Serena Williams eased into the third round of the WTA Dubai Open in her first match since injuring her back at the Australian Open. The world No.1 downed Ekaterina Makarova …
Lleyton Hewitt has breezed into the second round of the Delray Beach Open with a win over American Bradley Klahn. Hewitt, who now has 598 ATP match wins, will next …
Australian Twenty20 captain George Bailey will be rested from Sheffield Shield action as he prepares for the short form’s World Cup. Bailey has been left out of Tasmania’s side for …
Two top-eight finishes in the best and fairest award last year. A combined 67 goals from 45 games in 2013 and highlights reels the envy of just about every other …
Interim coach Peter Sharp has urged the NRL to make a decision on Cronulla’s appeal against Shane Flanagan’s 12-month ban as the new season looms in two weeks. Head coach …
West Coast may have snared the steal of the summer in the form of Xavier Ellis, but Eagles coach Adam Simpson knows it will be a constant battle to keep …
Workaholic flanker Ed Quirk admitted the Queensland Reds turned into a stodgy, one-dimensional team last year but has promised a return to their extravagant ways in 2014. Braced for a …
Five-eighth Jarrod Mullen could miss up to four months of NRL action with a hamstring injury in a devastating blow to Newcastle’s premiership hopes. On the same morning the Knights …
The penny has finally dropped for Waratahs playmaker Kurtley Beale that he can no longer rely on talent alone. Beale is the fittest he’s been heading into a Super Rugby …
An intense battle for positions augurs well for Canberra’s new beginning under club legend Ricky Stuart in the 2014 NRL season. Much is invested in the return of 47-year-old Stuart, …
Entering his eighth season as Gold Coast coach, the defining moment of John Cartwright’s career with the NRL club surely looms. Cartwright’s men made a valiant but ultimately futile late …
Adam Scott says he and other players in golf’s elite aren’t worrying about Tiger Woods at the majors any more. World No.2 Scott isn’t saying No.1 Woods is no longer …
So green and furry is the pitch at Port Elizabeth that it even has its curator scared. But it’s unlikely to stay unshaven for much longer, with groundsman Adrian Carter …
Adam Scott has to return his green jacket to the Augusta National clubhouse in six weeks but the world No.2 says he’s on track to snare a second one. Scott …
Adam Gilchrist will be behind the stumps to fellow Australia great Shane Warne one more time at the Lord’s bicentenary match. Gilchrist will be a member of the Rest of …
Peter Siddle says spooking batsmen is one thing, causing concussion quite another. Ryan McLaren was on Tuesday ruled out of the second Test in Port Elizabeth, where Australia can seal …
Shane Watson is still restricted by a calf injury and appears unlikely to feature in the second Test. Australia trained at St George’s Park on Tuesday, one of two sessions …
Australia’s No.3 Marc Leishman has set his sights on joining countrymen Adam Scott and Jason Day among world golf’s elite. At 65th in the world Leishman has ground to make …


