Juan Martin Del Potro brushed aside a code violation issued against him for taking too long between breaks, after marching into the quarter-finals of the Sydney International. The defending champion, …
It’s been a tennis tournament of carnage in Auckland, with barely a name player left in the Heineken Open after three days. Illness, injury, bad luck and rusty play means …
Rested and ready for action, Ross Taylor returns to the New Zealand team for the second game in their seven-match series against Sri Lanka in Hamilton. Taylor was rested from …
To say Hobart need a bit of luck to make the Big Bash League Twenty20 semi-finals is an understatement. And so far, the portents are not so good for the …
England have smashed the Prime Minister’s XI all over Manuka Oval, with Ian Bell scoring 187 in their 6/391 from 50 overs in Canberra on Wednesday. Bell’s innings is the …
Casey Dellacqua will go a second day without competitive play with rain delaying her bid for a quarter-final berth at the Hobart International. The event’s top-seed was due to play …
Jordan Thompson says it was about four years and a foot and a half ago that he could beat Australia’s top men’s tennis player Nick Kyrgios but he’s hopeful he’s …
Former bad boy Brydan Klein’s first trip back to the Australian Open as a Brit has ended in a first-round qualifying loss to local hope Dane Propoggia. The Perth-born Klein …
Xavier Doherty admits to feeling the extra pressure and expectations generated by being the only specialist spinner in Australia’s pace-packed cricket World Cup squad. The Tasmanian left-arm tweaker is the …
Australian youngster Jordan Thompson has given defending champion Japan’s Kei Nishikori a scare in their Kooyong Classic clash. The 20-year-old Sydneysider pushed the world No.5 to three sets before the …
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 …
