Casey Dellacqua has joined Australia’s day one Wimbledon victors, scorching her way into the second round with an impressive victory over Austrian Tamira Paszek. Dellacqua wasted little time on Tuesday …
South Sydney centre Kirisome Auva’a has been cleared by the NRL to return to rugby league this weekend, in the wake of his ban over a domestic violence issue. Auva’a …
Wimbledon will introduce emergency playing rules for hot weather for the first time on Wednesday when temperatures are expected to reach the mid-30s. Organisers say a heat rule, which allows …
Referees Gerard Sutton and Ben Cummins have been retained to officiate in State of Origin III. The duo have refereed in both matches in the series so far to relatively …
Hawthorn hope key defender James Frawley will return to the AFL within a month. Frawley suffered a dislocated left shoulder in last Saturday’s win over Essendon, prompting speculation he would …
The twins who slipped through the net of British cycling are the new guard for Australian team Orica-GreenEDGE at the Tour de France. Adam and Simon Yates mark the next …
The injuries keep stacking up for Queensland but coach Mal Meninga appears unfazed ahead of a must-win State of Origin III in Brisbane. Canberra enforcer Josh Papalii was the latest …
Richmond’s dramatic comeback AFL win over Sydney last week happened partly because they were sick of being pushed around. Tigers midfielder Brandon Ellis made no apology for the physical niggle …
A surprised Michael Morgan has credited his NRL club combination with Johnathan Thurston for squeezing Daly Cherry-Evans out of the Queensland State of Origin team. However, Morgan has baulked at …
Geelong take on Adelaide this weekend in a fixture that Crows fans fear may feature superstar Patrick Dangerfield in the opposition’s guernsey from next season. Adelaide supporters have already had …
Sydney Swans co-captain Jarrad McVeigh insists his team won’t change their game plan in the absence of suspended forwards Lance Franklin and Kurt Tippett against Port Adelaide on Thursday night. …
The Australian fast bowling cartel is not happy. It has nothing to do with the Ashes, rather Cricket Australia (CA) pushing ahead with the inaugural day-night Test. There has long …
Shane Watson has ridden the ups and downs of international cricket like few others. Injury setbacks and reinvention. Finding form, losing form and never managing to shake the scorn. Bowling …
South Sydney halfback Adam Reynolds has been named to face Penrith in Friday night’s NRL clash, despite suffering concussion last start. Reynolds was taken off in the 24th minute of …
Firebrand Nick Kyrgios is drawing inspiration from arguably the world’s greatest athlete as he attempts to repeat last year’s remarkable Wimbledon heroics. Kyrgios, who is equally adept at garnering interest …
Carlton’s search for a replacement for Mick Malthouse is well underway but the Blues will take their time appointing a new senior coach. A fortnight after the club announced the …
World No.1 Novak Djokovic led the tributes after lion-hearted Lleyton Hewitt made the most fitting, if not triumphant, of Wimbledon bows. Hewitt’s epic 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-0 11-9 first-round loss …
NSW coach Laurie Daley has no problems bringing a suspended Michael Ennis into camp and exploiting a judiciary loophole to allow him to prepare for the State of Origin decider. …


