Top seed Novak Djokovic has survived a testing centre court examination at the hands of close friend and veteran serve-and-volleyer Radek Stepanek to reach the Wimbledon third round. Djokovic, the …

Boyd Cordner is hopeful his Kings Cross high-jinks with Mitchell Pearce won’t cost him a NSW State of Origin jersey like it did his Sydney Roosters teammate. Cordner returns from …

Australian qualifier Luke Saville is targeting a return to Wimbledon as an automatic entrant next year after holding his own on tennis’ biggest stage. The 20-year-old’s impressive debut at the …

Marinko Matosevic has fallen agonisingly short of reaching the third round at Wimbledon, losing to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in a five-set epic. The Australian world No.58 went down 6-7 (7-5) …

Victorian Police have arrested and questioned controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank as part of ongoing investigations. Detectives from the Purana Taskforce arrested Dank on Wednesday morning and later released him …

Australia-born former Scotland fly-half Dan Parks has announced his retirement from rugby. Parks won 67 caps during an eight-year international career that ended when he stepped down from Test rugby …

Victoria Police have arrested controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank and questioned him about alleged theft-related offences. Dank was arrested on Tuesday morning and later released without charge, but investigations are …

The International Cricket Council believes suspect bowling actions should be scrutinised more, and will review its testing and reporting procedures. The ICC’s cricket committee met in Melbourne on Wednesday, looking …

Lock Patrick Tuipulotu’s Test experience runs to a matter of minutes, but he knows the spotlight on him has increased as he returns for the Blues. In his rookie Super …

Christian Lealiifano will steer the Brumbies backline for the first time this season after star five-eighth Matt Toomua was ruled out of their must-win Super Rugby blockbuster against the NSW …

Bench-warmer Nick Frisby boasts just a handful of starts but looms as the Queensland Reds’ X-factor in their first Super Rugby outing without their superstar halves in six years. Not …

Geelong could be without in-form midfielder Mathew Stokes for an extended period as their AFL season enters a critical phase. Stokes hurt his ankle early in last weekend’s loss to …

Aaron Smith is adamant it won’t be difficult to come off the high of the All Blacks’ Test series victory when the Highlanders face the Chiefs in Dunedin in a …

Sam Burgess has finally shrugged off a worrying elbow injury in time to spearhead South Sydney to the NRL finals. The Rabbitohs enforcer has battled the complaint through most of …

NSW coach Michael Cheika is backing his new and improved Waratahs to kick off where they left off a month ago and chalk up a club-record-equalling fifth straight Super Rugby …

Melbourne are expecting the Queensland Reds to be out for revenge after the Rebels’ controversial win in their last Super Rugby clash. Ahead of Friday night’s AAMI Park duel, Rebels …

Manly have invited the Sydney Roosters to take a leaf out of the NSW playbook in Friday night’s NRL blockbuster and target Daly Cherry-Evans in a relentless 80-minute barrage. The …

North Melbourne coach Brad Scott will rejig his side’s forward line this weekend against Brisbane but doesn’t expect to move on the captain’s armband. Captain Andrew Swallow took to the …