Western Force winger Luke Morahan is confident he has lost none of his explosive speed as he gears up for his return from a frustrating hamstring injury.
Morahan’s Super Rugby season was brought to an end on April 12 when he snapped a tendon in his left hamstring during the Force’s win over the Waratahs.
The 24-year-old tried to [...]
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Force’s Morahan back from hamst...
Western Force winger Luke Morahan is confident he has lost none of his explosive speed as he gears up for his return from a frustrating hamstring injury.
Morahan’s Super Rugby season was brought to an end on April 12 when he snapped a tendon in his left hamstring during the Force’s win over the Waratahs.
The 24-year-old tried to [...]
Proteas stay away from baiting Austra...
South Africa turned the tables on Australia in Harare with the second-biggest ODI run-chase in their history, but refused to call it revenge for their bitter Test loss earlier this year.
AB de Villiers (136 not out) and Faf du Plessis (106) both scored brilliant hundreds to reel in the victory target of 328 and secure a comfortable seven-wi [...]
Klitschko sets new title defence date
Undisputed heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his IBF, WBA and WBO belts against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev on November 15, the Ukrainian said on Wednesday.
Klitschko had to pull out of the original September 6 date due to a biceps injury.
But now the eagerly-awaited clash will take place in Hamburg a couple of months lat [...]
Burgess to start in centres for Bath
Sam Burgess will start his Bath career in the centres, but head coach Mike Ford still expects him to excel in the back-row.
South Sydney Rabbitohs star Burgess will trade codes for rugby union in October, joining Bath in a bid to break into Stuart Lancaster’s 2015 Rugby World Cup squad.
England view Burgess as a natural centre, while [...]
Matthews still leads Tour of Spain
Degenkolb triumphed in a second stage in as many days in a controversial finish on Wednesday with France’s Nacer Bouhanni claiming he was blocked by Degenkolb as he tried to pass at the finish line of the 180km stage from Priego de Cordoba to Ronda.
Orica-GreenEDGE rider Matthews finished with the leading few on the stage and extended [...]
No.2-ranked Hockeyroos ready for Glas...
Hockeyroos midfield star Casey Eastham has urged selectors to stick with the World Cup silver-medal winning squad to defend their Commonwealth Games gold next month.
Australia’s women are two-time defending champions, flying high after impressing at the World Cup in The Hague where they went down 2-0 to world No.1 the Netherlands in S [...]
Tiny stamp sells for record $US9.5 mi...
An incredibly rare 19th century postage stamp, a tiny one-cent magenta from British colonial Guyana, has sold for $US9.
5 million ($A10.28 million) in New York, setting a new world record.
Bidding began at $US4.5 million and it took just two minutes to sell the stamp to an anonymous bidder on the phone, although the auction house SothebyR [...]
Brazil delivering great quotes to go ...
Croatia coach Niko Kovac got the tournament off to a fiery start by blasting the Japanese referee after their defeat by Brazil in the opening match.
After the hosts were awarded a penalty when forward Fred theatrically fell to the ground, angry Kovac told reporters: “This was ridiculous today, and if we continue in this way we will ha [...]
Ochoa hero, Akinfeev villain in World...
While Ochoa kept Brazil at bay, the hapless Akinfeev was left to bury his head in his hands after he allowed Lee Keun-ho’s straightforward shot from 25 metres to slip through his grasp.
Algeria ended their 28-year wait for a World Cup goal when they took a shock lead against Belgium although it was not enough as the highly-rated Europ [...]
US commandos nab Benghazi attack susp...
US commandos have captured the suspected ringleader of the deadly 2012 attack on an American compound in Benghazi, in a raid hailed by the White House as a triumph for justice.
Special forces, working with FBI agents, carried out Sunday’s operation under cover of darkness and withdrew without losses.
The suspect, Ahmed Abu Khatallah, [...]
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