A bacterial infection appears to be responsible for forcing French Open finalist Lucie Safarova to pull out from January’s Hopman Cup. The Czech star will be replaced by world No.11 …
Teenager Maddison Inglis will make her maiden appearance in the Australian Open main draw after beating Arina Rodionova 6-4 6-2 in the final of the women’s wildcard playoff. Rodionova was …
Returning South Sydney star Sam Burgess will mark his NRL comeback by lining up to floor club captain Greg Inglis. The Rabbitohs confirmed Burgess’ new contract was ratified by the …
James Hird has taken a swipe at the AFL over its handling of the Adam Goodes booing saga. Sydney’s dual Brownlow medallist Goodes was booed throughout his final season. Hird …
James Duckworth has earned a place in the main draw of next month’s Australia Open after Ben Mitchell withdrew from their scheduled wildcard playoff final. Mitchell joined his partner in …
Arina Rodionova made it a wedding day to remember on Saturday, winning her semi-final at the Australian Open wildcard qualifying tournament. Rodionova beat Storm Sanders 1-6 6-4 7-5 to advance …
Northampton’s national contingent failed to make an impression as new England rugby coach Eddie Jones resumed his busy pre-Christmas scouting tour of Premiership clubs. Jones, who visits Wasps and Leicester …
Statisticians have hailed the All Blacks as the most adventurous team at a Rugby World Cup which rewarded attacking play. World Rugby has unveiled its game analysis report from this …
Paul Gallen expects to make a decision on whether to extend his NRL career into 2017 before next year’s State of Origin series. The NSW and Cronulla captain this month …
Top seed James Duckworth will do battle with good mate Ben Mitchell in Sunday’s Australian Open wildcard play-off final. Mitchell, the fourth seed, was the first player through to the …
NSW State of Origin coach Laurie Daley expects good mate Kevin Walters to be green-lit as his Queensland opposite after North Queensland premiership-winner Paul Green elected to concentrate on club …
Cronulla captain Paul Gallen has revealed star rookie Jack Bird is conflicted over whether to stick with the Sharks or take up an offer from St George Illawarra. Bird’s stocks …
Stephen Moore has set his sights on another shot at World Cup glory, inking a new three-year deal with Australian rugby. Moore’s new contract with the Australian Rugby Union commences …
Less than four months after being told he would be exiled into reserve grade, former Wests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah has been guaranteed the number nine jumper in round one …
Queenslander Ben Mitchell has progressed to the final of the Australian Open wildcard play-offs with a tough four-set win over South Australian Bradley Mousley. With the temperature approaching 37 degrees …
As Lleyton Hewitt’s near-two-decade career on the world tennis stage draws to a close, the former No.1 admits he’s been distracted in the lead up to his last hurrah at …
Michael Hawker has announced he will step down as chairman of the Australian Rugby Union after three years in the position. A former Wallaby who played 25 Tests for Australia, …
Collingwood already have the midfield grunt necessary to play finals football but Nathan Buckley believes his retooled attack will be a key to the Magpies’ AFL premiership aspirations in 2016. …
