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3 weeks ago | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton |Ian Chadband
Australian Cam Davis has conjured some magic to capture a share of the first-round clubhouse lead at the PGA Championship in North Carolina. Davis sparkled with a five-under-par 66 to enjoy top spot on the leaderboard at men’s golf’s second major of the year with unheralded American Ryan Gerard.
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4 weeks ago | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton
Wallabies flyhalf Noah Lolesio has been stretchered off with a reported spinal injury in the first half of the Western Force’s Super Rugby Pacific clash against the ACT Brumbies in Perth. The Brumbies’ and incumbent Australian No.10 was twisted in a seemingly accidental off-the-ball play while trying to repel a Force attack on his goal line in the 20th minute of Saturday night’s derby. It was initially unclear if Lolesio had suffered a back, hip or leg injury in the incident.
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1 month ago | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton |Murray Wenzel
Joe Schmidt will remain as Wallabies coach until next mid-2026 before Les Kiss takes over, Rugby Australia has confirmed. Schmidt was to have finished up after this year’s Rugby Championship but RA was keen for “minimal disruption to the Australian rugby ecosystem” and for Kiss to complete his Super Rugby Pacific contract with the Queensland Reds in 2026. “My intention to finish at the end of this year’s Rugby Championship has been adjusted to fit with Les’s availability,” Schmidt said.
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2 months ago | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton
Plotting a move to the middleweight ranks, Tim Tszyu has paid a heartfelt tribute to his team and promoters after resurrecting his international career with a statement comeback win over American dangerman Joey Spencer. Spencer’s father threw in the towel midway through the fourth round after watching his son, harrowingly, cop a battering from Tszyu in Newcastle on Sunday.
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2 months ago | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton
Tim Tszyu has restored his reputation and reignited his international career with a brutal beatdown of American Joey Spencer in Newcastle. Spencer’s team threw in the towel and the referee stopped the fight two minutes and 18 seconds into the fourth round, after Australia’s former WBO world champion battered his opponent with a stunning blitz to the head and body. Spencer had lost only once in 19 professional fights and was expected to pose a huge threat to Tszyu’s comeback hopes.
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2 months ago | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton
A candid Tim Tszyu has detailed why his legendary father is banned from his looming all-or-nothing fight and why he’s desperate to protect possibly the greatest family record in Australian sports history. The former super-welterweight world champion will joust with rising American Joey Spencer on April 6 not only hoping to resurrect his international career after two seismic defeats in the US, but also defending an incredible 50-0 domestic winning streak for the incomparable Tszyu clan.
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2 months ago | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton
One of world boxing’s biggest promoters has accused George Kambosos Jr of a “lack of respect” after the Australian superstar failed to front for a pre-fight face-off in Sydney. Kambosos was a conspicuous no-show from a scheduled meeting with his rival, countryman Jake Wyllie, at Qudos Bank Arena. Wyllie has stepped up on less than a week’s notice to replace Daud Yordan on Saturday night after the Indonesian senator was forced out of the slated super-lightweight bout on medical grounds.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton
Lote Tuqiri has slammed Super Rugby Pacific’s “unacceptable” mistreatment of the travelling Fijian Drua and hopes such a “ridiculous” turn of events never happens again. The Fiji-born legend and dual Australian international also took aim at New Zealand’s “lack of hospitality” after learning the Drua were forced out of their hotel room in Napier, with nowhere to go and rest, several hours before playing the well-accommodated Hurricanes in round two a fortnight ago.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton
The tennis world is mourning the death of Australian great and dual grand slam singles champion Fred Stolle, aged 86. To modern-day fans, Stolle will be best remembered for his colourful commentary and anecdotes after featuring on TV for almost 50 years. To old-timers and aficionados, ‘Fiery’ will be regarded as a giant of the game during the halcyon days of the 1960s when Australia ruled the tennis world and Stolle ruled some of the country’s finest ever players.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
7news.com.au | Darren Walton
Tim Tszyu concedes he will be fighting to save his career after agreeing to a high-risk showdown with dangerous American Joey Spencer. Australian boxing’s poster boy will make his much-anticipated comeback from two crushing losses in the US last year in a do-or-die super-welterweight battle in Newcastle on April 6.
