Hodge IRS skipper (Hawthorn Football Club)
(Source: Hawthorn Football Club) HAWTHORN'S triple-premiership skipper Luke Hodge has been named the Australian captain for the Virgin Australian International Rules Series. At a function in New York,...
View ArticleNick Minchin pushes for international rules Test in New York
Australia's consul-general in New York, Nick Minchin, is behind a push for an international rules Test between Ireland's top Gaelic footballers and the AFL's best players to be held in the Big Apple as...
View ArticleOttawa Fury's Richie Ryan: You have to believe in yourself
Richie Ryan is a footballer who has not been afraid to broaden his horizons. The Tipperary native's journey has taken him to England, Belgium and Scotland, while he also enjoyed a fruitful...
View ArticleMark Taylor calls for better pitches
PERTH (Australia): Former Australian players Mark Taylor and Ryan Harris have called for more lively wickets in Australia in the wake of another batsman-dominated Test match at the WACA Ground....
View ArticleEuro 2016: A Tour de France of all the venues
First the good news: veterans of Ireland’s ill-fated 2012 campaign can sleep easy; Croatia, like Italy, will be second seeds for the finals of Euro 2016, in France, next summer and so a repeat of the...
View ArticleIn Pics: England Women 8 Ireland Women 3 (Irish Rugby Football Union)
(Source: Irish Rugby Football Union) 16 Nov, 19:41 Railway Union and Leinster hooker Cliodhna Moloney said it was 'a fantastic experience' to make her debut for Ireland, lining out against England in a...
View ArticleAt home in the net (Essendon Football Club)
(Source: Essendon Football Club) Australian goalkeeper Dustin Fletcher is no stranger to Dublin. The rangy redhead with arms that stretch like the River Liffey is back in the country for the third time...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand: Steve Smith says Mitchell Johnson changed the way...
Retiring champion fast bowler Mitchell Johnson "changed the way Australian cricket was played", according to his captain Steve Smith. Smith led the tributes for Johnson on Tuesday after the 34-year-old...
View ArticleJonah Lomu's death so sad - How can such a force of nature no longer be with us
Jonah Lomu, dead? It scarcely seems credible. Still so young, at just 40, and such a force of nature, such a giant of rugby. Advertisement For all of us, the memories crowd back. When he burst upon the...
View ArticleWarne's Warriors thrash Sachin's Blasters to clinch All-Stars series
Los Angeles, Nov.15 (ANI): Warne's Warriors claimed a four-wicket win over Sachin's Blasters in the third T20 match here at Dodger Stadium on Sunday to clinch the All- Stars three-match series 3-0....
View ArticleJonah Lomu's death so sad - How can such a force of nature no longer ...
Jonah Lomu, dead? It scarcely seems credible. Still so young, at just 40, and such a force of nature, such a giant of rugby. For all of us, the memories crowd back. When he burst upon the rugby scene...
View ArticleKey supporting role for Ross Taylor in Kiwi fightback
Let's get this out of the way. In a Test match notable for how many balls have been damaged, it was only fair that Ross Taylor be chosen to play the key role. Chance has played a big role in Luteru...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand cricket second Test: Australian Mitch Starc...
A searing Mitchell Starc revived memories of the WACA pitch at its fearsome best when he delivered the fastest recorded delivery in Test history on Sunday. The radar gun showed Starc had hit 160.4 km/h...
View ArticleFrance attacks: Sporting fixtures postponed after attacks
Several sporting fixtures in France have been postponed after a series of attacks across Paris in which 129 people were killed. Three suicide bombers died in blasts outside the Stade de France while...
View ArticleAustralia vs New Zealand cricket: Steve Smith stalemate full of spunk
With so many forces arrayed against Test cricket this summer – schedulers and ticket pricers, curators, ball manufacturers, always the weather, and, one suspects, the tide of history itself – the best...
View ArticleRichie Benaud: cricket’s best friend – as all-rounder, captain and commentator
In an extract from the new book, Richie Benaud on Wisden, Rob Smyth pays tribute to a colossus of the game whose wit, nous and decency shone through on the field and in the commentary box...
View ArticleA rousing defeat
THE people of Melbourne love their sports. They flock to the Etihad Stadium in August for Australian-rules football, and return in December for...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand: Red faces at WACA over state of balls
Red faced The case of this summer's "balls up" continues, with Cricket Australia now keen to get to the bottom of what's gone wrong with the latest batch of red balls. There have been at least seven...
View ArticleShane Warne and ex-fiancee Elizabeth Hurley look cosy at the cricket
The old adage of "let's just be friends" seems to be working out just fine for Shane Warne and his ex-fiancee Elizabeth Hurley. The retired cricketer and the actress shared a warm embrace in front of...
View ArticleReaction to the death of All Blacks great Jonah Lomu
All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu died suddenly Wednesday in Auckland at the age of 40. Here's how his family, sportspeople and officials reacted to the passing of the New Zealand rugby great: ___ "It is...
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