The dominance of South Africa’s pace bowling arsenal has been compared to the all-conquering Australian attack of a decade ago by New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum. In the wake …
Top-seeded David Ferrer was sensationally denied a place in the final of the Qatar Open on Friday by forgotten man Nikolay Davydenko, who will play world No.10 Richard Gasquet in …
Tottenham have agreed a deal to sign Germany midfielder Lewis Holtby from Schalke at the end of the season. Holtby had recently confirmed he would be leaving Schalke and Tottenham …
A Manchester City fan who stormed onto the pitch at Etihad Stadium during the Manchester derby last month has been banned from attending matches for three years. Matthew Stott had …
Third seed Marin Cilic and fourth seed Stanislas Wawrinka crashed out of the ATP Chennai Open on Friday. Cilic, a two-time Chennai champion, was stunned by the 47th-ranked Benoit Paire …
Richard Gasquet’s bid to climb up the top ten during 2013 made an excellent start when he reached the final of the first tournament of the new year, the Qatar …
South African captain Graeme Smith said on Friday that his team would not rest on their laurels after securing an innings victory over New Zealand inside three days in the …
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini will not punish Mario Balotelli for a training ground altercation and said he believes the striker’s temperament can be tamed. In the latest chapter of …
Reading defender Adrian Mariappa believes a strong FA Cup run could inspire the Royals’ Barclays Premier League survival bid. Relegation-haunted Reading travel to Crawley for tomorrow’s third-round tie having pieced …
Manager Steve Clarke admits West Brom’s “comfortable” position in the Barclays Premier League means they can give full focus to the FA Cup ahead of tomorrow’s third-round tie with QPR …
Striker Demba Ba could play for Chelsea in the FA Cup on Saturday after the west London club announced the signing of the Newcastle star, ending an 18-month spell at …
Dean Brownlie hit a maiden Test century for New Zealand but could not prevent a South African victory on the third day of the first Test at Newlands on Friday. …
The Sydney Thunder remain winless in the Big Bash League with Chris Gayle again failing to fire as the Perth Scorchers crushed the visitors by nine wickets at the WACA …
Australia’s hopes of making the Hopman Cup tennis final are over after Serbian pair Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic powered to singles wins in Friday night’s tie against Germany. World …
There are lucky losers – and then there’s Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine. The world No.116 re-defined the tennis term before her luck ran out with a final berth in a …
An overzealous pedicurist has been able to do what few players could in 2012 – stop world tennis No.1 Victoria Azarenka. In a disruption to her Australian Open title defence …
Usman Khawaja somewhat rescued Sydney Thunder after Chris Gayle and Matt Prior again failed, but the 9-113 score looks below par against the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League …
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s hopes of competing at this month’s Australian Open hang in the balance after the world No.8 injured his hamstring at the Hopman Cup on Friday. Tsonga suffered …
