Winners & Losers: how good are Roar, Reds?

A-League Rd 22 - Brisbane v Adelaide

WINNERS AND LOSERS: Brisbane and Adelaide showed why they're title favourites while Perth's troubles continued, despite some Gallas magic.

Fans dudded by poor transfer system

Shark's Andrew Fifita after full time during the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks vs North Queensland Cowboys at Allianz Stadium , ...

ANDREW Fifita's move to the Bulldogs shows again why the NRL's player movement system is flawed. So, does a better system exist?

Paper Talk: Jamaica's 2018 World Cup Bolt?

Paper Talk: Jamaica's 2018 World Cup Bolt?

USAIN Bolt flirts with a 2018 World Cup offer, Zizou's son makes his name, while Zlatan offers a Paper Talk special in a Twitter Q & A.

Live: Shield final race still wide open

Tas v SA Shield

MARK Cosgrove hurts South Australia's final hopes while Ashton Agar leads a stunning fightback for WA and Queensland's dreams remain alive.

Hurting Harris upbeat after knee op

Ryan Harris

RYAN Harris insists rumours of his demise are just that, saying he expects knee surgery to extend his playing career beyond this year.

AFL

Every SuperCoach pre-season score

Sydney Swans Fan Day

SEE the Nissan SuperCoach scores of every player for every NAB Challenge match.

Brayshaw set to lead Roos again

North Melbourne Grand Final Breakfast.

JAMES Brayshaw will be re-elected chairman at North Melbourne’s annual general meeting tonight for a third and final three-year term.

NRL

Fans dudded by poor transfer system

Shark's Andrew Fifita after full time during the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks vs North Queensland Cowboys at Allianz Stadium , ...

ANDREW Fifita's move to the Bulldogs shows again why the NRL's player movement system is flawed. So, does a better system exist?

Mannah's concussion rules concern

NRL Rd 1 - Eels v Warriors

EELS co-captain Tim Mannah admits he's concerned the NRL's new concussion laws could be exploited by teams for the free interchange.

Rugby

Crusaders shuffle backline for Rebels

Super Rugby Rd 2 - Crusaders v Chiefs

THE Crusaders have restored Israel Dagg and Colin Slade to their customary positions in a reshuffled backline to face the Melbourne Rebels

NZ view: Benji must start for Blues

Tahs vs Benji

BENJI Marshall must start, Dan Carter eyes a Crusaders return and how England threatens an All Blacks record — check out the New Zealand view.

Cricket

Live: Shield final race still wide open

Tas v SA Shield

MARK Cosgrove hurts South Australia's final hopes while Ashton Agar leads a stunning fightback for WA and Queensland's dreams remain alive.

Hurting Harris upbeat after knee op

Ryan Harris

RYAN Harris insists rumours of his demise are just that, saying he expects knee surgery to extend his playing career beyond this year.

Horse Racing

Golden Slipper power rankings

Rosehill Race 4

PUNTERS looking for an edge ahead of the $3.5 million Group 1 Golden Slipper at Rosehill have a new weapon - our power rankings system.

Best bets for Wednesday’s races

 Trackwork for the International Racehorses at the International Quarantine Centre at Werribee. Saghann works down the straig...

A FORMER French galloper and a son of Fastnet Rock having his second career start in a year head our experts’ best bets for today.

Basketball

Cats brace for hostile reception

Wildcats v Breakers

WILDCATS coach Trevor Gleeson is bracing his team for a potential playoff preview in a hostile environment in Adelaide on Friday night.

Like Mike: NBA star chases baseball dream

Like Mike: NBA star chases baseball dream

FOLLOWING in the footsteps of legend Michael Jordan, retired NBA star Tracy McGrady is chasing a dream of playing professional baseball.

Netball

Pulse coach angers Netball SA

 NETBALL - Adelaide Thunderbirds v Northern Mystics at Netball SA - Thunderbirds coach Jane Woodlands-Thompson talks to the g...

NETBALL SA has asked ANZ Championship officials to investigate Pulse coach Robyn Broughton’s comments after the Thunderbirds clash.

Fifth Quarter: Wilkins has a whinge

 Netball. ANZ Championship, round seven. Melbourne Vixens v Central Pulse at Hisense Arena, Melbourne. Melbourne's Geva Mento...

NETBALL specialist Warren Partland wraps up all the action, on and off the court, from Round 2 of the ANZ Championship.

Soccer

Paper Talk: Jamaica's 2018 World Cup Bolt?

Paper Talk: Jamaica's 2018 World Cup Bolt?

USAIN Bolt flirts with a 2018 World Cup offer, Zizou's son makes his name, while Zlatan offers a Paper Talk special in a Twitter Q & A.

Glory dodging ‘grenades’: Burns

A-League Rd 21 - Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory

A SERIES of “grenades’’ have dragged Perth Glory through the mud, but Jacob Burns is confident people will view things differently once the truth comes out.

Motorsport

Deciphering F1’s new hybrid tech terms

Deciphering F1’s new hybrid tech terms

BAMBOOZLED by all of F1’s new tech terms, like ERS, MGU-K, and ICE? Here’s a quick explanation of what they’re all about.

Five Aussies who should’ve made F1

Five Aussies who should’ve made F1

JUST 14 Aussies have raced in F1, but there have been many more who have come close. Here are five who should’ve got on the grid.

Tennis

Dellacqua continues hot start to 2014

 Casey Dellacqua in action. Fed Cup Australia V Russia in Hobart. Casey Dellacqua V Irina Khromacheva Russia.

CASEY Dellacqua has set up a quarter-final meeting with Simona Halep at Indian Wells after a fourth-round walkover against Lauren Davis.

Fed Express rolls on at Indian Wells

Roger Federer

ROGER Federer needed two tiebreakers to beat Dmitry Tursunov on Monday and reach the fourth round of the year's first ATP Masters.

Golf

Bloodshed as Tiger tees off at fans

World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship - Final Round

VIDEO: TIGER Woods had a miserable final round at the World Golf Championships, and so did his fans. Tiger managed to hit two spectators on the same day.

Pollie’s racist Twitter jibe at NBA

Pollie’s racist Twitter jibe at NBA

LIKE too much alcohol or anaesthetic, Twitter tends to make you do the dumbest things — and Pat Garofalo’s tweet is dumber than most.

Boxing

Hopkins wants to be fighting at fifty

Hopkins wants to be fighting at fifty

BERNARD Hopkins, already boxing's oldest-ever world champion at 49, is looking to keep rewriting the record books when he faces Beibut Shumenov.

Ageless Hopkins eyes more boxing records

Bernard Hopkins

BERNARD Hopkins, already the oldest-ever world champion at 49, is looking to keep rewriting the record books, saying ‘I’m not done yet.’