Australian Open bowls champions Kelsey Cottrell, Anne Johns and Lynsey Armitage have held onto their title. The defending champions played Commonwealth Game silver medallists Kay Moran and Julie Keegan and …
Continue reading Defending bowls champs hold onto titleScotland coach Andy Robinson has made four changes in personnel for Sunday’s crucial Six Nations clash with France at Murrayfield. Scotland have yet to get off the mark this season, …
Continue reading Four changes for Scotland against FranceFourth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur has advanced to the third round of the Dubai Tennis Championships by defeating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1. The US Open …
Continue reading Stosur beats Safarova in Dubai OpenSouth African-born Tobias Botes will make his first start for Italy against Ireland in the Six Nations in Dublin on Saturday as one of four changes to the Azzurri team. …
Continue reading Italy make four changes for Six NationsWorld number one Victoria Azarenka has paid the price for her 17-match winning start to the year after being forced to withdraw from the $2 million Dubai Open with a …
Continue reading Injured Azarenka withdraws from Dubai OpenBritish emergency services have held a huge pre-Olympics security exercise, centring on a mock terrorist attack on the London Underground. The two-day test – called “Exercise Forward Defensive” – started …
Continue reading UK emergency services hold Olympics testSuper League side St Helens’ Australian back-row forward Chris Flannery is set to hang up his boots at the end of the season. The former Queensland Origin player, who turns …
Continue reading Chris Flannery set to call time on careerBritish Prime Minister David Cameron says the recent spate of racism scandals in English football should not “drag us back to the bad old days of the past.” The abuse …
Continue reading British PM warns against football racismGermany coach Joachim Loew has responded to his mounting injury list by giving youth a chance in next Wednesday’s Euro 2012 warm-up friendly against France. Germany host the French in …
Continue reading Germany turns to youth for French clashSir Alex Ferguson is ready to hand a first start to Paul Pogba as the Manchester United manager prepares to ring the changes for their Europa League return leg with …
Continue reading Pogba in line for ManU start against AjaxA new soccer league in the Indian state of West Bengal featuring semi-retired world stars has been postponed after encountering “many problems”, organisers said on Wednesday without elaborating. The franchise-based …
Continue reading New Indian soccer league postponedAustralian international Matt McKay is set to leave crisis-hit Scottish giants Rangers to join South Korean team Busan I’Park, it was confirmed on Wednesday. McKay, 29, joined Rangers last year …
Continue reading Aussie McKay set to leave RangersReigning African club champions Esperance from Tunisia are set to bridge a 17-year gap this weekend by winning the CAF Super Cup a second time. The CAF Champions League winners …
Continue reading Esperance favoured to lift CAF Super CupThe global football players’ union is backing a campaign to change FIFA’s laws of the game by allowing Islamic women to wear hijabs. FIFPro spokeswoman Frederique Winia says “the current …
Continue reading Global players’ union backs hijab proposalLast year’s Copa Libertadores runners-up Penarol were thrashed 4-0 at home by Colombia’s Atletico Nacional on Tuesday, leaving the Uruguayan club in early trouble in this year’s competition with no …
Continue reading Penarol thrashed at home in LibertadoresThe Townsville Fire have doused the Sydney Flames’ final hopes with a nail-biting 85-78 win in the first WNBL elimination final at Townsville RSL Stadium. The home side shot out …
Continue reading Fire too hot for Flames in WNBL eliminatorOne of the smallest crowds in A-League history almost witnessed one of its biggest upsets as the lowly Gold Coast threatened to overcome a week of off-field dramas to stun …
Continue reading Gold Coast almost upset MarinersThe Townsville Fire have doused the Sydney Flames’ final hopes with a nail-biting 85-78 win in the first WNBL elimination final at Townsville RSL Stadium. The home side shot out …
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