Red Bull Racing’s outspoken adviser Dr Helmut Marko has indicated Mark Webber will be expected to play a supporting role to Sebastian Vettel as the German bids to make it …
World No.1 Victoria Azarenka has protected her Australian Open title defence plans by withdrawing from the WTA’s Brisbane International with a toe infection. The 23-year-old pulled out just half an …
David Warner and Phil Hughes showed on Friday why they might be Australia’s best-choice openers for the Ashes series and beyond. In their six Test partnerships to date, the diminutive …
Sri Lanka cricket coach Graham Ford has called on his men to follow the lead of captain Mahela Jayawardene and regain control of the third Test on Saturday. After conceding …
Former Newcastle NRL player Scott Dureau has undergone successful surgery to remove a tumour behind an eye, the Catalan Dragons Super League club announced on Friday. The procedure was carried …
Reputations meant little at an upset-riddled Brisbane International on Friday but Andy Murray still managed to enhance his by booking a semi-final berth. Three seeds fell in the quarter-finals before …
Dashing half centuries to Dave Warner, Phil Hughes and Michael Clarke on Friday gave Australia the upper hand in the third Test but Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath sent a …
Can Michael Clarke be called an abject failure for scoring 50? He can if the yardstick is that set by him during 2012. Australia’s captain looked set to continue his …
Phil Hughes was shattered to miss out on a fairy tale first century on Australian soil, but his home-coming 87 at the SCG on Friday was another sign he’s mentally …
Three men’s seeds crashed out on Friday in the Brisbane International quarter-finals. Bulgarian world No.48 Grigor Dimitrov ousted seventh-seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3 6-2 in just under an hour. And …
It’s an argument as old as the game itself, but the naming of Englishman Kevin Sinfield as rugby league’s best of 2012 is sure to raise more than a few …
By the very nature of his dashing style, questions about Dave Warner’s attitude to – and aptitude for – Test cricket might never subside. The good and the bad of …
World No.4 Agnieszka Radwanska is determined to cap off her best start to a tennis year by winning the Auckland Classic on Saturday. The Polish top seed put herself in …
Mike Hussey holds no records for runs scored, centuries made, matches played, catches held or anything else in cricket. He has never captained his national team. Yet when he walked …
Mike Hussey has been dismissed in gut-wrenching circumstances in his last Test, caught short for 25 by a direct-hit run-out. There’s still every chance Hussey will bat again in the …
She’s just 16 and stands at a diminutive 166cm, but Queensland schoolgirl Ashleigh Barty is already making a splash on the world tennis stage. Barty notched the biggest scalp of …
It’s time national selectors got deadly serious about death bowler Ben Laughlin, the Hobart Hurricanes say. Laughlin sits atop the Big Bash League’s wicket-takers list alongside Sri Lankan whirlwind Lasith …
Phil Hughes and David Warner have thrown away centuries, but not before putting Australia in a commanding position by tea on day two of the Sydney Test against Sri Lanka. …
