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Australia coach Mickey Arthur says ideally he’d like to have left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty and right-arm spinner Nathan Lyon in the side to take on India in Saturday’s second Test. …

With the big kick-off to the 2013 NRL season just a week away, the NRL’s director of football operations Nathan McGuirk is already planning ahead for the 2014 draw. The …

He is Queensland’s best finisher and made an instant 2012 impact with the Wallabies but blazing winger Dom Shipperley expects to hit new heights by finding another gear of speed. …

By his own admission, Israel Folau needs to take the blinkers off. In his Super Rugby debut last Saturday night for the Waratahs, the destructive ball-runner was well contained by …

Rain has stopped play in the one-day cricket final between Victoria and Queensland at the MCG. Victoria was making the most of winning the toss before the rain intervened, with …

The AFL will eventually have to consider broadening helmet use to combat concussion, says Carlton coach Mick Malthouse. Malthouse, whose involvement in the league as player or coach stretches back …

Australia coach Mickey Arthur has praised the maturity of debutant Moises Henriques and called upon the team’s top-order batsmen to ensure their starts aren’t wasted in the second Test against …

No.1 draft pick Jonathon Patton has extended his AFL deal with Greater Western Sydney until the end of 2016. Patton was one of seven youngsters who recommitted to the Giants …

Manly are confident Brett Stewart will play in the Sea Eagles’ NRL opener against Brisbane next Friday despite a salary cap drama. The four-year contract signed by the NSW fullback …

Dayne Zorko’s great rise at the Brisbane Lions just keeps getting better after the midfield revelation was elevated to the club’s emerging leadership group. Entering just his second AFL season, …

Casey Stoner proved he had lost none of his combative personality as the secondary V8 Supercar series prepares for a showcase opening at this weekend’s Clipsal 500. The dual MotoGP …

Waratahs coach Michael Cheika insists his side’s nine-match Super Rugby losing streak is no burden as he recalled prop Benn Robinson to the starting team for Friday night’s clash with …

Former Test skipper Steve Waugh says Australia should look hard at giving Nathan Lyon a rest from the second Test after the offspinner’s mauling at the hands of India’s batsmen …

Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast will host the Australian PGA Championship for the next five years after the golf tournament’s controversy-marred split from billionaire Clive Palmer’s Coolum resort. …

New Zealand-born Scotland wing Sean Maitland believes last week’s Six Nations win over Ireland could be the start of a new era for a side under the caretaker charge of …

Injury-prone Carlton key forward Jarrad Waite could miss the AFL club’s opening-round blockbuster against Richmond. The Blues will already be without their reigning best and fairest Heath Scotland for the …

Australia was left without a representative at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships after both Marinko Matosevic and Mathew Ebden were eliminated in the opening round on Tuesday. World No.39 …

Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder was most impressed with the Blues’ first-round Super Rugby win against the more favoured Hurricanes and expects his team to face more of the same in …