Two-time grand slam winner Stan Wawrinka dealt Fernando Verdasco a rare first-round loss at the US Open, sweeping aside the Spaniard in straight sets on Tuesday. The third-seeded Swiss dominated …
Australian sports management student Ellen Perez will turn down more than $50,000 in US Open prize money to remain in college in America. Perez’s grand slam debut was short and …
NSW Premier Mike Baird is showing outrageous confidence in his state’s two AFL finalists, declaring one of them will win this year’s flag and predicting they will meet again in …
Ana Ivanovic is out of the US Open in the first round for the second straight year after a 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 loss to Denisa Allertova of the Czech Republic. …
Cronulla have promised to get up in the face of Melbourne superstars Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk ahead of their NRL minor premiership shootout on Saturday night. Brisbane pulled off …
Hawthorn forward Jarryd Roughead won’t be taking the field in September but he remains a vital part of the AFL club’s push for a fourth consecutive premiership. Roughead, who had …
Daria Gavrilova was planning a junk-food binge after her US Open ended in tears with a shattering first-round loss at Flushing Meadows. The Australian No.2 was unable to hide her …
Steve Michaels insists there will be no hard feelings when he leaves rugby league Challenge Cup winners Hull FC at the end of the season. The 29-year-old Australian winger has …
He was the kid who replaced Benji Marshall for one game, but now Drew Hutchison wants to take over for good. Controversially called up in place of the axed veteran …
Port Adelaide have finally run out of patience with former top-10 draft pick John Butcher, who is one of three players delisted by the AFL club. The Power also confirmed …
Greater Western Sydney’s dramatic improvement in winning contested ball has been a major factor in their stunning AFL rise, co-captain Phil Davis says. The Giants weren’t renowned as tough scrappers …
Greater Western Sydney’s surge to AFL prominence is no surprise to Sydney coach John Longmire, who rates his cross-town rivals and initial finals opponents a real threat. Perennial contenders Sydney …
Eighth-seeded Madison Keys was forced to stay up late before overcoming fellow American Alison Riske to close out Monday’s (Tuesday AEST) play at Arthur Ashe Stadium on a busy opening …
Fewer referrals, slashed decision times and a saving of more than 10 hours of live play. These are the major positives put in front of the NRL competition committee on …
Ben Creagh and Benji Marshall will be farewelled by St George Illawarra, but NRL fans appear to have seen the last of Manly skipper Jamie Lyon. Creagh and Marshall have …
Brisbane’s next AFL coach will have stronger structures for youth development if Lions captain Tom Rockliff has anything to do with his appointment. The Lions won just three games in …
Melbourne forward Nelson Asofa-Solomona will miss Saturday’s NRL minor premiership decider against Cronulla after taking the early guilty plea on a dangerous contact charge. Asofa-Solomona will be available for selection …
Geelong skipper Joel Selwood believes the post-season AFL bye could be a game-changer, especially for the four clubs contesting elimination finals. Concerned with the trend of sides resting players en …
