Illustration: Matt Golding. AUSTRALIA may have seen the last of Black Caviar, for the time being at least, with the superstar now likely to shoot for a world record 20th successive win in Dubai in six weeks after another astonishing performance at Flemington yesterday. The fastest horse in the world lived up to that label [...]
In full flight: Test cricket aspirant Ed Cowan. Photo: Getty Images KEEP YOUR friends close and your enemies even closer. Incumbent opener Phillip Hughes and his potential replacement Ed Cowan last night slept side by side as they prepared for a head-to-head duel that could shape their Test futures. Cowan was Hughes’ opening partner when [...]
Sweet success: Ian Poulter, winner of the Australian masters with his new trophy. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo IAN Poulter has a top-20 world ranking to contemplate and a gold jacket to hang in his wardrobe after his comprehensive three-shot win in a dogfight at the Australian Masters at Victoria yesterday. Englishman Poulter eclipsed Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy [...]
Diogo Ferreira of the Victory celebrates scoring a goal with team-mates. Photo: Getty Images ONE morale-boosting early goal. One fluky-deflected goal. And one terrific-strike-from-distance goal. And that was it. Virtually all over after 25 minutes, and Melbourne Victory, having disposed of any real threat Wellington Phoenix offered, could begin to conserve itself physically and prepare [...]
Arthur Morris. Photo: Natalie Grono With its oldest and newest forms seemingly competing against one another, and the other looking lonely and lost, cricket is a sport facing big challenges. Against this backdrop, and in the lead-up to the Boxing Day Test, today begins a series of seven profiles with people who have played and [...]
Tenacity: Sharelle McMahon hopes to play for Australia again. Photo: Getty Images ONE of Australia’s finest sportswomen is not done tormenting the Silver Ferns just yet. Legendary shooter Sharelle McMahon has spoken of her strong desire to extend her distinguished 14-year international career. Those New Zealand netball fans who thought they had seen the last [...]
Illustration: Dorothy Woodgate. WHILE the two big-ticket items of the year have been locked away – the new broadcast rights contract and wages deal with the players – AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou knows challenges await, not the least being improving the financial health of at least nine clubs. There’s also the issue of bedding [...]
Victory coach Mehmet Durakovic talks to assistant coach Kevin Muscat during a training session at Gosch’s Paddock yesterday. Photo: Getty Images THE next six days could be season-defining for the two Melbourne A-League clubs, high-flying Heart and draw specialist Victory. The pair are due to meet in the second Melbourne derby of the season on [...]
Simon Katich… at long odds to make an unlikely return. Photo: AFP RENEGADE veteran Simon Katich has made a direct enquiry to Australian national selector John Inverarity following news that his name was mentioned in a selection meeting ahead of the Boxing Day Test. Consigned to the fact his Test career was as good as [...]
New toy: Cadel Evans and his Cadillac Coupe, a gift for winning the Tour de France. Photo: Supplied CADEL Evans left Australia last night intent on winning a second Tour de France, and with considerably more booty than he brought from Europe a month ago. One of the last gifts he received was so outrageous [...]