Gold Coast back-rower DAVE TAYLOR will be free to face Parramatta in Mudgee on Sunday after successfully downgrading his dangerous contact charge at the NRL judiciary last night.
West Coast coach John Worsfold says there’s zero chance of a rival AFL side poaching Nic Naitanui while the star ruckman is still contracted to the Eagles.
Peter Moody has ruled out a Stradbroke Handicap start for Strawberry Boy and will use a race at Caulfield on Saturday to test the promising galloper for a potential spring target.
Chris Waller will roll the dice with promising two-year-old Zoustar and give him a shot at Group company in Saturday’s BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Doomben.
Borussia Dortmund’s international stars Mario Goetze and Mats Hummels remain doubtful for Saturday’s Champions League soccer final against Bayern Munich at Wembley, as they struggle to recover from leg injuries.
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Melbourne NRL coach Craig Bellamy plans to nurse his battle-weary players through a light week on the track before their second big game in five days when they tackle the Sydney Roosters on Saturday night at Allianz Stadium.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says controversial striker Luis Suarez will not be sold, as the Merseyside club target Champions League qualification next season.
Brumbies lock Sam Carter says his side will unbottle lingering resentment for the Blues on Saturday night to exact payback for ending their 2012 Super Rugby campaign.
Ernie Els has predicted a legal battle over the ban on anchoring putters set to come into force in 2016 and admitted he would not have won last year’s British Open without a long putter.
Les internationaux de France de Roland-Garros, or the French Open as we know it, gets underway at the end of May with both the Men’s and Women’s tennis titles set to be a hotly contested.
Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo is confident of an improved performance at this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, saying his team has a better understanding of his Torro Rosso.
The San Antonio Spurs held off the late-charging Memphis Grizzlies to triumph 93-89 in overtime on Tuesday and stretch their lead in the NBA Western Conference finals to 2-0.
Sportsbet.com.au has installed Jeff Buckley’s cover of Hallelujah as the $2.50 favourite to top the Triple J hottest 100 songs of the last two decades chart.
Australian Daniel Geale is a $1.60 favourite with Sportingbet Australia to defend his IBF world middleweight title against England’s Darren Barker when the pair clash in the United States on August 17.
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