Kevin Moore changes allegiance

Kevin Moore has decided to swap the green and gold for the red and white of his father’s country of birth, Malta. The decision to change allegiance to Malta had been on Moore’s agenda for quite some time. “I have been thinking about representing Malta for the last 2 years now,” said Moore, who missed…

Tough month ahead for Ebden

WA’s Australian Open mixed-doubles champion Matthew Ebden knows the next month of his season is pivotal. Davis Cup commitments, coupled with sickness in Miami, stunted Ebden’s ability to accrue crucial rankings points over the past month and a half and he slipped to world No.137 after a high of 61 last October. Ebden, back in…

Beck earns World Championships selection

Alex Beck is officially headed to the IAAF World Championships in Moscow later this year with Athletics Australia selectors today confirming his selection to the Australian Flame team. Following his national title win over the weekend in Sydney, Beck has confirmed his seat on the plane to Russia, along with the addition of 24 other Australians.…

Coulter-Nile claims Laurie Sawle Medal

All-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile capped off a breakthrough season by winning the Laurie Sawle Medal as Western Australia’s player of the season. Coulter-Nile snared a combined 42 wickets in Sheffield Shield and one-day ranks to beat out Mitchell Marsh and Sam Whiteman for the award. He collected 26 Shield wickets at 27.92 and was the second leading…

Ebden, Hewitt win decisive doubles rubber

Australia holds all the aces heading into the final day of its crunch Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan after Matt Ebden and Lleyton Hewitt secured a gutsy five-set doubles win on Friday. The pair defeated Denis Istomin and Farrukh Dustov 7-5 6-7(4) 6-4 3-6 6-3 on clay in Namangan to take a 2-1 lead in…

Davis Cup selection for Matt Ebden

Matthew Ebden is in Australia’s Davis Cup team to play Uzbekistan in an Asia-Oceania second-round match.

Team captain Pat Rafter confirmed that Matthew Ebden will join fellow countrymen Lleyton Hewitt, Bernard Tomic and Marinko Matosevic on indoor clay courts in Namangan, Uzbekistan from April 5-7.