Batsman Jonathan Trott has been called up by the second-string England Lions for their 2015 tour of South Africa, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Tuesday. South …
World No.1 Novak Djokovic celebrated his return to competition since becoming a father last week with a ruthless 6-3 6-4 second round victory over Germany’s Philipp Kolschreiber at the Paris …
Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo has survived a first round scare at the Paris Masters before prevailing 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-5) over Canada’s Vasek Pospisil. Also at Bercy Arena on Tuesday, …
Young allrounder Mitchell Marsh says Australia’s batsmen have taken their coach Darren Lehmann’s advice to heart and have been working on hitting the straight ones in the nets ahead of …
The so-called land of opportunity is an appropriate place to start the season-ending tour for a handful of fringe World Cup All Blacks. It seems absurd to include Dan Carter …
Cricket great Adam Gilchrist says Australia’s main issue is a mental one ahead of Thursday’s second Test against Pakistan Abu Dhabi. The 96-Test veteran watched Australia’s 221-run loss in last …
Victoria Derby 2014 – Gai Waterhouse has as much confidence about Hampton Court in the Victoria Derby as she did about Fiorente winning last year’s Melbourne Cup. Fiorente gave Waterhouse …
St Kilda want Adam Schneider to continue with them as a mature-aged AFL rookie. The Saints have delisted Schneider and fellow small forward Terry Milera, who is returning to SA. …
Former Melbourne coach Mark Neeld will return to the AFL, joining Essendon to head their player development. The appointment was made a day after the Demons also appointed newly-departed Western …
A decision to end the Melbourne Cup campaign of The Offer has all but cemented Araldo’s place in the field for the $6.2 million race. His trainer Mike Moroney will …
Gai Waterhouse’s hopes of back-to-back Melbourne Cups are over with The Offer out of this year’s race. Waterhouse won her first Melbourne Cup with Fiorente in 2013 and The Offer …
History will be made even if Australia avoids embarrassment on Sunday after coach Tim Sheens named teenage sensation Sione Mata’utia for their must-win Four Nations clash with England in Melbourne. …
The door remains ajar for Sean O’Loughlin’s return despite the inspirational England captain being a glaring omission for the match that could knock Australia out of the Four Nations rugby …
Melbourne Cup Field: Racing Victoria vets will return to Werribee to inspect the Melbourne Cup’s international contingent before final declarations. Dr Brian Stewart and Dr Grace Forbes have passed English …
Steve Smith says he’ll welcome the challenge of batting at first-drop if captain Michael Clarke pulls the trigger for Thursday’s second Test against Pakistan. No.5 batsman Smith has looked quite …
Get down the track and put the spinners off their game. That’s Steve Smith’s plan of attack for Thursday’s second Test in Abu Dhabi. Smith was one of the few …
Former Test captain Mark Taylor believes Australia’s failings against spin bowling boils down to a mental barrier rather than a technical issue. Taylor said Australia’s 221-run loss to Pakistan in …
South Australian Wade Ormsby was just 21 years old when he decided to give golf one last crack. Thirteen years on, that final fling is showing no signs of slowing …
