WINSTON-SALEM, United States, Aug 22 AFP – France’s Gael Monfils won an error-filled match over Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-7 (8-10) 6-4 6-4 on Thursday to edge into the semi-finals of …
Rookie All Blacks playmaker Tom Taylor can’t be afraid to “boss” players he may have once been in awe of says fullback Israel Dagg. The spotlight will be on Taylor …
Australian tennis star Samantha Stosur has drawn a qualifier in the first round of the US Open in New York. Bidding for a second title at Flushing Meadows after beating …
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has again insisted he could not have tipped Essendon off that they were under a crime investigation. The explosive allegation is one of the key …
Australia’s fast bowling worries have deepened with Jackson Bird the latest player to be sent home with a lower back injury. Bird played only one Test on tour but has …
Australian coach Darren Lehmann has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council for branding Stuart Broad a “blatant cheat” in a radio interview …
Steve Smith has walked the tightrope between next big thing and next man dropped this Ashes series. But finally the talented 24-year-old took the most crucial step in his career …
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has lauded the All Blacks for being among the most mentally strong teams in world sport. Six years after New Zealand were pilloried as soft-centred chokers …
Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger and Argentine Ricardo Gonzalez secured a share of the lead after the opening round of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on Thursday. The pair carded seven …
Fernando Alonso has played down the rift within Ferrari by saying that a recent public rebuke from president Luca Di Montezemolo was all down to a misunderstanding. The day after …
Steve Smith has walked the tightrope between next big thing and next man dropped this Ashes series. But finally the talented 24-year-old, who started his international life as Australia’s next …
Rafael Nadal could face Roger Federer and top-ranked Novak Djokovic might meet Juan Martin Del Potro in the US Open quarter-finals, before a potential semi-final clash for the world number …
Argentina have made five changes to the team crushed by South Africa last weekend for the return Rugby Championship match in Mendoza on Saturday. Into the starting line-up come full-back …
Steve Smith announced himself as a Test batsman with an unbeaten maiden hundred that powered Australia to a big first innings total on day two of the fifth Test at …
Steve Smith took the advice of Australian captain Michael Clarke to heart as he blasted a six down the ground to bring up his maiden Test century. The Australian No.5 …
Play has resumed in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval after rain delayed the start of day two on Thursday. Light but steady rain in London prevented playing getting …
Rain meant there was no play before lunch on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval on Thursday. The umpires took lunch 30 minutes early at …
Veteran NRL coach Brian Smith will steer the United States in their first appearance at a Rugby League World Cup later this year. Smith’s appointment was announced on Thursday night, …
