Jordan Thompson has followed fellow Australian Bernard Tomic out the French Open exit gates with another despairing five-set grand slam defeat. Thompson’s valiant fightback from two sets down proved fruitless …
The most recently minted grand slam champion in tennis has booked a second-round French Open slot as Caroline Wozniacki overcame a stuttering start to beat Danielle Collins 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 …
Journeyman Marco Trungelliti has revealed he not only beat Bernard Tomic on barely any sleep, but also without practising in more than three days. Having driven 10 hours and 1000km …
Still reeling from knee surgeries, former champion Stan Wawrinka has lost a five-set battle to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the first round of the French Open. Last year’s finalist lasted three …
Novak Djokovic has eased through to the second round of the French Open after a straight-sets win over Rogerio Dutra Silva. The Serbian, coming back from an injury absence which …
Bernard Tomic has shot down suggestions he was only playing tennis for financial reasons in a sour aftermath to his first-round French Open exit in Paris. Tomic’s promising run from …
Former champion Stan Wawrinka was knocked out of the French Open in the first round when he lost 6-2 3-6 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The Swiss, …
Petra Kvitova flirted with an early exit but did enough to overcome Paraguay’s Veronica Cepede Royg to move into the second round of the French Open. The two-time Wimbledon champion …
Bernard Tomic’s French Open adventure is over following a tough four-set first-round loss to Argentine battler Marco Trungelliti. Trungelliti snapped Tomic’s career-best seven-match clay-court winning streak with a spirited 6-4 …
NSW coach Brad Fittler has teased Queensland to try to target James Maloney’s left-edge defence in next week’s State of Origin series opener. A week after publicly criticising Maloney’s defence, …
Richmond spearhead Jack Riewoldt is likely to play in the AFL Dreamtime match but the prognosis isn’t so good for fellow premiership players Bachar Houli and Dion Prestia. The Tigers …
St Kilda look set to head to the AFL tribunal in the hopes of downgrading Jake Carlisle’s two-game suspension for striking. Richmond premiership forward Jack Riewoldt was concussed after Carlisle’s …
NSW rookie Jack de Belin is adamant he’ll be able to play through his nagging hip injury when he makes his State of Origin debut in next week’s series opener. …
Lance Franklin’s recently-painted mural in Sydney is accompanied by a few words: ‘one of the greats, or the greatest?’. It is a question that will trigger debate as fans walk …
Marco Trungelliti has finally been revealed as Bernard Tomic’s first-round opponent at the French Open – 21 minutes before the Australian takes to the court. The Argentine made a desperate …
NSW will run out the most inexperienced team in more than three decades of State of Origin football in next Wednesday’s series opener against Queensland. Rookie coach Brad Fittler confirmed …
Siya Kolisi has been named as captain of South Africa for the three-Test home series against England next month, but the flanker will not lead the side against Wales on …
Queensland sports minister Michael de Brenni has promised an answer on whether the ageing Ballymore Stadium will be granted a long-needed facelift by the end of the year. The Queensland …
