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Pakistan on Friday included lanky paceman Mohammad Irfan in a 16-man cricket squad for next month’s three Tests against world number one side South Africa, but there was no place …

Roberto Mancini has challenged Manchester City’s strikers to start firing in order to close the seven-point gap on Premier League leaders Manchester United. The reigning champions have not been as …

Former Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have dropped their legal action against the Premier League club after agreeing to an out-of-court settlement. The deal ends a bitter dispute …

Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling has paid tribute to Steven Gerrard describing the Reds captain as an “inspiration”. The 18-year-old has been a regular in Brendan Rodgers’ starting XI this season, …

The Sri Lankan fans turned up in their thousands at the MCG on Friday and luckily for Cricket Australia they did. A crowd figure of 27,461 to watch stand-in Aussie …

Graeme Smith survived an early blow on the batting helmet to lead a solid start by South Africa on the first day of the second and final Test against New …

Lock Pascal Pape will stay as captain of France for the Six Nations tournament despite the return to the squad of Thierry Dusautoir, coach Philippe Saint-Andre announced on Friday. The …

No woman will head into the Australian Open in better form than Agnieszka Radwanska. At least on paper, after the Polish world No.4 collected her second straight WTA title in …

They may be Australia’s “B Team” but George Bailey’s men made a mockery of that moniker with a 107-run one-day win over Sri Lanka at the MCG on Friday. Man …

Canny Russian Elena Vesnina has declared “this is my time” as she aims to end her long WTA title hoodoo in the final of the Hobart International against German Mona …

Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska claimed back-to-back WTA titles in spectacular style with a 6-0 6-0 demolition of Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova to win the Sydney International on Friday night. A week after …

Three days out from the Australian Open and Bernard Tomic has one eye on Roger Federer and the other on his maiden ATP trophy. Tomic on Friday night was trying …

Ricky Ponting, Tim Paine, Kemar Roach…um, Chris Sabburg? Club cricketer Sabburg is in line to make a fairytale Big Bash League debut alongside some of the game’s biggest names in …

The NSW Breakers will defend their Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) title in Sunday’s final against the Queensland Fire at the SCG. NSW qualified for their 17th straight WNCL decider …

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson admits it would be exciting to have Michael Jennings join the tricolours but he’s not sweating on which NRL club the Penrith star decides to …

Anthony Minichiello will lead the Sydney Roosters in 2013 but what position he does it from seems up in the air. The 32-year-old veteran fullback was unveiled on Friday as …

Maria Sharapova’s quest for a second Australian Open title was strengthened on Friday as she received a favourable draw and declared herself fully recovered from injury. The Russian world No.2 …

John Terry is unsure when he will return to the Chelsea first team but says his knee feels “fine” after playing 45 minutes for the club’s under-21 side. Terry has …