Looking for a winning send off, Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore is considering some changes ahead of the team’s third test against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by nine wickets …
Australia’s three highest-ranked men’s tennis players Lleyton Hewitt, Bernard Tomic and Marinko Matosevic will all face higher-ranked opponents when they start their Australian Open campaigns on Tuesday. Tomic faces the …
Australian cricket veteran Sarah Elliott wants more Test matches included in future women’s Ashes series, saying one isn’t enough to truly test the mettle of the arch rivals. Under the …
Ruthless world No.1 Serena Williams took less than an hour to end 17-year-old Australian Ashleigh Barty’s Australian Open on Monday night. Williams, the hot favourite to claim the Melbourne Park …
Wearing a Buddhist necklace for luck, Thai youngster Luksika Kumkhum up ended former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in a huge day-one shock at the Australian Open. The 20-year-old world No.88 …
Australian Open defending champion Novak Djokovic couldn’t have asked for a better way to start his quest for a record fifth Melbourne Park title. The Serbian second seed’s 6-3 7-6 …
World No.6 Petra Kvitova has fallen to Thai youngster Luksika Kumkhum in a major Australian Open day one shock. Kumkhum, 20 years old and the world No.88, hadn’t won a …
She knows one swallow doesn’t make a summer, but that didn’t stop Samantha Stosur from breathing a big sigh of relief after safely progressing to the second round of the …
Drawing on all her knowledge of how hard it is to come back from major shoulder surgery, Casey Dellacqua powered past former world No.2 Vera Zvonareva on Monday and into …
New Penrith halves duo Jamie Soward and Peter Wallace are adamant they have nothing to prove in the NRL despite leaving their previous teams under acrimonious circumstances. Soward left St …
Tony Archer has officially been handed the toughest job in the NRL – the role of referees’ boss. The former grand final, State of Origin and Test referee has filled …
Australian Matthew Ebden avoided a third-straight dramatic Australian Open fadeout on Monday, riding a wave of emotion and hanging tough in the deciding set to beat Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in …
The obstacle facing all but one woman at the Australian Open is as formidable and imposing as any in the history of the sport. Serena Williams is so strong, so …
Tennis legend Stefan Edberg has begun work as Roger Federer’s coach with a clear mission: to help the Swiss maestro win another grand slam. The partnership between Federer and his …
Brad Fittler’s shock return to rugby league moved a step closer to reality on Monday as the Sydney Roosters and the NRL met to discuss his involvement in the Auckland …
The Victoria Derby winning trainer-jockey partnership will be reunited in the Inglis Classic when Hugh Bowman rides the Robbie Laing-trained Boomwaa in the $250,000 race. Boomwaa is the nominal favourite …
Kaiser Sun has tested the training talents of Mat Ellerton and Simon Zahra. But with back-to-back wins at Flemington, the lightly-raced sprinter is showing signs his talent is being harnessed …
Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka won the easy way, leading a progression of the top men’s seeds into the second round on a hot first day at the Australian Open. The eighth-seeded …
