Former teenage prodigy Mirjana Lucic-Baroni finally feels like she belongs among the tennis elite again after her Australian Open final-four appearance. Despite crashing to six-time champion Serena Williams, Lucic-Baroni says …
Veteran Venus Williams celebrated with a teenage twirl after ending CoCo Vandeweghe’s giantkilling run to become the oldest Australian Open women’s finalist in professional tennis history. Turning 37 in June, …
Venus Williams heaped praise on CoCo Vandeweghe after denying her free-hitting compatriot a place in a grand slam final for the first time. The unseeded 25-year-old had cut a swathe …
Local fans had little to cheer about in this year’s Australian Open juniors draws, with only one player left to fly the flag on Australian Day. Even then the fleeting …
Turning back the clock, Serena and Venus Williams will clash in a grand slam title decider for an incredible ninth time after scoring contrasting Australian Open semi-final triumphs. Venus needed …
Melbourne’s John Peers and Finnish teammate Henri Kontinen stand in the way of a historic 17th grand slam doubles title for American pair Bob and Mike Bryan. No.4 seeds Peers …
Veteran Venus Williams has ended CoCo Vandeweghe’s giantkilling run to become the oldest Australian Open women’s finalist in professional tennis history. Turning 37 in June, Williams battled back from a …
Brisbane NRL recruit David Mead is expected to be available for the Auckland Nines or the Broncos’ first trial match despite injuring his knee at training. The winger’s scans came …
Rafael Nadal’s resurgence has been one of the feelgood stories of the Australian Open, but his semi-final foes says there can be no more room for sentiment. Grigor Dimitrov has …
Tennis icon Andre Agassi is imploring sports fans to cherish Roger Federer’s once-in-a-lifetime talents while they can. Like most, Agassi has marvelled at Federer’s vintage run through the Australian Open …
Reformed Sydney Roosters bad boy Mitchell Pearce is now an NRL role model, according to former club star and mentor Craig Wing. It’s a year to the day the Roosters …
Sonny Bill Williams’ Blues debut will come about six weeks into the Super Rugby season, the injured cross-code star predicts. All Blacks back Williams will make a delayed return to …
Debutant Junction has done plenty wrong but still earned a trip to Sydney with his win at the Gold Coast. Trainer Bryan Guy had expected Junction to race on the …
Trainer Pat Hyland will happily pay a rating penalty if Kirani can capture a stakes race win at Flemington. Kirani lines up for the second start of his campaign in …
Jason Attard’s stable star Sons Of John is still yet to realise the young trainer’s Group One dream but his performances at the top level have paid dividends in the …
Co-trainer Tom Dabernig is as surprised as anyone with the consistency Grande Rosso has shown since joining the stable. After beginning his career with now-disqualified trainer Mark Riley, Grande Rosso …
Dual Group One winner Le Romain has impressed trainer Kris Lees with a barrier trial win as he prepares for three attempts at the highest level during Sydney’s autumn carnival. …
When Russell Bell began training, he had two ambitions. One was to get Jimmy Cassidy to ride one of his horses and the other was to team up with Darren …
