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Singles success has proved short-lived for New Zealand’s Michael Venus at the Heineken Open. Venus couldn’t follow up his enthralling first round victory over Colombia’s Alejandro Gonzalez, going down in …

New Adelaide coach Phil Walsh insists gun midfielder Patrick Dangerfield remains a senior leader at the AFL club, despite being overlooked for the captaincy amid rampant speculation about his future. …

Unfazed by her summer struggles, Samantha Stosur says it’s an honour to lead the local charge at the Australian Open for a sixth straight year. Stosur was on Wednesday seeded …

Jason Day is confident he can use the momentum from his record equalling round in Maui to break through in Honolulu. Fresh off a blistering career best round of 62 …

The big names continue to fall at the Auckland Open, with injury ruling out two world top 20 Spaniards. Fifth seed and world No.17 Tommy Robredo pulled out of his …

Another controversial NRL finals exit would cause a riot in Townsville, North Queensland backrower Gavin Cooper joked. But the Maroons hopeful was deadly serious when he claimed there would be …

Far from distracted, Novak Djokovic says fatherhood has given him fresh incentive to land a record fifth Australian Open crown and will only make him harder to stop at Melbourne …

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka has missed out on a seeding for the first grand slam tournament of the year after enduring an injury-interrupted 2014 campaign. Azarenka, 25, ended …

Kurt Busch, the NASCAR driver known as ‘The Outlaw’, testified on Tuesday he believes his ex-girlfriend is a trained assassin dispatched on covert missions around the world who once returned …

Port Adelaide key defender Jack Hombsch has been rewarded for a breakout first season at Port Adelaide with a contract extension that will see him remain at the AFL club …

The bad luck keeps coming for Auckland Open organisers, with fifth seed Tommy Robredo of Spain the latest to pull out. After already having David Ferrer, John Isner and Gael …

Sydney games record holder Adam Goodes is returning for his 17th AFL campaign – and it might not be his last. “I’m certainly not thinking that way,” he told AAP. …

Alex McKinnon continues to inspire the Newcastle Knights with coach Rick Stone revealing he stood up on his own for the first time since suffering a devastating spinal injury in …

Key forward Taylor Walker has been named the new captain of AFL club Adelaide, ending the four-year reign of Nathan van Berlo. The 24-year-old Walker, who recently signed a contract …

Defending champion Nani Roma has led a Mini trifecta in the Dakar Rally ninth stage as Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah increased his overall lead with four days action in South America …

English rugby union club London Irish have confirmed that Australian-born rugby director Brian Smith will leave the club. Irish said Smith has been granted early release from his contract – …

Australian Casey Dellacqua will fight for a quarter-final berth in the Hobart International when she meets Italy’s Karin Knapp. The pair will take to centre court on Wednesday where top-seed …

Australian Jarmila Gajdosova has continued her giantkilling run at the Sydney International, taking down world No.11 Dominika Cibulkova in a second round match. After an impressive first round win over …