Olympic silver medallist Madeline Groves and two other Australian Olympic swimmers are facing possible two-year bans for missing drug tests, reports said on Sunday. Groves, two-time Olympian Thomas Fraser-Holmes and Rio Olympic open water swimmer Jarrod Poort missed three drug tests in a 12-month period, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Swimming Australia said it was informed … Read more
The unbeaten Canterbury Crusaders won a ninth Super Rugby game this weekend, but the result was soured by an injury to All Blacks skipper Kieran Read. The rampaging Crusaders squashed the threatened South African team Central Cheetahs 48-21 in Bloemfontein to stretch their lead in the New Zealand conference to four points, but they could … Read more
Australian golfer John Senden said Saturday he’ll take an indefinite break from the game to be with his teenage son Jacob, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. “Our son is undertaking the biggest challenge of his life thus far, having been diagnosed with a brain tumor,” said Senden in a statement issued through … Read more
Caution! The celebs who are wary of Twitter Watson keeps a safe distance from reaction to social media content Beauty and the Beast star Emma Watson has said she does not read social media comments for the sake of her sanity. Watson is playing the lead role in The Circle, the film adaptation of Dave … Read more
Veteran Filipino Manny Pacquiao said Monday he plans to show he is “not done yet” when he defends his world title against Australia’s Jeff Horn in Brisbane in July. The eight-weight world champion said the bout with the undefeated Horn was an opportunity to prove he could continue to be a global force at the … Read more
Thousands of people joined a global March for Science on Saturday with Washington the epicenter of a movement to fight back against what many see as an “assault on facts” by populist politicians. Hundreds streamed onto the Washington Mall for a festive day of music, speeches and teach-ins by scientists disturbed by the rise of … Read more
Thousands of people rallied in Australia and New Zealand Saturday in support of science, the first of more than 500 marches globally triggered by concern over the rise of “alternative facts”. The March for Science demonstrations come amid growing anxiety over what many see as a mounting political assault on facts and evidence and fears … Read more
New Zealand’s Canterbury Crusaders are the only unbeaten team left in Super Rugby after the Golden Lions ended the Western Stormers’ winning start to the season this weekend. The Johannesburg-based Lions downed the Stormers in a bonus-point 29-16 win in Cape Town while seven-time champions the Crusaders crushed Japan’s Sunwolves 50-3 in Christchurch. The Waikato … Read more
Australia’s Brisbane Roar kept their Asian Champions League hopes flickering with a 2-1 win over Japanese champions Kashima Antlers in Brisbane on Wednesday. Goals from striker Jamie Maclaren and midfielder Brett Holman gave Brisbane a 2-0 lead before Kashima pulled a goal back near the end. It was Brisbane’s first win of the campaign and … Read more
Nick Kyrgios secured Australia’s Davis Cup quarter-final victory over the United States by beating Sam Querrey. With Australia 2-1 up going into the final day, Kyrgios won 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-4 to give the hosts an unassailable lead in Brisbane. USA’s John Isner beat Sam Groth 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 in the concluding dead rubber to … Read more
Australia’s mercurial tennis star Nick Kyrgios can reach the world’s top five this year if he remains focused, American Davis Cup captain Jim Courier said. Kyrgios was the difference as Australia battled into the semi-finals of the world teams competition, winning both his singles in straight sets in a 3-2 victory over the United States … Read more
Nick Kyrgios sent Australia into the Davis Cup semi-finals when he beat American Sam Querrey in the first of the reverse singles in Brisbane on Sunday. Kyrgios’s 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-4 win gave the Australians an unassailable 3-1 lead over the US. Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson put Australia in the box seat when they won … Read more
Philippine world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Australia’s Jeff Horn was confirmed by promoters Sunday, ending lengthy speculation about the bout. The 38-year-old Filipino’s camp announced last week in Manila that the “Pac-Man” would get into the ring with Horn on July 2 in Brisbane, but it was not backed by Australian promoters. “After … Read more
US pair Steve Johnson and Jack Sock kept the Davis Cup quarter-final against Australia alive with a gritty five-set win over John Peers and Sam Groth in Brisbane on Saturday. After losing both singles rubbers on Friday, the US needed to win the doubles to give themselves some hope heading into Sunday’s reverse singles. And … Read more
Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson gave Australia an unexpected 2-0 lead after the first day of their Davis Cup quarter-final against the United States in Brisbane on Friday. The unheralded Thompson stunned world number 15 Jack Sock in four sets in the opening rubber before Kyrgios saw off the big-serving John Isner 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), … Read more
Unheralded Jordan Thompson stunned world number 15 Jack Sock in four sets in the opening rubber of the Davis Cup quarter-final between Australia and the USA in Brisbane on Friday. Thompson, ranked 79th in the world, held his nerve to see off a faltering Sock 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in front of a raucous … Read more
Australia’s harness racing industry, known as the trots, was Friday rocked by fixing allegations as police charged a trainer and flagged further arrests in what they described as a systemic practice. Queensland state police said the 46-year-old man, who was not named, was charged with one count of match-fixing after a 10-month “protracted investigation… into … Read more
The United States admitted Thursday they are wary of the Nick Kyrgios factor in their quarter-final with traditional Davis Cup rivals Australia in Brisbane this week. Kyrgios, the in-form world number 16, stands in the way of the USA team, all of whom are ranked in the top 30 in singles. The mercurial 21-year-old comes … Read more
Manny Pacquiao’s camp said Thursday it was keen for a quick win over Australian Jeff Horn in July to set up a higher-profile title fight with British boxer Amir Khan. The world champion, 38, will face the undefeated Horn, 29, in Brisbane on July 2, the Filipino’s advisor told AFP in Manila on Wednesday. The … Read more
Philippine world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is to fight undefeated Jeff Horn on his home turf in Australia, the Filipino star’s camp said Wednesday. The announcement of the July bout ends months of speculation on who the 38-year-old Filipino dubbed “Pac-Man” would face next as he seeks to prolong a stellar career that saw him … Read more