Tom Hawkins and Taylor Hunt have both been withdrawn from the Geelong team for Saturday’s AFL qualifying final against Fremantle. Key forward Hawkins, who has been troubled by a back …
Li Na vowed to conquer the New York stagefright that crippled her in Friday’s US Open semi-final loss to Serena Williams. Chinese star Li, the 2011 French Open champion, slumped …
Victoria Azarenka stands at a statuesque 6ft (1.83m), weighs in at 145lbs (66kg) and has developed an impressively thick skin to match. Ever since she left her Belarus home as …
Serena Williams started playing tennis on the public courts in suburban Los Angeles at age five with her sister Venus, both of them dreaming of someday becoming a Grand Slam …
It’s fitting the annual old boy’s day that brings the curtain down on Newcastle’s season will see one of the NRL’s modern-day greats bring a close to his glittering career. …
The ATP will review John Tomic’s tour ban next May after he was found guilty of headbutting his son’s former training partner. A Madrid court on Friday convicted tennis coach …
Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has called for the Sharks to display a finals-type attitude in their last-round NRL clash with the strife-torn Raiders in Canberra on Sunday. The Sharks can …
NRL head of football Todd Greenberg has announced a `groundbreaking’ finals double header next Saturday at Allianz Stadium and denied the League had again caved in to the demands of …
Brazil coach Luis Felipe Scolari says he’ll be treating his side’s clash with the Socceroos as a World Cup encounter. Australia will face the five-time world champions and hosts of …
Manly NRL coach Geoff Toovey wants his surging side to strike a balance between maintaining their late season momentum and avoiding injuries in Sunday’s final round clash at home to …
Fawad Ahmed’s Australian cricket teammates have thrown their support behind the leg-spinner following criticism of his decision not to wear a beer sponsor’s logo on his shirt. Former Pakistani refugee …
Sunday’s sell-out Richmond-Carlton MCG elimination final offers a welcome tonic for those sick of the off-field dramas which have tarnished this AFL season like no other. The backdrop is perfectly …
Sydney co-captain Kieren Jack isn’t sure why the AFL’s reigning premiers capitulated the way they did in Friday night’s qualifying final against Hawthorn. But he’s sure they can bounce back. …
Top-ranked defending champion Serena Williams advanced to a US Open final showdown with world number two Victoria Azarenka by defeating Chinese fifth seed Li Na 6-0 6-3 on Friday. Williams …
Hawthorn’s star AFL recruit Brian Lake is in unfamiliar territory. The two-time All Australian defender has reached preliminary finals before with his former club the Western Bulldogs – three in …
World No.2 Victoria Azarenka reached the US Open tennis final for the second successive year on Friday with a 6-4 6-2 win over unseeded Italian Flavia Pennetta. Azarenka goes on …
Ball control will be top of the agenda for South Sydney heading into the NRL finals after they frequently dropped the ball in Friday’s minor-premiership-deciding loss to Sydney Roosters. Needing …
Sydney’s blue-collar work ethic helped the club win AFL flags in 2005 and 2012 but on Friday night minor premiers Hawthorn gave the Swans a lesson in how to get …
