‘Loses the rag completely’: Irish great’s sledge for English captain

Peter Stringer has said Ireland will look to get under the skin of ‘hothead’ England captain Owen Farrell when the teams meet in their Six Nations clash in Dublin. The buildup to Saturday’s match (Sunday AEDT), which sees defending Six Nations Grand Slam champions Ireland up against an improving England at the start of a […]

Awkward sledge exposes Mundine lie

An angry Jeff Horn has taken a swipe at Anthony Mundine for spouting a blatant lie about him, accusing the 43-year-old of being blind to reality. Mundine has repeatedly said in the build up to the pair’s fight in Brisbane on Friday night Horn is the beneficiary of “white man privilege” who has had everything […]

‘It’s in the past’: Du Plessis makes ball-tampering sledge promise

SOUTH African captain Faf du Plessis says his team won’t sledge Australia about ball-tampering during the Proteas’ ODI tour, and he hopes his players get booed by hostile crowds. Du Plessis insists there’s no bad blood between the two sides despite Australian cricket plunging to its lowest depths during last year’s doomed Test tour of […]

Cocky Cox, WA police sledge Demons

MASON Cox has delivered a sledge the Aussie cricket team would be proud of. The big American – fresh off his preliminary final-winning exploits – had a not so subtle dig at Melbourne fans as they watch their team be torn about by West Coast. Western Australia Police didn’t miss out on the Demons bashing […]

Brutal sledge exposes Aussie mess

POOR old Justin Langer. Thrust into the daunting position of coaching a below-par Australian side mere months after the gutting ball tampering saga in South Africa, the stoic former opening batsman could be in better places than 4-0 down in an ODI series on enemy soil. The Aussies, fielding a side without six regular one-day […]

Superbowl star fumes over daughter sledge

AN American radio station is under fire after a host called Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s daughter “an annoying little piss ant” on-air. DJ Alex Reimer made the comment on Boston-based WEEI’s “Kirk & Callahan” show last week while discussing the Tom vs. Time documentary about the NFL star. Patriots quarterback Brady, 40, called in […]

Kyrgios’ cheeky Will Smith sledge

NICK Kyrgios won arguably one of the best matches of his career on Friday night but a cheeky jab at Hollywood star Will Smith, who was present at Rod Laver Arena during his clash against childhood hero Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, may go down as his most cherished moment of the night. In his scheduled post-match interview, […]