22/08/2008 | WHILE veteran Sydney defender Leo Barry gets ready to play his first game in a month against Collingwood tomorrow night, Swans coach Paul Roos says his team will otherwise invoke youth and a new game plan in the hope of overcoming their nemesis.
22/08/2008 | LIKE so many Australians, I was moved by the courage Anna Meares displayed to win her Olympic silver medal on the cycling track at Beijing. Her effort to stand on the podium just months after she suff...
22/08/2008 | T his year's Tri Nations has rubber-stamped Richie McCaw as one of the great All Blacks. If, as expected, New Zealand win the tournament, they will have to thank their skipper, as he has completel...
22/08/2008 | ROCKY ELSOM was last night fast-tracked into the Wallabies team, while his Waratahs forwards teammate Matt Dunning returns to the starting line-up for Saturday night's Tri Nations Test against Sou...
22/08/2008 | AS IF getting the much-maligned Wallabies scrum back on track was enough of a task for the new NSW forwards coach Michael Foley, he now has the onerous chore of renovating a Waratahs pack that next season will be without its three main structural supports.
22/08/2008 | AFTER watching Sonny Bill Williams make his starting debut for French rugby union club Toulon, former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has predicted he will make the All Blacks squad for the 2011 World Cup...
22/08/2008 | VENUE management in Canberra, Wollongong and Brisbane have been told to ensure their stadiums are available for the opening match of the finals on September 12, with the Raiders, Dragons and Broncos s...
22/08/2008 | WINGER Eric Grothe will attempt to dig his heels in at Parramatta even though the Eels are prepared to cut ties with one of the club's most famous names.
Grothe's manager, Roy Spagnolo, sa...
22/08/2008 | Sydney Roosters hooker James Aubusson remains a chance of playing against Cronulla tonight despite being knocked out twice last Friday.
22/08/2008 | Ricky Stuart's results-based ethos has his team circling a top-two finish.
22/08/2008 | AUSTRALIAN women have led the Beijing Olympic Games success, so surely one of the fairer sex will get the honour of carrying the flag in the closing ceremony?
Forget the old chestnuts Grant Hacket...
22/08/2008 | Australia's women's water polo team has claimed a bronze medal, defeating Hungary in a frenetic penalty shootout after two periods extra-time could not separate the teams at the Yingdong Natat...
22/08/2008 | JANE SAVILLE burst into tears crossing the finish line of the 20-kilometre walk yesterday. She had not been disqualified, as in the dramatic moment at the Sydney Olympics when she said she wanted to s...
22/08/2008 | IN THE wake of Craig Mottram's shock Olympic exit his coach Nic Bideau concedes there is a flaw in Mottram's racing make-up.
22/08/2008 | Extraordinary. Exhilarating. Here's hoping Usain Bolt is not too good to be true, writes Greg Baum.
22/08/2008 | AUSTRALIAN Olympic athletes have been paid five figure sums not to appear on a rival television show as bidding wars for exclusive access to medal winners turned nasty yesterday.
22/08/2008 | DUTCH great Edgar Davids is looking for a guest stint in the A-League, and Sydney FC have not ruled out making a move for the dreadlocked midfielder if he drops his asking price.
Davids' long-...
22/08/2008 | JOSEPH PRIDE is banking on fitness paving the way for his grey warrior Hadaaf to score an upset Warwick Stakes win over weight-for-age star Racing To Win at Warwick Farm on Saturday.
"Normally...
22/08/2008 | BRETT LEE has been advised to return to cricket as soon as possible following the break-up of his two-year marriage, and should be available for the October tour of India.
22/08/2008 | NORTH QUEENSLAND FC boss Don Matheson insists the A-League hopefuls have "over-performed" in presenting their final bid to join the competition to Football Federation Australia.
While fell...