Former Wallaby Matt Giteau on Thursday signed a two-year extension to his contract with big-spending French Top 14 rugby side Toulon, a club spokesman said. The 30-year-old Giteau, who arrived …
David Ferrer cruised to an easy 6-4 6-2 victory over fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the Valencia Open. Ferrer, seeded No.1 at the indoor …
Recalled England batsman Kevin Pietersen finally clicked at the Champions League Twenty20 tournament on Thursday in South Africa, but could not prevent Delhi Daredevils making a semi-final exit. Pietersen struck …
Juan Martin del Potro dominated in a 7-5 6-1 win over American Brian Baker on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament. The second-seeded Argentine …
Serena Williams clinched her third win at the WTA Championships on Thursday with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Victoria Azarenka that prevented the Belarusian guaranteeing the end-of-year No.1 ranking. World …
Spanish tennis superstar Rafael Nadal, out of action since June, will miss the ATP Tour Finals in London and also next week’s Paris indoor event at Bercy owing to his …
Arsene Wenger has launched a vigorous defence of his Arsenal reign at the club’s annual general meeting as the Frenchman insisted it was more important to qualify for the Champions …
Allrounder Angelo Mathews on Thursday was announced as Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 captain and fast bowler Lasith Malinga as his deputy for one year starting with the one-off match against New …
Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo has promised he won’t “go crazy” at Phillip Island this weekend in his attempts to wrap up the world MotoGP title. Yamaha’s Lorenzo holds a 23-point lead …
Germany’s Nico Hulkenberg stayed silent on Thursday about reports he has signed a deal to switch to Sauber next year to replace McLaren-bound Mexican Sergio Perez. “I know there is …
Gloucester flanker Andy Hazell has been banned for 14 weeks after punching and kneeing Mont-de-Marsan prop Sebastien Ormaechea during the English club’s 11-6 European Challenge Cup rugby match earlier this …
Chelsea will be unable to avoid the tag of English Premier League favourite if they beat Manchester United on Sunday in the biggest match of the season so far. The …
England coach Stuart Lancaster on Thursday called up uncapped forwards Mako Vunipola and Tom Youngs into his 32-man squad to play Test matches in November against Fiji, Australia, South Africa …
Disgraced former Pakistan captain Salim Malik on Thursday said he has applied for the job of national batting coach, insisting he is not barred after a court lifted his life …
Queensland’s Adam Crawford is the first round leader of the WA Open Championship after shooting a 5-under 67 at Royal Perth. Crawford was consistent from tee to green with birdies …
Troubled world No.1 Yani Tseng drew inspiration from thousands of cheering fans as she carded five-under-par 67 to lie two shots off the first-round lead at the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan …
Tiger Woods wowed huge crowds at the CIMB Classic in Malaysia as he ripped five birdies over his last nine holes to join Australian Greg Chalmers at three shots off …
Four of the world’s top five golfers including No.1 Rory McIlroy are at Lake Malaren this week, but it was world No.51 Jamie Donaldson who outshone all the stars on …
