Roebuck clears Punter, holds selectors responsible for Ashes lossSYDNEY - Former Australian cricketer and now a newspaper columnist Peter Roebuck has said that England deserved to win the Ashes, as they had the better-balanced side, and blamed the Australian selectors for sending an unbalanced squad lacking back-up in vital areas to a series of such high stature. Despite Ashes loss, Ponting unlikely to be removed as skipper, says RoebuckSYDNEY - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is unlikely to be evicted, nor is he likely to step aside after becoming only the second skipper from Down Under to lose back-to-back Ashes series in England, feels cricket columnist Peter Roebuck. Brutally exposed Australia staring down the barrel in Oval Test: RoebuckSYDNEY - Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck believes Australia’s weaknesses have been brutally exposed in the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval and the urn seems destined to change hands for the third time in three series. Forgotten opener Jaques pushing for Test recallSYDNEY - Former New South Wales coach and Australian keeper Steve Rixon expects forgotten opener Phil Jaques to return with such vengeance this season that he puts serious pressure on the Test partnership of Simon Katich and Shane Watson. Australia faces a long, dusty fight for survival at The Oval: RoebuckSYDNEY - Australia faces a long struggle to survive at The Oval, believes noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck. Injury-free Molik to make a full-scale tennis comebackSYDNEY - Australian tennis player Alicia Molik, who retired in September last year, is making a full-scale comeback after being a year out of the game. John Daly to return to Australian Open 1 year after smashing fan’s camera into treeSYDNEY — John Daly plans to return to the Australian Open a year after being fined for smashing a fan’s camera into a tree during the tournament. John Daly returns to Australian Open 1 year after snapping, smashing fan’s camera into treeSYDNEY — John Daly is set to return to the Australian Open a year after being fined for smashing a fan’s camera into a tree during the tournament. Bec Hewitt’s counsel claims magazine article was a grubby storySYDNEY - A lawyer representing Bec Hewitt, the wife of Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, has said that a magazine that claimed she had a new man in her life was a grubby story. Australian swimwear designer defends her `burqini’
Infection keeps Pietersen out of ODI series against Australia
New Idea magazine apologises to Bec Hewitt over brother mix-up
With Ponting at the helm, Oz cricket team in good hands: Roebuck
Another Indian attacked in Australia with baseball bat, beer bottlesSYDNEY/INDORE - Another Indian was attacked by four Australian youth last night. Mohit Mangal from Indore was attacked when he was on his way to a shopping mall in Sydney. Warne was right on Bopara being a ‘Test imposter’SYDNEY - Former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne said before the Ashes series started that England No. 3 Ravi Bopara was a Test imposter, and according to the Herald Sun, he has been proved dead right. ‘Lee should learn from Flintoff and think about dignified retirement’SYDNEY - Australia’s fast bowler Brett Lee should take a lesson from England all rounder Andrew Flintoff, and think about dignified retirement from Test cricket, according to a former cricketer and renowned newspaper columnist. Ponting will always be behind Bradman: RoebuckSYDNEY - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has become his country’s highest scorer in Test cricket, but according to cricket columnist Peter Roebuck, he will always be regarded as the second-best No.3 Australia has produced. Rain, pitch could deny a result in third Ashes testSYDNEY - Neither the pitch nor the weather are likely to smile upon Australia and England during the third Ashes Test being played at Edgbaston, Warwickshire from Thursday. I can bounce it like Flintoff: ClarkSYDNEY - Fast bowler Stuart Clark insists he can intimidate England just the way Andrew Flintoff has Australia. Pietersen’s absence will add pressure on Flintoff: PontingSYDNEY - Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels England’s star batsman Kevin Pietersen’s absence will add more pressure on the Lord’s Test hero Andrew Flintoff. Langer ready to play third Ashes Test for “nothing”SYDNEY - Former Australian Test opener Justin Langer has expressed his desire to play for the national team once again, saying he is ready to comeback from retirement to play in the third Ashes Test. Hayden lauds former mate Langer for breaking the Don’s first class recordSOMERSET - Former Australian opener Mathew Hayden has lauded former mate and opening partner Justin Langer for overtaking the legendary Sir Donald Bradman as his country’s most prolific scorer in first class cricket. Strauss reveals Hughes’s catch may have hit the groundSYDNEY - England captain Andrew Strauss has admitted that his controversial catch of Australian opener Phil Hughes at the slips in the Lord Test could have been grassed. Allan Border defends Ponting’s captaincySYDNEY - Former Australian cricket captain Allan Border has defended Ricky Ponting’s captaincy in the face of criticism following Australia’s dismal performances in both the Test matches of the Ashes series. Qantas airways poke fun at Australian teamSYDNEY - Australian airliner Qantas has launched a cheap air fare promotion, which pokes fun at the Australian captain Ricky Ponting and his underperforming cricket team. Misfiring Johnson not worthy of leading Australian attack, says RoebuckSYDNEY - Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck does not believe the present Australian bowling attack can win a Test match in England. Shane Warne ’splashes $3.35m on Sandringham home’
Ill Oz Olympic swimming star Rice may skip Rome world championships
‘Hughes is twice as tough as I was,’ says Steve WaughSYDNEY - Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has declared that opener Phillip Hughes is twice as tough as he was at the same age, as the young Australian continues his gruelling Ashes examination on cricket’s most prestigious stage. Extreme sports enthusiasts actually very cautious
Bec Hewitt sues New Idea mag over ‘new man in her life’ slur
Ponting overplayed his mild cards in Cardiff: Roebuck
Woodbridge named Australia’s Davis Cup coach
Steve Waugh sure Ponting can be the best Oz skipper
Krejza eager to make a comeback into Australian squadSYDNEY - Australian spinner Jason Krejza, who has been out of the national squad for long, has expressed an eagerness to make a comeback. |
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SYDNEY - Australian swimwear designer Aheda Zanetti Thursday defended the full-length swimming costume she launched as the “burqini” five years ago.
SYDNEY - Shane Warne has reportedly paid a whopping 3.35 million dollars for a property in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, on Port Phillip Bay.
SYDNEY - Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice is suffering from a respiratory infection, and may miss the world championships in Rome, The Australian reports.
SYDNEY - The image of those who take part in extreme sports is usually that of risk-takers and adrenaline junkies, but in reality the opposite is true. Most people into extreme sports are surprisingly cautious, says a new study.
SYDNEY - Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt’s wife Bec Hewitt has started legal proceedings against women’s magazine New Idea for stating that she had a new man in her life, who in fact is her brother.
SYDNEY - Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck feels that Australia played exceptionally well in Cardiff and were denied victory only by “a soporific surface and resistance from sturdy opponents with a short backlift and a stubborn streak.”
SYDNEY - Former Australian tennis player Todd Woodbridge has been given the job of coaching Australian men’s tennis team and the Davis Cup team.
SYDNEY - Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh believes that incumbent skipper Ricky Ponting has taken time to mature into the role and could be the best yet. He also insists that there are two factors that have sharpened him from the rather blunt blade that failed to cut the mustard four years ago - namely fatherhood and moulding his own side.
