Players have rejected Netball Australia’s latest pay offer with former great Liz Ellis fearing the relationship between the warring parties may not be salvageable. The sport’s governing body and the Australian Netball Players’ Association (ANPA) are set to meet on Friday in Melbourne to try to hammer out an end to the bitter saga which […]
Richardson back with a bang but Renshaw fluffs Test audition, Fraser-McGurk blasts ton after unusual reprieve
Jhye Richardson has issued an immediate notice to Australia’s selectors with an incisive four-wicket haul on his red-ball return, before Usman Khawaja cruised to his 41st first-class century. The fit-again West Australian quick, in his first Sheffield Shield outing since November 2022, looked at his zippy best on his way to 4-36 from 23 overs […]
West Coast going back to the future in making surprise captaincy call to replace Shuey
West Coast have appointed co-captains for just the second time in the AFL club’s history, with Oscar Allen and Liam Duggan named as joint successors to Luke Shuey. The duo’s selection was ratified by the club board this week. It is the first time since 2001, when Dean Kemp and Ben Cousins were joint leaders, […]
‘It hurts’: Smith out for revenge at Australian Open after PGA shocker, delivers hilarious Richie McCaw sledge
Fresh from playing alongside All Blacks legend Richie McCaw on Wednesday, Cameron Smith is refusing to look back as he bids to rebound from the worst week of his illustrious career with a watershed Australian Open triumph in Sydney. Reduced to tears after missing the halfway cut at the Australian PGA Championship, a cherished event […]
The death of El Tel makes the anniversary of Socceroos’ 1997 shock more painful than usual
The untimely death of colourful football coach Terry Venables will mean many things to many people. For Australian sports / football followers, fans, players, pundits, aficionados, the memories of that infamous night at the MCG between the Socceroos and Iran (26 years ago this Wednesday) will be revived when hearing of the passing of ‘El […]