Former All Black Daniel Braid has only just landed but already he’s eying the job as Queensland’s Minister of Defence.

Ricky Stuart may be feeling the heat but Wayne Bennett and Craig Bellamy are adamant they don’t want his job, and even feel some empathy with the embattled Kangaroos coach.

Being booed by their own fans inspired Sydney FC to a second half fightback in Friday night’s 1-1 A-League draw with Queensland at the Sydney Football Stadium.

Central Coast will be out to attack Perth Glory on Saturday night in a match crucial to the Mariners remaining in the A-League’s top-four.

It’s every spinner’s nightmare when a batsman comes after you and Nathan Hauritz never knew quite what to do. But he showed on Friday with his 2-63 in New Zealand’s 6-262 on day one of the second Test at Adelaide Oval that he has learned enough to be a factor at the top level.

Hearty boomayes to Zeljko Kalac, who wants to return to the A-League to coach when his time is up at AC Milan. We need more of his kind back here, passing on their undoubted skills, knowledge and wisdom to the young generation of players currently learning their trade from the first wave of Australian [...]

The global financial crisis won’t stand in the way of the A-League’s expansion plans with Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy confident of a 12-team competition by the 2010-2011 season.

One of world sport’s most respected administrators has urged the AFL not to be swayed off expansion by the global financial crisis.

Few players if any had to make as many runs as Matthew Hayden to properly force his way into the Australian Test team.

Sydney FC are at a crossroads of their season heading into Friday night’s A-League clash with Queensland, according to captain Steve Corica.

Melbourne boss Brian Waldron has ruled out a bidding war to retain the NRL’s No.1 hooker Cameron Smith, the target of a massive Gold Coast Titans offer.

NSW rugby union chairman Ed Zemancheff says the Waratahs have ended their search for an import and won’t be using the departures of three prominent Wallaby forwards as an excuse in the coming Super 14 season.

South Africa’s Tim Clark enjoyed the calm after the storm as he produced a late surge to share the opening round lead with Queensland’s Scott Hend in the Australian Masters at Huntingdale.

Matthew Hayden deserves to carry the title of Australia’s greatest ever opening batsman, according to his top order offsider Simon Katich.

Wayne Bennett may have played a key role in helping New Zealand to rugby league’s greatest upset in 100 years, but his fans still worship him.

Billy Slater wants another shot at World Cup redemption. It’s something, however, that he will have to wait another five seasons for because the 2008 edition of the tournament didn’t go to script for the 25 year-old excitement machine.

Having denied the Kangaroos one last training run at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane’s big wet now threatens to rob the Australians of their anticipated World Cup final triumph.

Former Kangaroo Steve Renouf has no doubts ex-Australian coach Wayne Bennett will be a significant factor in the Kiwi camp ahead of Saturday’s rugby league World Cup final in Brisbane.

David Williams will cap a stunning 2008 with a World Cup final berth after the Manly rookie was called up to replace a desperately unlucky Brent Tate for Australia’s clash with New Zealand.

The smile finally returned to Andrew Symonds’ face on day one of the first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba on Thursday. However, it was wiped away just as quickly.