The Immigration Department thought the case was “borderline” for granting Pakistani leg spinner Fawad Ahmed a permanent visa and then Australian citizenship, according to media reports. The Pakistan-born cricketer last …
Formula One may need to reconsider its decision to award double points for the final race of the season after a fan backlash, according to Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff. …
Swingman Jarrad Waite has elected to step down from Carlton’s AFL leadership group this year. Long considered one of the Blues’ most important players, Waite has regularly battled injuries, limiting …
Australian captain Pat Rafter has instructed his unfancied Davis Cup side to throw caution to the wind in a bid to unsettle World Group heavyweights France. Australia’s long-awaited return to …
British former Formula One world champion Jenson Button has made up for being unable to get out on the track on the first day of pre-season testing in the new …
Twenty-two sixes in Australia’s opening Twenty20 international victory had England skipper Stuart Broad wondering about the dimensions at Bellerive. Australia and England hit 11 over the boundary rope each, the …
International Winger of the Year Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is set for a surprise return from injury for the Sydney Roosters in the World Club Challenge. The Kiwi representative suffered a leg …
Stuart Hogg has been restored to the Scotland line-up in one of four changes announced by Aussie coach Scott Johnson for the Six Nations opener against Ireland in Dublin on …
Allrounders Ryan McLaren and Wayne Parnell have been named in South Africa’s squad as they prepare for Tests against Australia. The Proteas hope the two batsmen will be contenders to …
World No.1 Rafael Nadal doesn’t intend to make any changes to his schedule, despite being hampered by a back injury in losing the Australian Open final to Stanislas Wawrinka. The …
Cameron White justified his return to the national side with a brilliant batting display as a new-look Australia downed England by 13 runs on Wednesday in their opening Twenty20 clash …
Collingwood have announced Scott Pendlebury will be the AFL club’s captain for this season, replacing Nick Maxwell. Pendlebury, a dual Collingwood best and fairest winner, will be joined in the …
Mahela Jayawardene became Test cricket’s sixth-highest run-getter with a glorious unbeaten double-century as Sri Lanka compounded Bangladesh’s misery on Wednesday in the first Test in Dhaka. Mahela Jayawardene’s 203 and …
Ashes player of the series Mitchell Johnson is among 31 players who have attracted the highest base price of around $US320,000 ($A365,735) for next month’s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. …
Allrounders Ryan McLaren and Wayne Parnell were named on Wednesday as South Africa’s contenders to fill the huge void left by the retirement of Jacques Kallis. McLaren and Parnell, who …
West Coast defender Darren Glass has the chance to become the club’s longest-serving captain after retaining his role as skipper for a seventh straight AFL season. But injury-plagued veteran Beau …
Sri Lanka were 6-602 at tea on Wednesday’s third day of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka. Mahela Jayawardene was unbeaten on 146, his 33rd …
Chinese official media and web users poured scorn on local government officials on Wednesday after they gave multi-millionaire tennis star Li Na a $US132,000 (almost $A150,000) reward for winning the …
