Hawthorn have strongly denied they will be without skipper Luke Hodge for the first five rounds of the AFL season. However, Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson admits Hodge, who has sat …
Rory McIlroy, fresh off a private one-on-one match-play showdown with Tiger Woods, starts defending the Honda Classic title on Thursday, a win that first put him on top of the …
Star halfback Shaun Johnson is philosophical about picking up the injury that will force him to miss the start of the Warriors’ NRL season. Johnson hyper-extended his right elbow last …
Blues loose forward Steven Luatua will have some personal motivation for a big Super Rugby performance against the Crusaders on Friday in Auckland. A week after making his debut off …
The V8 Supercar revolution which roars into life at the season-opening Clipsal 500 in Adelaide this weekend is a step into the future which will stretch well beyond contemporary engineering …
Key St Kilda stars Nick Riewoldt and Lenny Hayes will miss their AFL side’s pre-season clash with Sydney on Sunday. The pair also skipped round one of the pre-season competition, …
Its brightest star has been dimmed and the cloud of a potential drugs scandal still hovers, but the good ship NRL remains firmly on course as it sets sail into …
Port Adelaide’s gruelling AFL pre-season travel schedule doesn’t sit well with coach Ken Hinkley. The Power will travel almost 300km from Adelaide to Renmark to play Melbourne in a pre-season …
Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez’s patience with the club’s fans finally snapped on Wednesday as he confirmed his intention to leave the club at the end of the season. Benitez …
Arsenal will honour former striker Dennis Bergkamp with a statue outside their Emirates Stadium home, the club confirmed. Bronze statues of former manager Herbert Chapman, double-winning captain Tony Adams and …
Stoke defender Robert Huth has been banned for three matches for striking Fulham’s Philippe Senderos in the face during a Premier League game. Match officials missed the incident, which occurred …
Benji Marshall has been stripped of the New Zealand rugby league captaincy against his wishes ahead of this year’s World Cup. Marshall was relieved of the captain’s armband by coach …
Novak Djokovic, the world number one, and Roger Federer, the defending champion, moved nearer to a showdown in Saturday’s final when both raced into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Open. …
While Australia’s selectors agonise over whether to play two spinners or one in the second Test against India on Saturday, their fast-bowling ranks have thinned overnight. Reserve paceman Jackson Bird …
Top seed and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki crashed out of the Malaysian Open in the first round on Wednesday when she was beaten by qualifier Wang Qiang. Australian …
Former England captain Michael Vaughan hopes the increased testing for recreational drugs promised by cricket chiefs following the death of Surrey batsman Tom Maynard will “frighten” anyone still using them. …
Australia’s reserve paceman Jackson Bird won’t return to the Test squad in India following scans on his back which revealed a bone-stress injury. The tall Tasmania quick, who took 11 …
Rafael Nadal has denied Spanish media reports that he will not take part in the Masters Series events in Indian Wells and Miami next month, as he returns from a …
