As they get ready for the British Grand Prix this weekend, a sense of urgency seems to be creeping into the paddocks of Ferrari, Lotus and Mercedes. The talk on …
New Zealand tennis player Marina Erakovic has upstaged Chinese 24th seed Peng Shuai to reach the third round at Wimbledon. World No.71 Erakovic won 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 on Thursday. Erakovic …
Hosea Gear will play his 100th Super Rugby game but there is no room for All Blacks Aaron Smith and Ma’a Nonu in the Highlanders starting line-up to face the …
Wallabies backline linchpin Christian Lealiifano is hoping to make his second Test against the British and Irish Lions memorable for the right reasons after lasting only 45 seconds on debut. …
World number one Novak Djokovic condemned the United States to their worst Wimbledon men’s performance in over a century on Thursday as Serena Williams set up a clash of senior …
World number one Park In-bee got off to a hot start in her quest for a third major title of the season, seizing the early first-round lead on Thursday at …
Sebastian Vettel did his best on Thursday to minimise any negative influence he may have had on Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber’s decision to quit Formula One. The 25-year-old German …
Serena Williams was so shocked by the defeats of Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova and the injury carnage of black Wednesday at Wimbledon that she feared she would be next. …
France’s Michael Llodra pulled out of the Wimbledon singles on Thursday citing a hamstring injury — then played in the men’s doubles, sparking questions as to whether he was trying …
Mark Webber on Thursday confirmed what many close observers suspected when he announced that he will be leaving Red Bull and Formula One at the end of this season to …
Bernard Tomic said he’d accepted his banned father and coach wouldn’t be joining him at Wimbledon after posting an impressive second-round win on Thursday. Tomic defeated American veteran James Blake …
Andreas Cornelius is set to become Denmark’s most expensive footballer after FC Copenhagen agreed to sell the highly rated striker to English Premier League newcomers Cardiff for a reported 65 …
Shane Watson led Australia’s cricketers in their warm-up match against Somerset, strengthening a prediction from Ricky Ponting that a change in coach can relax the struggling batting line-up. There was …
Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo will miss Saturday’s Dutch MotoGP after fracturing his left collarbone in a 200 km/h crash during a wet practice session at Assen on Thursday. The …
Rory McIlroy admitted he feels “lost” after carding a two-over-par 74 on the opening day of the Irish Open on Thursday. McIlroy managed just two birdies in wet and overcast …
France’s Michael Llodra retired from his Wimbledon second round match against Italian 23rd seed Andreas Seppi on Thursday, taking the total of pullouts to 11 at the tournament. Llodra had …
Shane Watson justified the faith shown in him by new coach Darren Lehmann and Michael Clarke made a sharp return to batting from injury against Somerset on Thursday. Bruising opener …
Kimiko Date-Krumm set up a showdown with defending champion Serena Williams on Thursday, the Japanese veteran defeating Romania’s Alexandra Cadantu 6-4 7-5 to become the oldest woman to reach the …
