Melbourne Rebels coach Damien Hill knows the honeymoon is over for his Super Rugby side. No longer the newbies, with the Southern Kings joining the competition in the South African …
Rafael Nadal’s return to action after a seven-month injury layoff will be the focus of attention in tennis in Chile this week. The 11-time grand slam champion has been on …
Sydney co-captain Adam Goodes says there is “no doubt” he’ll be ready for the start of the AFL season despite being restricted over summer due to a knee injury. Goodes …
Thierry Dusautoir will captain France in Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Wales after coach Philippe Saint-Andre named his squad on Monday. The 31-year-old Dusautoir – capped 56 times with 33 …
Former Davis Cup coach Wally Masur has been appointed Tennis Australia’s Sydney national academy head coach. Masur will oversee coaching some of NSW’s top junior tennis players, aged 10 to …
Behind the wheel of his new Mercedes car, Lewis Hamilton felt right at home. The 28-year-old British driver, who left McLaren for Formula One rival Mercedes this season, drove his …
Queensland claimed the key wicket of Michael Hussey just before lunch on day two of their Sheffield Shield cricket clash against Western Australia at the Gabba. Former Test batsman Hussey …
V8 Supercars are set for one of the most closely contested series in years after successful testing on the new-look cars for the 2013 championship, says chairman Mark Skaife. The …
The Victorian state government is set to swallow the mounting costs of the Australian Grand Prix and negotiate for an extension of the race. Premier Ted Baillieu is likely to …
Halfback Brendon Leonard is set to miss the start of the Chiefs’ Super Rugby title defence after suffering a cheekbone injury during their pre-season match against the Highlanders. The former …
Skipper James Horwill make his long awaited return for the Queensland Reds in their final pre-season hit-out against the Chiefs on the Sunshine Coast on Friday. Horwill has not been …
Melbourne Rebels winger Cooper Vuna is set to miss the first four rounds of the Super Rugby season after scans revealed a fracture in his shoulder. Vuna suffered the injury …
For Callan Ward, the age of the unknown is over. After a maiden season of firsts, two victories and too many one-sided wallopings, Greater Western Sydney have entered year two …
World leading amateur Lydia Ko is feeling a weight of expectation at playing golf on home soil this week. Despite the presence of a strong field at the New Zealand …
Warriors coach Matthew Elliott has named a mix of experienced campaigners, new signings and young up-and-comers in his team for Saturday’s opening NRL trial match against the Gold Coast Titans …
Australia’s captain Michael Clarke has warned Shane Watson that the injury-plagued allrounder’s decision to return to international cricket as a batsman exposes him to a much bigger fight for a …
It kills him to say it, but Matt Bowen reckons he is at peace with NRL partner-in-crime Johnathan Thurston leaving the North Queensland Cowboys. Bowen has combined with Test pivot …
Willie Mason says he was always confident of a return to representative football when he signed for NRL club Newcastle last year. The 32-year-old’s career was handed a lifeline by …



