Pettitt stars as Swifts down Thunderbirds
SUSAN Pettitt led the NSW Swifts to a 14-goal ANZ Championship victory last night over the Adelaide Thunderbirds.
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Fortune favours Haumono the brave
SOLOMON Haumono has some stellar support in his corner as he gears up to face Joseph Parker, in what will be the biggest trans-Tasman bout in history.
Russia got what it deserved
CHEATING is one thing. Getting caught, promising to change your ways, then brazenly continuing to lie and corrupt the system is quite another.
Diver Tom Daley: ‘I can’t swim’
DIVING champion Tom Daley may spend a lot of time in the water but has made a startling confession — he can’t swim and is allergic to chlorine.
Farewell to the last of the legends
PAUL KENT pays tribute to the last of the sportswriting legends, the incomparable Blackie Sherrod.
Wilko pipped by Medina in Fiji
AUSSIE Matt Wilkinson was not able to find enough to defeat former world champion Gabriel Medina at the Fiji Pro.
Football thugs out of control again
AN AUSTRALIAN television reporter was sprayed with tear gas as violence between football thugs reignited this morning.
UFC want Hunt to fight forever
DANA White says Mark Hunt can stay with the UFC for as long as he wants, saying “Until the day that guy doesn’t want to throw a punch anymore, he’s with me”.
Joe Buck doesn’t give a sh*t
JOE Buck, the voice of NFL and MLB coverage in America has something he wants you to know: he is not “a stiff, prudish dork.”
Adelaide pro-wrestler gets his WWE chance
ADELAIDE professional wrestler Damian Slater has devoted almost half his life to his craft — now his dedication has paid off with a historic opportunity to dazzle millions for World Wrestling Entertainment.
‘I told Vince I wasn’t changing s***’
BEFORE Stone Cold Steve Austin became a worldwide star, WWE boss Vince McMahon came to him with a proposal.
How Irish fans are craic-ing up Paris
THE Irish footballers won’t win Euro 2016, but their fans are champions, serenading ancient Parisians, nude van dancing and ABBA karaoke. Deadly craic.
Bins by day, weights by might
MATT Smedley lifts bins in the morning and weights in the afternoon — and it’s a good thing his job allows him time to get the gym each day after work.
Joseph’s golden dream becoming reality
BORN in a refugee camp in the north-western corner of Kenya, Joseph Deng was given a second chance in Australia and the super talented runner has taken it with both feet.
T-Rex smashes American Ninja course
YOU know what would make a run through the American Ninja Warrior obstacle course even harder? Short arms. So kudos to this T-Rex.
Ali — A man set apart by power
SO much will be said about Muhammad Ali, and so much was said by him. But in the end perhaps all we need is that single image.
Charlesworth: A warning to sporting bodies
LEGENDARY coach Ric Charlesworth has warned Australia’s sporting bodies not to use the countries rise in female competition purely as an image booster.
Sharp-shooting Vixens dine out on lowly Mystics
MELBOURNE Vixens have bolstered their hopes of playing in this year’s finals series with a percentage-boosting 69-46 win over the Northern Mystics at Hisense Arena.
Fever down high-flying Swifts in thriller
West Coast Fever believe their thrilling one-point win over the high-flying NSW Swifts will provide them with perfectly-timed impetus in their push for a play-off spot.
Eagle has soared after some hard lessons
IT has been 12 months since Lauryn Eagle’s last taste of alcohol and last Friday week she became Australia’s super-featherweight women’s boxing champion.
Rapist given lifelong swimming ban
BROCK Turner, the Stanford swimmer whose short sentence for raping an unconscious woman sparked outrage, has been banned for life by USA Swimming.
Pro surfers’ wild mid-contest party
EVEN in the high-profile world of professional surfing, what happens behind closed doors rarely makes it into the public eye.
Did you hear the one about the Irish NFL player?
IT sounds like the start of a bad joke, but Ireland’s answer to Jarryd Hayne is anything but, and he joins a surprisingly multicultural cast in the NFL.
‘I will sit that motherf***** on his arse’
COWBOY Cerrone has vowed to “knock the stutter right back into Nate Diaz” and then take a bagful of cash to prove his stance on UFC fighter salaries.
Ali remembered, the way he wanted
PHOTO SPECIAL: People from all walks of life and faiths gathered to honour Muhammad Ali at a traditional Muslim funeral ceremony in his home town Louisville.
LeBron James punked Steph Curry
LEBRON James and the Cleveland Cavaliers sent a message to the Golden State Warriors yesterday: Not in our house.
Cool insight into WWE’s strange tradition
THE WWE is a weird and wonderful place. This incredible account of what went on at Wrestlers’ Court confirms that.
Taking a turn for the worse
AUSSIE Sarah Hammond is taking on (and beating) a 7,080k US bike race. But a spot of navigation trouble just made it harder … SEE FOR YOURSELF WHY!
WWE’s secret plan to lure Ronda Rousey
WAS “losing” Brock Lesnar to the UFC just one small step in the WWE’s secret plan to lure UFC superstar Ronda Rousey into the wrestling ring?
The fattest cats in sport lose their title
FOR the first time since 2000, the annual Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid athletes is not topped by Tiger Woods or boxer Floyd Mayweather.
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