Football

World Cup push stifled by reluctance to let go of old guard, says Bleiberg

Peter Hanlon Australia's World Cup campaign is suffering from tardiness in bringing on the next wave of players, says veteran coach Miron Bleiberg, and even if the Socceroos qualify for Brazil, whatever they...

Horse Racing

Old and young give their girl a fond farewell

Peter Hanlon The fans came in droves and were not disappointed.

Horse Racing

Play or fold, the age-old dilemma

Peter Hanlon Ever since her robust recovery from the tears and strains that still couldn't beat her at Royal Ascot left Black Caviar's connections with no reason not to go again, the only question left unanswered...

Rogers is the cream on top

Peter Hanlon Value of consistent top-order batting underscored by veteran national team door-knocker.

Cricket

Culture forces players to get on board

Peter Hanlon In a professional sporting organisation, ''culture'' has come to resemble an enormous umbrella.

Cricket

Diving catch for victory a fitting finale for Sthalekar

Peter Hanlon AS HER world champion teammates return home from India on Tuesday, and Lisa Sthalekar unrolls her towel on a Goa beach, she will reflect not only on a career well batted and bowled, but a...

Tennis

Twenty20 tennis gets under way at the Open

Peter Hanlon IT ALWAYS takes time to get accustomed to the new and different. So it was out in the Melbourne Park backblocks on Tuesday where the tennis version of Twenty20 cricket made its Australian Open debut.

Aus Open Day 10 - The Old Serena v The New?

Peter Hanlon Peter Hanlon and Jake Niall preview today's matches, including Serena Williams v Sloane Stephens.

Djokovic faces long road to defend title

Peter Hanlon AT 2PM on Monday, just over 12 hours after Novak Djokovic had summoned almost enough energy to rip the shirt from his body, and still an hour before he'd flagged getting out of bed, Tomas Berdych was...

Tennis

Stepanek brushes off failed courtship

Peter Hanlon Radek Stepanek tried every pick-up line he knows on Friday, but Novak Djokovic resisted his charms.

Par for the course: Wozniacki content to do her own thing

Peter Hanlon Caroline Wozniacki walked onto Hisense Arena on Thursday just as her boyfriend, Rory McIlroy, was playing the second hole of his opening round at the HSBC Championships in Abu Dhabi.

Tennis

Wozniacki just wants to have fun

Peter Hanlon Through no fault of her own, the Dane occupies an odd place in the game.

The body of evidence: now Murray muscles in

Peter Hanlon AFTER another lamentable afternoon of the 1989 Ashes series, England captain David Gower was so exasperated to be fielding the same question asked yet another tedious way that he let his head fall...

Djokovic, Murray head of the class

Peter Hanlon WHEN Paul-Henri Mathieu first stood on the other side of the net from a world No.1, it was Pete Sampras.

Close encounter

Peter Hanlon In the final part of the series, Peter Hanlon talks to Jack Baker about being at the crossroads - and cross-dressing.

Peter Hanlon

Sport's ultimate juggling act

Peter Hanlon Simon O'Donnell is the last to be a VFL/AFL footballer and Test cricketer rolled into one.

Legendary commentator Charlton dies

Peter Hanlon Tony Charlton, for half a century the cherished voice of Australian sports broadcasting, has died. He was 83.

Horse Racing

Cashed-up Oliver leaves cynical minds racing

Peter Hanlon Cynics wonder why it took Damien Oliver several minutes to emerge from the hearing room.

Golf doesn't ruin Guyatt's day

Peter Hanlon Matthew Guyatt took a sunny outlook into Saturday's third round and a whole lot out of it.