The Sydney Roosters have named experienced fullback Anthony Minichiello captain for the 2013 NRL season. Minichiello beat out the likes of NSW State of Origin halfback Mitchell Pearce and Kiwi …
English soccer’s two most successful clubs meet again in the Premier League this weekend when Manchester United face north-west rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday. And for United great …
Lleyton Hewitt will clash with Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in Saturday’s final of the Kooyong Classic. Del Potro made his way into the final with an effortless 6-4 6-1 …
Emerging Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed looks to be the next leggie in Australian selector’s sights, earning a spot in the Prime Minister’s XI match against the West Indies in Canberra. …
Samantha Stosur has a fighting chance of salvaging her summer after being handed a promising draw for the Australian Open starting on Monday. While Lleyton Hewitt opens against Serbian eighth …
Samantha Stosur will play Taiwan’s Kai Chen Chang in the first round of the Australian Open starting on Monday. Australia’s only seed at the season-opening grand slam, the world No.9 …
Samantha Stosur will play Taiwan’s Kai Chen Chang in the first round of the Australian Open starting on Monday. Australia’s only seed at the season-opening grand slam, the world No.9 …
Former Australian one-day representative Luke Ronchi is staying low-key about a significant day that’s fast approaching. The former West Australian wicket-keeper moved back to New Zealand last year, the country …
In-form batsman Shaun Marsh is ripe to be picked again for Australia, his Twenty20 teammates and opposition say. Perth Scorchers skipper Simon Katich and Adelaide Strikers coach Darren Berry gushed …
Qatar’s Nasser al-Attiyah slashed 10-time champion Stephane Peterhansel’s lead by over eight minutes as tragedy struck the Dakar Rally with the death of two people on Thursday . Al-Attiyah, the …
New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, who wants his bowlers to “fight fire with fire”, says seamer Neil Wagner’s aggression is a key reason for his selection for the second and …
Former paratrooper Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand fired a seven-under-par 65 on Thursday to take a three-shot first-round lead in the Volvo Golf Champions. South Africans Ernie Els and Louis Oosthuizen …
A five-team Pakistan Twenty20 competition is set to get underway at the end of March with around 30 foreign cricketers expected to play. The event is being planned by the …
Two people were killed and seven others were injured in a head-on collision between a Dakar Rally support vehicle and a taxi near Peru’s border with Chile, race organisers said …
When Swansea announced the signing of Miguel Perez Cuesta from Spanish struggler Rayo Vallecano in July last year, it barely caused a ripple in English football. At STG2 million ($A3.07 …
Some love Frank Lampard. Some hate him. Some think he is overrated, overweight and over the hill. Others believe he is a national treasure, a footballer who comes around once …
David Ferrer will have to do something he’s never done before if he wants to win a fourth tennis title in Auckland – beat Gael Monfils. The world number five …
The late Alfred St George Hamersley, one of rugby union’s first internationals and also a pioneer of the sport in New Zealand and Canada, has been inducted into the IRB …


