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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 …

Mark Webber’s decision to call time on his Formula One career is of no great surprise, but boy, will he be sorely missed. Webber has stated on many occasions that …

Essendon defender Jake Carlisle booted a clutch 49m goal from the boundary line to help lift the Bombers to a fighting seven-point victory over West Coast on Thursday night. The …

A Spanish court has ruled in favour of tennis great Arantxa Sanchez Vicario to reopen an investigation into her family for allegedly siphoning off 16 million euros ($A22.60 million) of …

Mark Webber said he had no intention of staying in Formula One next season and did not decide to leave as a result of the team orders controversy. Options to …

Shane Watson justified the faith shown in him by new coach Darren Lehmann, but once again fell agonisingly short of a century against Somerset on Thursday. The bruising opener smashed …

Samantha Stosur matched her best result at Wimbledon as she stormed into the third round with a dominant win over Russian Olga Puchkova on Thursday. In another impressive display of …

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting says Mickey Arthur’s regime appeared to putting too much pressure on players. Ponting believes it was the right call to switch immediately to new coach …

US Open champion Andy Murray has challenged women’s world number one Serena Williams to a showdown in Las Vegas that would evoke memories of the famous ‘battle of the sexes’ …

Roger Federer was confronting the collapse of his tennis world on Thursday, desperate to avoid the Wimbledon fate suffered by his hero Pete Sampras, whose All England Club career ended …

Experienced Wallabies front-rower Benn Robinson has re-signed with the ARU and the NSW Waratahs for a further three years. The 28-year-old, who will on Saturday night appear in his 58th …

Collingwood’s debilitating run of injuries this AFL season continues, with big men Darren Jolly and Ben Reid the latest casualties. Jolly is not the only top ruckman out of action …

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 …

West Coast midfielder Luke Shuey has been withdrawn from Thursday night’s AFL clash with Essendon in Perth due to a hamstring injury. Shuey’s withdrawal has paved the way for defender …

Collingwood’s injury woes have continued before Saturday’s big AFL away clash against Port Adelaide. Their top ruckman Darren Jolly is out with a toe injury and key defender Ben Reid …

They are mobilising, visualising and fantasising about being involved in the AFL finals for the first time in 12 years. But to a Tiger army growing in both number and …