8/08/2008 | O n an important day in the history of Australian rugby, as it is the 100th anniversary of the first Wallabies leaving for the 1908-09 northern hemisphere tour, it is sad to announce that out in the p...
8/08/2008 | THAT titan of Australian rugby union, Alex Evans, arrived back in Brisbane from the coronation of the new King of Tonga in time to tune into the coverage of the All Blacks beating the Wallabies, and r...
8/08/2008 | MANLY hooker Heath L'Estrange and Sydney Roosters prop David Shillington have been ruled out of France's World Cup squad after being caught up in a "Grannygate" type scandal over their...
8/08/2008 | MANLY second-rower Anthony Watmough wants to play in tonight's clash with Melbourne, although club officials are far less certain he will make a surprise return less than two weeks after knee sur...
8/08/2008 | WARRIORS fullback Wade McKinnon says Brisbane can throw whatever they like at him when he makes a comeback, only six months after undergoing a knee reconstruction, at Mt Smart Stadium tomorrow night. ...
8/08/2008 | TONIGHT'S Sea Eagles versus Storm match at Brookvale Oval will probably decide the minor premiership, forcing the coaches to gamble with their selection of players over the remaining four rounds, ...
8/08/2008 | Manly have risen to new heights and Melbourne have been one reason, report Jamie Pandaram and Adrian Proszenko.
It should have been the death knell for Manly's confidence - a comprehensive de...
8/08/2008 | FOR a city that likes to think of itself as the flashing neon light on an otherwise bleak national landscape, it is ironic to consider the current incarnation of Paul Roos's Swans.
Hard-workin...
8/08/2008 | One of the most important lessons I took from my comeback game against Adelaide two weekends ago was to never, ever again play a game as if I was walking on eggshells.
8/08/2008 | THE All Blacks playing a full-strength Waratahs team at the Sydney Football Stadium next season is being planned as a way to overcome the northern hemisphere disease of sending their B-grade line-ups here every June.
8/08/2008 | THE head of the World Anti-Doping Agency "hopes and prays" that the 100-metre final is free of doping incidents so the credibility of sport can be restored.
Agency chairman John Fahey said...
8/08/2008 | FOR the past four years, almost from the moment he climbed from the Athens pool, a partially collapsed lung unable to stop him winning back-to-back 1500 metres freestyle gold medals, all the talk has ...
8/08/2008 | IF THE quadrennial search is for the next Nadia Comaneci, then this year's sweetheart will have no opportunity to achieve scoreboard perfection or inspire a film starring the 2008 equivalent of Bo...
8/08/2008 | ROGER Federer's press conference started late and loudly, with cameramen screaming at photographers in a packed interview room way too small for the occasion.
Someone had underestimated the in...
8/08/2008 | FROM Los Angeles to Athens, the chant of the United States' all-conquering Olympics team once lingered long after the flame was extinguished. "We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're No. 1...
8/08/2008 | It's official. Drug taking is now a recognised Olympic sport - at least as far as the bookies are concerned.
8/08/2008 | There is much Asafa Powell dislikes about sprinting. Training, for instance.
8/08/2008 | Sea Eagles v Storm
Friday, Brookvale Oval, 7.35pm
Referee: Tony Archer
We've been waiting for it and now here it is - potentially the game of the season between the top two teams in t...
8/08/2008 | IN THE end, enough was enough. Canberra yesterday sacked Todd Carney from his $400,000-aseason contract following his repeated misdemeanours - with Raiders chairman John McIntyre revealing the club would finance further counselling for the wayward halfback as a de facto payout.
8/08/2008 | SONNY BILL WILLIAMS has fired back at critics who labelled him "greedy" and "cowardly" for walking out on his contract with the Bulldogs, while calling for the salary cap to be abolished.