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Temperamental titleholder Victoria Azarenka may be ready to pop, but Chinese challenger Li Na is impossibly at ease heading into their Australian Open final on Saturday night. While Azarenka on …

A timely half-century to Steve Smith should thrust him to the front of Test selectors thoughts after the allrounder gave NSW a 21-run first innings lead in their Sheffield Shield …

The Aussie tradition of don’t leave a mate behind will come to the fore when Australia’s women’s cricket team begin their World Cup campaign in India on Saturday. Skipper Jodie …

A solution to the Origin tug-of-war over New Zealand players has not stopped controversial convert James Tamou copping more cheeky barbs – from a North Queensland teammate. Antonio Winterstein left …

Australians Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden are through to Sunday’s Australian Open mixed doubles final after clinching a tight two-set semi-final on their fourth match point. The Australians beat Kazakhstan’s …

Recalling its unique challenges and passionate fans, four-times champion Andre Agassi says he’s chuffed to be back at the Australian Open for the first time in eight years. In Melbourne …

George Bailey reckons Xavier Doherty bowls best with a stiff neck. The Australian T20 skipper wouldn’t expand on why his long-time Tasmanian teammate wakes up sore so often. But the …

No one, not even Scott Johnson himself, knows for certain how long his time in charge of Scotland will last. But if his adopted side play as entertaining a game …

Even with switch-hitting assassin David Warner in Australia’s arsenal, Twenty20 cricket is still the country’s weakest link. Ranked third in both Test and one-dayers, Australia’s numbers drop dramatically when it …

Phil Hughes’ rich run-scoring continued with a half-century for South Australia against Victoria on Friday’s second day of the Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide. In reply to Victoria’s 319 all …

World No.1 Victoria Azarenka insists she was guilty of nothing worse than bad timing and a misunderstanding in taking a contentious medical timeout at a pivotal moment of her Australian …

Tennis legend Andre Agassi has warned of the dire consequences if officials ever removed medical timeouts. Victoria Azarenka’s controversial 10-minute stoppage at a critical time in her Australian Open semi-final …

Ryan Hoffman and his family go back a long way with Melbourne Storm mentor Craig Bellamy and if the NRL’s reigning premiership coach has made a decision on his future, …

A patient knock from Steve Smith has put NSW in a strong position for first innings points at tea on day two of their Sheffield Shield match with Western Australia …

Australia have dropped batsman David Hussey for the opening two one-day international (ODI) games against West Indies in Perth on February 1 and 3. Hussey’s fellow Victorian Aaron Finch, an …

Western Force coach Michael Foley is confident new skipper Matt Hodgson and his army of lieutenants will be able to fill the leadership void left by Nathan Sharpe and David …

Code-hopper Karmichael Hunt is among three players who have been dumped under the Gold Coast Suns’ new-look leadership structure for the 2013 AFL season. Inaugural Suns skipper Gary Ablett will …

Paul Gallen is the latest big name wrestling with the pros and cons of the NRL All Stars match. The Cronulla captain doesn’t want to follow Billy Slater in pulling …