League than the World Cup. Torres, who is hoping to start Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Barcelona on Wednesday …
Continue reading Torres dreams of winning Champions LeagueGary Neville has backed his longstanding Manchester United teammate Ryan Giggs to continue to play into his forties should the Old Trafford great wish to extend his brilliant career that …
Continue reading Giggs can play into his 40s saysAustralia had a 54-run lead after dismissing the West Indies for 257 in their first innings early of day four of the second Test in Trinidad. Resuming on 9-252, it …
Continue reading Australia wrap up Windies inningsCricket South Africa says former Namibia and Worcestershire batsman Louis Vorster has been shot dead in an armed robbery near South Africa’s capital of Pretoria. He was 45. Vorster, whose …
Continue reading Ex-Namibia cricketer shot deadAlexandr Dolgopolov has extracted a measure of revenge against Bernard Tomic, downing the Australian in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. The pair fought out an …
Continue reading Tomic downed by Dolgopolov in MonacoFormer Wallabies great Michael Lynagh has been admitted to a Brisbane hospital after suffering a stroke. The Courier Mail has reported that Lynagh, 48, was taken to the hospital with …
Continue reading Wallabies great Lynagh has stroke: reportWayne Bennett’s desperation to turn Newcastle into a NRL force has resulted in the Knights becoming the fourth club in less than two years to offer controversial forward Willie Mason …
Continue reading Desperate Knights offer Mason NRL chanceCollingwood AFL captain Nick Maxwell says he has not picked up any hint of the supposed rift between coach Nathan Buckley and Magpies players. Former great Wayne Carey has insisted …
Continue reading Maxwell dismisses Magpies’ AFL rift talkReading returned to the English Premier League after securing automatic promotion with a 1-0 win at home to Nottingham Forest on Tuesday. Mikele Leigertwood volleyed in an Ian Harte free-kick …
Continue reading Reading earn Premier League promotionFremantle coach Ross Lyon is confident Nat Fyfe’s bung left shoulder won’t stop the star midfielder sizzling for the rest of the AFL season. Fyfe, whose reconstructed shoulder popped out …
Continue reading Freo’s Fyfe set to sizzle against SaintsA year older and wiser, Brisbane won’t be resorting to taunts to rile arch rivals Gold Coast ahead of Saturday night’s Gabba clash. On the contrary, Lions vice-captain Daniel Merrett …
Continue reading No Lions taunts ahead of AFL derbyThey are the emotional barometers for their respective packs, but rival Test forwards Anthony Watmough and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves claim they have learned the benefits of playing rugby league with control. …
Continue reading League Test rivals tone down emotionsIt’s deja vu for the third time running, but Canberra’s Josh McCrone says he’s ready to step up following a NRL season-ending injury to chief playmaker and Raiders linchpin Terry …
Continue reading Campo-less Raiders out to prove NRL pointInjuries to Stormers stars Jean de Villiers and Andries Bekker have the Queensland Reds eying backline and lineout advantages in Friday night’s Super Rugby clash in Brisbane. The Stormers have …
Continue reading Reds eye Stormers’ Super Rugby weaknessesControversial forward Willie Mason has signed with Newcastle through to the end of the 2012 NRL season. The former Australian representative, who has also played with Canterbury, Sydney Roosters and …
Continue reading Willie Mason to play for Knights in NRLThe ‘Godfather’ of New Zealand halfbacks claims Test rookie Shaun Johnson has all the tools to be a Kiwi great – but warned him to prepare for a brutal initiation …
Continue reading Johnson faces tough league Test initiationAustralia have warned New Zealand they will get as good as they give, with the Kangaroos rallying around Kiwi defector James Tamou ahead of an expected ambush at Eden Park …
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