Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon named in squad after injury
Darwin hosts first Test on 13 August with second in Mackay
Opening bat Jake Weatherald has retained his spot in Australia’s men’s Test squad for the looming series against Bangladesh.
Despite a middling Ashes campaign last summer, Weatherald has been named in the 13-man squad which is bolstered by the return of a trio of big guns.
Continue reading...Former Port Adelaide coach will prepare club for 2028 entry
Nathan Buckley and John Longmire overlooked for role
Ken Hinkley has been officially named as the Tasmania Devils’ inaugural AFL coach, less than 12 months after being moved on from Port Adelaide.
The league’s newest expansion franchise, who will enter the competition in 2028, announced on Monday that the 59-year-old had signed a five-year deal.
Continue reading...Adelaide-based Olympian was banned from driving for five years over Melissa Hoskins’ 2023 death
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Former professional cyclist Rohan Dennis faces a jail sentence after admitting he drove while disqualified over the events leading up to the death of his Olympian wife, Melissa Hoskins.
A judge had previously warned the former Olympian he would be jailed if he drove while banned.
Continue reading...Australian Sports Group takes over licence from Capital Football
New owner has option to introduce ALM side for the 2028/29 season
The future of Canberra United has been secured, with a new owner found for the two-time A-League Women champions.
After two years of uncertainty, the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) announced on Friday that Australian Sports Group (ASG) has taken charge of Canberra’s licence.
Continue reading...Declan Meredith to start again at flyhalf against Italy in Perth
Fraser McReight dropped to the bench in favour of Carlo Tizzano
Outgoing Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt is rolling the dice at the exit door, sticking with Declan Meredith at flyhalf and dropping Fraser McReight to the bench in favour of hometown hero Carlo Tizzano.
The Wallabies will be aiming to snap a six-game losing streak when they face world No 10 Italy in Saturday night’s Nations Championship clash in Perth.
Continue reading...Australian athlete, 27, won two Olympic gold medals in Paris
Jack served a doping ban after Ligandrol was found in her system
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has announced she will retire after the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
In a video posted on Instagram in which Jack spoke with her coach Dean Boxall, the freestyler fought back tears as she said the Games – from 23 July to 2 August – would be her competitive swan song.
Continue reading...Australian loses boys’ final to Jordan Lee of US 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Two-hour match will likely be 17-year-old’s last as a junior
Cruz Hewitt has vowed to blossom again at Wimbledon as he brushed off the heartbreak of just failing to follow in the celebrated footsteps of his father, 24 years after Lleyton won the men’s title.
With his dad watching on and cajoling him from the players’ box on No 1 Court, the 17-year-old Sydney prospect Hewitt fell agonisingly short in the boys’ final on Sunday after he had led 4-2 in the final set against talented young American prospect Jordan Lee.
Continue reading...Swimmer withdraws from Australia team due to bout of glandular fever
Illness to prevent 24-year-old from defending four titles in Glasgow
Swim champion Kaylee McKeown is “gutted” that illness has forced her out of the Commonwealth Games in a major blow to Australia’s team.
McKeown’s Commonwealth Games career is over after battling glandular fever ahead of the Glasgow edition starting in 13 days.
Continue reading...Australia call up flyhalf to face back-to-back Six Nations champions
Jock Campbell replaced by Tom Wright in starting XV in Brisbane
Declan Meredith will debut against France as the reconfigured Wallabies paper over the cracks created by more soft-tissue injury carnage in Brisbane.
The ACT Brumbies flyhalf will wear the No 10 against the back-to-back Six Nations champions at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday.
Continue reading...Australian No 1 off the pace in 5-7 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 defeat
Fate sealed after throwing away 5-2 lead in second set
On a sweltering day when a series of spectators required medical attention at Wimbledon, Australia’s challenge also wilted in the heat.
Alex de Minaur, who walked on to No 1 Court with a first grand slam semi-final, at the least, very much in his sights, was left dejected after losing to Italy’s Flavio Cobolli 5-7 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 in the fourth round.
Continue reading...Judge finds woman was truthful after the St Kilda star accused her of lying about attack
Former AFL player Nicky Winmar has been found guilty of dragging a woman by the hair and hitting her head against a door.
Winmar, 60, argued the woman lied about the attack but Bendigo magistrate Trieu Huynh on Friday found she was being truthful and convicted him of three charges.
Continue reading...Australian No 1 dismisses French veteran 6-3 6-2 6-2
‘I just love it here,’ says No 5 seed
Alex de Minaur was not at his best against French veteran Adrian Mannarino as Wimbledon’s fourth day opened with the sun out and mercury rising, but he was good enough.
The Australian No 1 saw off his potentially troublesome left-handed opponent 6-3 6-2 6-2 in one hour 49 minutes on Thursday.
Continue reading...Australian defeats Argentina’s Roman Andres Burruchaga
Thanasi Kokkinakis loses five-set epic but Kim Birrell through
Alex de Minaur has enjoyed the perfect launch to his latest bid to reach a grand slam final with an encouraging win over Argentina’s Roman Andres Burruchaga.
The Australian No 1 was stretched by an hour-long opening set but once he shook off his nerves, got his feet moving and found his groove, he raced to victory on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Coach Billy Slater brings back North Queensland’s Nanai for Game 3
To’o and Kotoni Staggs among four NSW players dropped
North Queensland second-rower Jeremiah Nanai has been recalled to the Maroons side while star winger Brian To’o and second-rower Dylan Lucas are among four players dropped by NSW for the State of Origin decider.
Aerial specialist Nanai has been superb in 11 Origin games for the Maroons and is fresh from a stunning two-try man of the match display for the Cowboys in the 26-12 win over Penrith on Saturday.
Continue reading...Forward pleaded guilty to judiciary for comment in reserve-grade game
Former Tigers and Panthers player yet to make NRL debut for third club
Newcastle forward Asu Kepaoa has been hit with a six-match ban for using a homophonic slur in a round-of-16 NSW Cup match.
The 26-year-old fronted the NSWRL judiciary on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to making the slur in the Knights’ reserve-grade defeat of St George Illawarra last week.
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