Melbourne City into the semi-finals

Bruno Fornaroli has helped Melbourne City book their spot in the Hyundai A-League semi-finals, after a superb double which sealed a 2-0 win over Perth Glory. The Uruguayan foot baller netted a superb bicycle kick and later a free-kick to steer City into the last four of the Finals Series. This Friday, City will be … Read more

Reigning premiers power on

The Melbourne Vixens gone down to the Queensland Firebirds (47-58) in Round 3 of the ANZ Championship at Hisense Arena. It was a strong start for the Firebirds, with star import Romelda Aiken opening up a three-goal lead early in the game. However, Vixen’s Emma Ryde and Alice Teague-Neeld helped them fight back to 9-all … Read more

Vixens on the board in 2016

The Melbourne Vixens have recorded their first win of the 2016 ANZ Championship season, after defeating the struggling Adelaide Thunderbirds on Sunday, 59 – 44. The Vixens dominated three quarters of the match, with the Thunderbirds staging a comeback in the third quarter to turn a 17-goal deficit into just eight. The Thunderbirds, undermanned following … Read more

Victoria’s premier swimming event

The 2016 Victorian Open Championships, Victoria’s premier event of the year in swimming, took place on the 22-24 January 2016 at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. A stack of Australian Dolphins Swim Team members competed, with one eye on the road to Rio. The Championships acted as a tune-up meet for some and part … Read more

World’s best hit Melbourne for Kooyong Classic

With a draw featuring six current and former top 15 players and an expanded 12-man field, this year’s Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic promised to be bigger and more spectacular – and didn’t disappoint! “The Kooyong draw features four top 20 players so there’s no better place to see the players up close than Melbourne’s original … Read more

Australia breaks Hopman Cup drought

By Jess Fagan After a 17-year drought – Australia has once again claimed the Hopman Cup title, thanks to the heroics of ‘Australia Green’, Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova. To put that into perspective, the only other time Australia has lifted the trophy, when Mark Philippoussis and Jelena Dokic teamed up to take out the … Read more

Silver Ferns claim win to keep Constellation Cup alive

The Australian Diamonds have suffered a shock loss to the New Zealand Silver Ferns in the third game of the Constellation Cup in Melbourne, going do 50 – 47. The Diamonds, who are missing many of their World Cup stars from earlier this year, took the opportunity to debut two new players, Ashleigh Brazill and … Read more

On top of the world

Words: Jess Fagan Australian Jason Day has soared the top of golf’s word rankings with victory at the BWM Championships.   Day’s 4th win from 6 starts saw the 27-year-old become just the third Australian, after Greg Norman and Adam Scott, to hold the No. 1 ranking.   The Aussie took to Twitter this morning … Read more

Diamonds on top of Pool F

By Aimee Dawson   The Australian Diamonds have pushed into top spot of the Pool F Ladder, after defeating South Africa convincingly, 66 – 31. Australia are now one game clear, followed by England and South Africa on one win each, and Wales with zero wins. The Diamonds opted to go with a different line-up … Read more

Diamonds back on winners list

By Aimee Dawson   The Australian Diamonds are back on the winner’s list at the Netball World Cup in Sydney, defeating world number three, England in their first qualifying round match. After suffering a preliminary round shock loss to rivals, the New Zealand Silver Ferns, Australia bounced back to lead at every break and defeat … Read more