Smith overshadowed by former champ, local LIV star burned by rules blunder as schoolgirl stuns Australian Open

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A week after being reduced to tears by missing the cut at the Australian PGA Championship, Open champion Cameron Smith has a fight on his hands to make the weekend at the Australian Open. As former champion Cam Davis (-9) and last weekend’s PGA winner Min Woo Lee (-5) lit up the opening morning at […]

Ponting anoints Warner successor, but insists Green must ‘bide his time’ to make Test squad

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Ricky Ponting insists Cameron Bancroft should be David Warner’s replacement once the veteran Australia opener bows out of Test cricket in January. WA’s Bancroft is again the Sheffield Shield’s top run-scorer after smashing 945 runs – almost 300 more than the next best – last summer. Despite the 31-year-old’s domestic success, Bancroft was still overlooked […]

Madge names star-studded support staff as new coach leans in to culture change at Blues

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Michael Maguire has been confirmed as the new NSW Blues coach, with a raft of experienced NRL coaches named to his backroom staff. Matt King, one of Trent Robinson’s right-hand men at the Roosters, and John Cartwright, himself a former NRL head coach with the Titans and currently an assistant to Kevin Walters at the […]

Major development after accusations against Boomers star

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The Newport Beach Police Department says their detectives are conducting an investigation into an accusation that Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey had an improper relationship with an underage girl. In a since-deleted post, an anonymous social media user last week said a girl who is seen with the 21-year-old Australian in videos and photographs […]

Bennett tells Dolphins young gun to shape up as weight concerns cast doubt over next contract

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Dolphins centre Valynce Te Whare has been ordered to go through a torrid off-season training campaign to get his weight under control. The young gun burst onto the NRL scene last season to become a cult hero with the fans following his two-try debut in an upset win over Cronulla in Magic Round and went […]