May 19, 2013 An early morning text message from a friend in Australia is believed to have sparked the Twitter tirade from David Warner that has resulted in the opener being reported by Cricket Australia for an alleged breach of the body's code of behaviour.

May 19, 2013 Cooper was out of the 25. The process that led to that point has been a few years in the making.

May 19, 2013 Robbie Deans has asked five-eighth Quade Cooper to be more "assertive" in attack as well as defence before he selects him to play against the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane next month.

May 19, 2013 Newcastle ended a two-game losing streak and reclaimed fourth rung.

May 19, 2013 It used to be a given that Cronulla would struggle without Paul Gallen.

May 19, 2013 Josh Kennedy believes Sydney belong in the top four but acknowledges the reigning premiers need to start collecting some decent scalps 2013; starting Friday night against a resurgent Collingwood.

May 19, 2013 Canberra have been the NRL's comeback kids this year, but their slow starts finally came back to bite them in a 30-20 loss to Cronulla at Sharks Stadium on Sunday.

May 19, 2013 Quade Cooper was a surprising omission from the first Wallabies squad to be named for the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour.

May 19, 2013 BARDONECCHIA: Cadel Evans was met with his first significant blow in the Giro d'Italia, losing precious time to the race leader, Vincenzo Nibali, in Saturday's 14th stage in the Alps, despite a valiant effort to match the Italian's impressive late attack.

May 19, 2013 Brisbane's Brent Staker kicks the winning goal in his first AFL match for more than a year to seal an upset 10-point victory over Essendon.