Seven years after he rejected his parents’ advice to stay home and become a prison officer in Fiji – telling them he wanted to “play for Australia”- the Queensland Reds backrower is edging closer to his Wallaby dream. Enjoying new found freedom to express himself under Les Kiss, Uru scored a try double in the […]
Tevita Pangai jnr says he still has his heart set on reuniting with his great mate Payne Haas at Brisbane, as he ruled out signing with the Dolphins under Wayne Bennett this year. The 28-year-old, who has a heavyweight boxing fight on Saturday night in Ipswich against Raphael Sa’u, is playing Queensland Cup for Souths-Logan […]
Olympic swimming legend and Australian Sports Commission boss Kieren Perkins has warned that “someone will die” if a multi-sport event that allows athletes to use banned substances goes ahead. The Enhanced Games have been proposed by Australian entrepreneur Aron D’Souza, with Australia’s dual world champion swimmer and triple Olympic medallist James Magnussen the first athlete […]
Tim Tszyu has the chance to emulate his legendary father as a unified world boxing champion after the stakes were dramatically raised for his long-awaited Las Vegas debut. Hours after Tszyu’s scheduled opponent Keith Thurman was forced out of the March 30 pay-per-view blockbuster, officials promoted fellow American Sebastian Fundora as a replacement. CONFIRMED: Tim […]
Perth is being tipped as “the big winner” ahead of an announcement of the venues for India’s blockbuster tour down under later this year. Western Australia will host the opening match of the five Test series despite criticism over poor crowds to kick off the summer Test this this year. The Sydney Morning Herald reports […]
