Former world No.1 Venus Williams came from a set and 3-0 down to defeat France’s Mathilde Johansson 3-6 7-5 6-4 in their Hopman Cup clash at Perth Arena on Tuesday …
Lleyton Hewitt has shown all of his trademark fighting spirit at the Brisbane International to successfully start his warm-up for a 17th Australian Open campaign. Injury free for the first …
Giant American John Isner claims he isn’t freaking out despite making a limp start to the new tennis season. Two days after suffering a straight sets loss to South African …
Former Test gloveman Tim Paine has cracked the highest score of his tough comeback from injury to steer the Hobart Hurricanes to a six-wicket Big Bash League win over the …
Giant American John Isner cut a frustrated figure during his 6-3 6-2 Hopman Cup loss to world No.8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Perth Arena on Tuesday night. Isner, with strapping applied …
Serena Williams started 2013 just how 2012 ended – with ruthless efficiency – to storm into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International. Williams produced her 33rd singles win in 34 …
Pakistan on Tuesday criticised Bangladesh’s decision to abandon a planned cricket tour over security fears and threatened to bar its own players from playing in a Bangladeshi league. The two …
Veteran skipper Simon Katich has blasted the equal second-fastest fifty of the Big Bash League season to lead the Perth Scorchers to 8-152 against the Hobart Hurricanes at Bellerive. Katich …
In a tournament where locals have fallen like flies, rising home-town battler John Millman is daring to dream at the Brisbane International. World No.199 Millman celebrated his maiden ATP main …
The “Queensland curse” might have struck again for Maria Sharapova but the world No.2 believes her Australian Open plans are still on track. The reigning French Open champion has been …
Sri Lankan coach Graham Ford has defended the decision to ditch training just two days out from the Sydney Test by saying his team deserved a break. If their Melbourne …
The perks for winning the US Open have been savoured by Andy Murray but the world No.3 reckons his historic triumph had not been worthy of Britain’s ultimate – a …
Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska has come away delighted with her performance in New Zealand in a winning start to the new tennis season. The Polish top seed eased into the …
Apparently four out of five people don’t keep their New Year’s resolutions, but Australian batsman Phil Hughes is sick of being part of negative statistics. Already on his third life …
Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle says he’ll overcome the void of first-class cricket in January by throwing himself into another pre-season training schedule leading into the tour of India. Not …
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has put retiring Test cricketer Mike Hussey on the spot at a garden party for the Australian and Sri Lankan teams at Kirribilli House. Playing interviewer …
Australia’s exodus of Test cricket experience has the dressing room prepared for a revamped leadership culture to take shape in 2013. In a brave new world for the world No.3-ranked …
The “Queensland curse” might have struck again for Maria Sharapova but the world No.2 believes her Australian Open plans are still on track. The reigning French Open champion has been …
