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Canadian seed Milos Raonic has sent an injury-troubled Nick Kyrgios packing from the Australian Open in their first-round clash on Melbourne Arena. Kyrgios looked to be heading towards a retirement, …

Top seed Novak Djokovic has had little trouble progressing to the second round of the Australian Open with a straight sets win over American qualifier Mitchell Krueger on Tuesday. The …

Thanasi Kokkinakis has pointedly declined to pour more fuel on the raging Lleyton Hewitt firestorm after being forced out of the Australian Open in agony. Kokkinakis lasted only a set …

Young gun Alexei Popyrin has secured Australia’s equal-best start at Melbourne Park in 16 years after stunning German veteran Mischa Zverev in his grand-slam debut. The 19-year-old on on Tuesday …

Kurtley Beale has apologised to Rugby Australia but will receive no punishment after he was seen laughing at a man appearing to consume drugs in a video circulated on social …

Samantha Stosur’s lamentable record at Melbourne Park has continued with a first-round loss to rising Ukrainian star Dayana Yastremska, her fourth-straight defeat in the Australian Open’s opening round. Stosur, the …

A despondent Daria Gavrilova has revealed she’s still struggling with a lack of confidence that plagued her 2018 season. The feisty Gavrilova made her earliest Australian Open exit in four …

MATCHES TO WATCH ON DAY THREE OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN: * 15-Ashleigh Barty (AUS) v Wang Yafan (CHN), Rod Laver Arena – Day Session Australia’s great hope should have little …

Desperate to atone for a disappointing 2018, Bryce Cartwright admits not putting in enough hard work last year but insists this pre-season has been different at Gold Coast. A one-time …

Tennis Australia is standing behind Lleyton Hewitt as Davis Cup captain despite a blistering attack from outsider Bernard Tomic. Tomic, the world No.88, said Hewitt’s leadership of the Australian team …

Wade Graham was enjoying a white Christmas in Canada with his young family when he realised he couldn’t leave Cronulla. On the other side of the world, just a week …

Three years after having a break from tennis and taking up labouring, journeyman Alex Bolt has broken through for a maiden grand slam win on home soil in the opening …

John Morris doesn’t know how long he’ll be head coach of Cronulla but, for the good of the NRL club, the interim mentor knows he has to act as if …

Injury-plagued Thanasi Kokkinakis has been forced to withdraw midway through his Australian Open first-round match against Japan’s Taro Daniel due to a shoulder problem. Kokkinakis won the first set of …

If you can’t beat them, join them. After 13 years spearheading Ford’s Supercars battle with Holden, Mark Winterbottom has driven his first laps in the Commodore he’ll race in this …

Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has dismissed claims of a damaging rift in Australian tennis ranks following an astonishing broadside from self-exiled star Bernard Tomic. In a bitter aftermath to …

German superstar Alexander Zverev and Japanese ace Kei Nishikori have led the big names safely through to the second round on day two of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Fourth-seeded …

Daria Gavrilova has made her earliest Australian Open exit in four years after being bounced out in the opening round by Tamara Zidansek from Slovenia. The feisty Gavrilova had reached …