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Brendon Hartley will become New Zealand’s first Formula One driver in 33 years at next week’s US Grand Prix after being called up by Toro Rosso on Friday as replacement …

Dominic Thiem has become the fourth man to qualify for next month’s eight-strong ATP Finals. The Austrian followed fellow Next Gen player Alexander Zverev, who clinched a place last week. …

Brisbane expect the market for Josh Schache to heat up in the second week of the AFL trade period. The Lions dropped a bombshell on the opening day of the …

Juan Martin del Potro headed to a hospital for a scan on his left wrist after a nasty fall while winning his quarter-final at the Shanghai Masters. Del Potro tumbled …

Samantha Stosur is out of the Hong Kong Open after a straight-sets quarter-final loss to Wang Qiang. Stosur lost 7-5 6-2 after a tight first set as the former US …

Rafael Nadal has tied Andre Agassi for sixth place on the list of Open Era wins by reaching the Shanghai Masters semi-finals. Beating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov of 6-4 6-7 (4-7) …

Daria Gavrilova has survived a scare to beat Lizette Cabrera in three sets in an all-Australian quarter-final at the Hong Kong Open. Gavrilova held on to win 6-1 3-6 6-4 …

Rafael Nadal has struggled against Grigor Dimitrov before breaking away for a three-set victory to advance to the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters. The world No.1 on Friday lost his …

Maria Sharapova reached her second semi-final since returning to tennis in April, hammering Swiss Stefanie Voegele 6-3 6-1 at the Tianjin Open in China. Sharapova is starting to show resilience …

There will be plenty of fringe Wallabies desperate to impress in the annual Barbarians fixture, but not all of them will be wearing green and gold. Barbarians captain Quade Cooper …

Adelaide’s AFL stand-off with Brisbane over speedster Charlie Cameron took another twist on Friday with Steve Motlop’s decision to join Port Adelaide. The Crows and Gold Coast had also keenly …

Long-time Gold Coast football manager Marcus Ashcroft will be shown the door next season as one of several changes under new head coach Stuart Dew. Head of football development Matthew …

North Queensland’s NRL pre-season advantage will be rammed home next month when superstar half Johnathan Thurston returns from a shoulder injury to train with the club. The Cowboys wretched 2017 …

The fake war has started between coaches Michael Cheika and Alan Jones ahead of the Wallabies’ match against the Barbarians in Sydney. Jones named an incomplete squad at Friday’s squad …

Officials won’t need to implement mandatory sin-bins for punches during the Rugby League World Cup to clamp down on the illegal act, according to tournament boss Andrew Hill. This summer’s …

His bags were packed and holidays booked but Fiji was the last place Penrith giant Reagan Campbell-Gillard expected to lob into this week. Especially after knocking back Fiji’s offer to …

Karmichael Hunt was confident a much-improved Wallabies outfit can beat New Zealand in next week’s rugby Test and that he can return to play a part. The utility will play …

Adelaide are refusing to blink first in the staring contest with Brisbane over want-away Crows speedster Charlie Cameron. Adelaide list manager Justin Reid continued to push the line that Cameron …