MELBOURNE, July 10 Having thought time was up on a rugby career that yielded 27 tests and a World Cup final, Greg Holmes will have butterflies in his stomach again when he runs onto the pitch wearing a Western Force jersey on Saturday.
MELBOURNE Football Federation Australia's Head of Leagues Greg O'Rourke said on Thursday its top-flight championship will restart on schedule despite three teams being marooned in Melbourne amid an outbreak of COVID-19.
MELBOURNE Australia's double world champion snowboarder Alex Pullin drowned while spear fishing off a Gold Coast beach on Wednesday, plunging the country's winter sports community into mourning.
MELBOURNE The A-League's hopes of resuming its season on July 16 remained in the balance on Wednesday after another failed attempt to get Melbourne-based clubs out of the city amid tightening COVID-19 restrictions.
MELBOURNE, July 8 The A-League's hopes of resuming its season on July 16 remained in the balance on Wednesday after another failed attempt to get Melbourne-based clubs out of the city amid tightening COVID-19 restrictions.
MELBOURNE, July 2 Australia welcomes the return of professional rugby union on Friday as the launch of 'Super Rugby AU' brings to an end a tumultuous shutdown marked by pay disputes, boardroom upheaval and a rash of redundancies triggered by COVID-19.
MELBOURNE Nearly three years after playing their last Super Rugby game, Western Force hope to be the "feel-good story" of Australian rugby when they return to the limelight next week, captain Iain Prior said on Wednesday.
MELBOURNE/WELLINGTON Australia and New Zealand on Friday hailed victory in a groundbreaking bid for the 2023 Women's World Cup, promising to turn the "treasure" of the tournament into a spur for gender equity and fairness.
MELBOURNE/WELLINGTON Australia and New Zealand on Friday hailed victory in a groundbreaking bid for the 2023 Women's World Cup, promising to turn the "treasure" of the tournament into a spur for gender equity and fairness.
MELBOURNE Wallabies prop James Slipper has called on players to lead Australian rugby out of the doldrums with better performances, starting with the domestic "Super Rugby AU" tournament next week.
New cases of COVID-19 rose by nearly 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a record for the third consecutive day as Walt Disney Co. stuck to its plans to reopen its flagship theme park in hard-hit Florida.