Angelique Kerber was forced to dig deep in her WTA Finals opener before the German world number one battled past Dominika Cibulkova 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3 in a high-class baseline slugfest …
South Africa’s rugby coach Allister Coetzee hailed the impact of Eddie Jones and the performance of England this year as the Springboks began their preparations for a four-match tour of …
Romania’s Monica Niculescu has upset top seed Petra Kvitova in the WTA Luxembourg Open final with a 6-4 6-0 victory. The unseeded 29-year-old’s first WTA Tour title for more than …
Simona Halep got her WTA Finals campaign off to a perfect start on Sunday when the Romanian world number four dominated an erratic Madison Keys to race to a 6-2 …
Local hope Jack Miller was content to settle for tenth in his second Australian MotoGP after a career-best qualifying performance at Phillip Island. The 21-year-old raised expectations when he qualified …
Trainer John McArdle is eyeing his second VRC Oaks after Smart As You Think confirmed plans to target the Classic with a victory over older horses at Moonee Valley. McArdle …
Lightweight Hong Kong-based jockey Chad Schofield will reunite with the Lindsay Park stable when he rides Seaburge in the Group One Cantala Stakes at Flemington. Three-year-old Seaburge will carry 50kg …
Don’t Doubt Mamma has won two of the lead-up races to the Myer Classic and is poised to chase her first Group One win in the fillies and mare’s feature. …
Happy Trails has run in his last Cox Plate but his trainer is keen to give him the chance to bow out of racing on a better note. The rain …
Far from moping, the Wallabies believe they can salvage an elusive grand slam from an otherwise dismal 2016 campaign. With seven defeats from their first 10 Tests, including humbling 3-0 …
Blues’ Super Rugby young gun Rieko Ioane had a late one on Saturday, but it wasn’t due to a night of debauchery. Instead, he was just busy playing the Playstation. …
Jamie Whincup has claimed pole position for Sunday’s final Gold Coast 600 race. The six-time Supercars series champion clocked one minute, 10:88 seconds, just 0.08 of a second ahead of …
Michael Cheika is refusing to be gagged, not backing down on Sunday after All Blacks coach Steve Hansen accused his Wallabies counterpart of “hijacking” New Zealand’s Test world record celebrations. …
Essendon will welcome back their banned stars with a blockbuster clash against Hawthorn in round one of the 2017 AFL season. The Bombers and Hawks will face off on a …
It’s the magical number that has defined sporting icons like Nicklaus, Navratilova and Phelps but eluded the great Roger Federer. But now that the mighty All Blacks have chalked up …
Jamie Whincup has claimed provisional pole position for the Gold Coast 600’s second and final race on Sunday. The six-time Supercars champion clocked one minute, 10:31 seconds to be fastest …
Group One winner The United States has shown his class with a feature win on Cox Plate day, even if it wasn’t in the race his connections had originally hoped. …
Iron-horse Denoninator could be headed back to Victoria for next month’s Ballarat Cup after scoring another Eagle Farm win. Denoninator has been the mainstay of the John Symons-Sheila Laxon training …
