South Africa rugby selectors have included nine uncapped players in a 34-man squad for the four-nation tournament with Scotland, Italy and Samoa starting next weekend. Six of those newcomers hadn’t …
Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik both hit centuries as India warmed up the Champions Trophy with an impressive five-wicket win against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on Saturday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s …
Defending champion Maria Sharapova and third-seeded Victoria Azarenka endured rocky rides at the French Open on Saturday as the United States boasted a nine-year Grand Slam high of four women …
Tommy Haas needed 13 match points to defeat the marathon man of Tennis, John Isner, in the third round of the French Open on Saturday. The veteran German squandered 12 …
Samantha Stosur’s French Open campaign ended after she surrendered a one-set lead to lose to Jelena Jankovic in the third round on Saturday. Stosur looked in control early before the …
Mikko Ilonen takes a two-shot lead over Sweden’s Alexander Noren into the final round of the Nordea Masters as he seeks to end a six-year winless drought on the European …
Jari-Matti Latvala seized the lead in the Acropolis Rally on Saturday as the Volkswagen driver took advantage of a puncture suffered by first day pace setter Evgeny Novikov. The Finn …
Rafael Nadal endured another slow start at the French Open tennis on Saturday before finding his form to defeat Italy’s Fabio Fognini 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-4 and qualify for the …
Coach Warren Gatland has defended the British and Irish Lions’ sloppy handling and the fixturing of their tour-opener after an Asian heatwave took the sizzle out of their 59-8 rout …
The Stormers overcame a typically robust performance from the Southern Kings to secure a 19-11 victory in a sodden Super Rugby encounter at Newlands on Saturday. With periodic downpours sweeping …
Serbian eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic launched a foul-mouthed tirade at French Open fans on Saturday who he claimed were sabotaging his Roland Garros campaign. Tipsarevic lost 6-4 6-4 6-3 to …
American Bill Haas clung to a one-stroke lead over South African Charl Schwartzel after Saturday’s completion of the storm-interrupted second round of the $6.2 million US PGA Memorial tournament. Haas …
Samoa were devoured 74-14 by the Golden Lions ON Saturday as they warmed up for a quadrangular rugby series in South Africa. After trailing 27-14 at half-time, the Pacific islanders …
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will hold an emergency meeting in Chennai on Sunday to discuss the spot-fixing scandal in the India Premier League that led to …
Defending champion Maria Sharapova and third-seeded Victoria Azarenka reached the French Open last-16 on Saturday, but piled up a combined 18 double faults and 65 unforced errors between them. World …
Geelong AFL coach Chris Scott is on track to claim a second premiership in his first three seasons, but he says the departure of Gary Ablett to Gold Coast remains …
The British and Irish Lions have struggled to cope with Hong Kong’s heat and humidity in a mistake-riddled and unconvincing start to their rugby tour. But the Lions still managed …
In the end, Quade Cooper showed Robbie Deans exactly why he should be picked for the Wallabies against the British and Irish Lions in Queensland’s 33-20 Super Rugby win over …
