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The Grand Slam and Tri-Nations-winning All Blacks have been named as one of four finalists for the Halberg Awards Team of the Year – though Graham Henry's side looks a long shot to add one more prize to its 2008...
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Fremantle coach Mark Harvey wants Ben Cousins to return to Perth, albeit for an AFL pre-season encounter. Richmond, who handed Cousins an AFL lifeline via the pre-season draft, start their NAB Cup campaign against the Dockers at Subiaco Oval on February...
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Victoria's top cop has praised AFL legend Ron Barassi for coming to the aid of a woman attacked on New Year's Eve in St Kilda. - Nixon praises Barassi actions - Street safety 'issue for us all' - Woman saved from attack Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon said Barassi's actions should make...
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- 1:56PM The federal government has given a one-off $250,000 grant to help expand Australian rules football opportunities for young indigenous people in the East Kimberley region of Western...
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THE man appointed by the embattled Illinois governor to take over Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat was turned away from Capitol Hill today after being refused permission to take the oath of...
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FORMER England international Nigel Clough emulated his legendary late father Brian in becoming manager of Derby...
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- 6:44AM A helicopter was to return to Bethells Beach on Auckland's west coast on Wednesday, but searchers say there is no chance of finding rising Warriors rugby league star Sonny Fai...
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- 6:25AM The Slovak Republic are on the verge of their fourth appearance in the Hopman Cup final after upsetting the host nation 2-1 here Tuesday. The Slovaks, winners of the mixed teams tournament in 1998 and 2005, were seeded seventh in the eight-nation event, but beat top seeds USA on Monday and...
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Pacific’s Jacki Marshall has held onto her overnight lead to finish top qualifier going into tomorrow’s match play section of the 2008 Queensland Girl’s Amateur Championship at Gailes Golf...
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NOVAK DJOKOVIC insists there is no crisis, that his preparation for a successful Australian Open defence has not been derailed. One appearance at the Brisbane International was never going to be sufficient, and Djokovic has accepted a wildcard lifeline into next week's Sydney International to help meet his...
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"IT'S just the best," said Julia, a young South African cricket fan from Port Elizabeth. "There's a fantastic atmosphere, everyone has so much fun and there's never anybody trying to tell you to sit...
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Am I the only person who left the Sydney Cricket Ground this week feeling I'd just spent eight hours in a parallel universe? It wasn't the Mardi Gras-like fiesta of pink celebrating the life and legacy of Jane McGrath but the bizarre suspension of common sense so evident throughout the...
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FOR most, sport is like your third teenage...
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IRISHMAN Kyle Coney has turned down the Sydney Swans and will not be returning to Australia to play AFL.
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WORLD No. 3 Novak Djokovic said he felt sorry for the fans after cutting corners with his Brisbane International preparation blew up in his...
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- 4:41PM Fremantle coach Mark Harvey wants Ben Cousins to return to Perth - albeit for an AFL pre-season encounter. As fate would have it Richmond, who handed Cousins an AFL lifeline via the pre-season draft, start their NAB Cup campaign against the Dockers at Subiaco Oval on February...
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: Bradbury's Luck and Our Fiction are set to hold their respective places as the most expensive and cheapest Magic Millions winners, with this year's final field's purchase prices falling between $32,000 and $200...
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FORMER world No.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and top seed Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Brisbane...
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: The Patrick Lee trained Best Jade Horse destroyed his rivals to record his second Group win in the G3 Winter Trophy at Taipa on January 3. Superbly ridden by Brazilian rider Luiz Duarte, Best Jade Horse came from near last on the corner, to burst through the field and win running away by...
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: 2008 will probably go down in the history of South African racing as one its best yet. The international victories coupled with some real superstar horses at home and the expansion of the South African racing product made 2008 an exciting time for South African racing...
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