Sydney Roosters World Cup stars, including Sonny Bill Williams, won’t play in the inaugural Auckland Nines tournament next month, coach Trent Robinson says. The NRL premiers fielded more players than …
Some of cricket’s greatest players have urged officials to persist with the threatened World Test Championship (WTC). The International Cricket Council intends to stage the inaugural edition of the proposed …
Samantha Stosur has urged Australian Open officials to apply some commonsense if forecast temperatures of 44 degrees hit Melbourne Park on Thursday. The world’s best tennis players were asked to …
A Pakistan court has restored suspended cricket board chief Zaka Ashraf, official media say, the latest development in an embarrassing legal scandal in the cricket-mad nation. The process, which began …
Australia’s Matthew Ebden felt like he was the victim of a Vasek Pospisil prank as the Canadian shrugged off injury to win their second round encounter in the Australian Open. …
Uncapped pair Dougie Fife and Chris Fusaro have been included in the 36-man Scotland squad for the Six Nations unveiled by head coach Scott Johnson. Glasgow flanker Fusaro was previously …
Sydney Sixers have held their nerve and Hobart Hurricanes have lost their cool in a crucial Big Bash League Twenty20 cricket clash at the SCG on Wednesday. The Sixers beat …
Kevin Pietersen was on Wednesday handed a berth in England’s provisional 30-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20, which begins in Bangladesh in March. The 33-year-old batsman’s international future has …
Pat Rafter’s return derailed his return to grand slam tennis as he and fellow Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt bowed out in the first round of the Australian Open men’s doubles. …
Wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi belted New Zealand to victory for the second game in succession as the Black Caps won the final Twenty20 international in Wellington by four wickets with an …
Samantha Stosur has enjoyed a saloon ride through to the third round of the Australian Open, downing wounded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2 6-0 in barely an hour. Pironkova had been …
For Novak Djokovic, it was about efficiency as much as anything else. “To win is the objective, but to do it quickly on days as hot as this is just …
Free-swinging Casey Dellacqua advanced to the third round of a grand slam tournament for the first time in four years after hammering Wimbledon semi-finalist Kirsten Flipkens at Melbourne Park on …
Bernard Tomic insists he’s misunderstood and didn’t go the tank against world No.1 Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open on Tuesday night. The jeering and booing Tomic received after he …
The Perth Scorchers will attempt to fight fire with fire when they lock horns with the Adelaide Strikers in Thursday night’s Twenty20 clash at the WACA. In a mouth-watering pace …
England’s horror summer in Australia continued on Wednesday with young fast bowler Steven Finn the latest player to depart the tour early. Finn was told to head home by team …
The Group One Oakleigh Plate remains the target for emerging sprinter Lord Of The Sky after he spaced his rivals in a midweek race at Caulfield. Wednesday’s meeting went ahead …
Brenton Avdulla will make his first foray into international racing when he rides at the Group One Telegraph Handicap meeting at Trentham on Saturday. The 10-race program in New Zealand …
