The Highlanders will have to make do without All Black Tamati Ellison for most of the Super Rugby season. Ellison is recovering from pre-Christmas shoulder surgery and is expected to …
Former teenage golfing sensation Michelle Wie will travel to Canberra next month to play alongside a star-studded line-up at the Women’s Australian Open. Wie burst onto the international scene as …
Dustin Johnson, Carl Pettersson and Mark Wilson are some of the top contenders at the Sony Open as the PGA Tour’s first full-field event of the season begins on Thursday. …
He’s not done himself yet, but Roger Federer admits Novak Djokovic is primed to achieve a grand slam feat at the Australian Open that not even the great Swiss can …
Prize money for the women’s tennis tour will increase more than 10 per cent this year. The WTA said on Wednesday that total prize money for the 54 events in …
Defending champion Stephane Peterhansel boosted his chances of an 11th Dakar Rally title on Wednesday, extending his lead as the marathon endurance race crossed from Peru into Chile. The French …
France’s David Casteu, riding a Yamaha, has won the fifth motorcycling stage of the Dakar Rally, a 136km timed run between Arequipa in Peru and Arica in Chile. Compatriot Olivier …
The hometown of China’s Li Na has been named as the host of a new tournament in 2014 that will replace the 30-year-old Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. Wuhan will …
Mexican driver Sergio Perez admits he will need time to adapt to life at McLaren after addressing the British team’s workforce for the first time. The 22-year-old, brought in to …
Singer and Senegalese Tourism Minister Youssou N’Dour believes it is time for the Dakar Rally, held in South America over the past five years, to come home to Senegal. The …
Veteran all-rounder Grant Elliott has been called into the New Zealand cricket squad to replace the injured Corey Anderson for the one-day internationals against South Africa. South Africa-born Elliott, 33, …
Bradford goalkeeper Matt Duke could have been forgiven had he been swept away on the wave of euphoria that engulfed Valley Parade last night after Phil Parkinson’s side had humbled …
Rory McIlroy’s big-money switch of sponsors to Nike is set to be announced in Abu Dhabi next week, it’s being reported. The deal, believed to be worth a massive $US250 …
Tommy Haas is hoping he can find ways to unsettle Gael Monfils in a marquee last eight match-up in Auckland that wouldn’t disgrace a grand slam quarter-final. The vagaries of …
Marseille coach Elie Baup has hinted Loic Remy might stay at the Ligue 1 club and scupper Newcastle’s chances of signing the talented striker. Magpies boss Alan Pardew has identified …
Martina Navratilova and Martina Hingis have thrilled the fans at their World Tennis Challenge match-up in Adelaide. Navratilova, playing her first singles match in Adelaide for 39 years, appeared to …
Kevin Pietersen has rubber-stamped his return to the England set-up by signing a full central contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Pietersen was frozen out of the …
England head coach Stuart Lancaster has included uncapped pair Calum Clark and Billy Twelvetrees in his 33-man squad for the Six Nations, which starts on February 2. Northampton forward Clark …
