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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 …

The NSW Waratahs have hired All Blacks great Andrew Mehrtens as kicking coach for the upcoming Super Rugby season. One of the most prolific point-scorers in rugby history, 40-year-old Mehrtens …

Australia’s women cricketers are turning their attention to the World Twenty20 after having their Ashes dream shattered by England at Bellerive. The tourists won the series on Wednesday with a …

Mahela Jayawardene slammed an unbeaten 83 as Sri Lanka continued their relentless progress in the first Test against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday. The tourists moved …

The ASADA scandal is threatening to cast a pall over another rugby league season with the Cronulla Sharks, Shane Flanagan and Trent Elkin submitting appeals against NRL sanctions on Wednesday. …

Batting collapses have long been the achilles heel of the Australian Test team, but captain Michael Clarke admits they could be par for the course in South Africa. Clarke says …