And Australian sports’ fans most popular athlete for 2012 is … AFL superstar Buddy Franklin? No Socceroos goalscoring dynamo Tim Cahill? No Golden girl Sally Pearson? No How about champion …
Emerging Queensland batsman Joe Burns posted a century before South Australian allrounder Dan Christian struck back with the ball in the Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide. In reply to SA’s …
Casey Stoner will not be the only Australian taking part in his home MotoGP this weekend after a surprise late call-up for Victorian Kris McLaren. McLaren, 26, is set to …
Time is running out for Scott Prince to confirm a move to Hull FC after the English Super League club issued a “final offer” while setting its sights on Wests …
South Australia’s Callum Ferguson is among several batsmen who appear to have picked themselves for the Australia A game against South Africa on November 2-4 at the SCG. Ferguson’s 164 …
Victoria were battling on Thursday to avoid the follow-on against Tasmania, despite half-centuries to Andrew McDonald and Glenn Maxwell. After resuming day three on 4-132 in reply to Tasmania’s first-innings …
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans says champion flanker David Pocock is unlikely to feature in Australia’s first Test of their Europe tour against France. But Deans expects Pocock, who was named …
Cricket Australia have confirmed company director Jacquie Hey as their first female board member. Hey was one of three independent directors who were unanimously elected at CA’s historic annual general …
Casey Stoner admits he will ride with worsening pain at the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix on Sunday. The two-time MotoGP world champion says his return from ankle surgery in Japan …
Victoria Azarenka took a long and vital step towards the year-end world No.1 ranking by saving two match points in a heroic tussle against Angelique Kerber at the WTA Championships …
Scott Higginbotham’s moment of madness against All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw has cost him his place on the Wallabies’ European tour. Serving a two-match suspension, the fiery Queensland flanker was …
Gold Coast have secured Fremantle defender Greg Broughton in their third acquisition of the AFL trade period. The Suns used two draft picks, including the pick 37 they acquired when …
Scott Higginbotham’s moment of madness against All Blacks’ skipper Richie McCaw has cost him his place on the Wallabies’ European tour. Serving a two-match suspension, the fiery Queensland flanker was …
Western Force winger Sam Wara is amongst 16 uncapped players named in the Fijian rugby squad for their European tour next month. In naming the 30-man squad on Wednesday, coach …
Lleyton Hewitt has failed to back up from his shock first-round win at the Valencia Open, going down to Croatian qualifier Ivan Dodig on Wednesday. Two days after upsetting world …
Wallabies flanker David Pocock will make his return from a knee injury next month after being named in Australia’s 30-man European tour squad on Thursday. The Wallabies play France, England, …
Ireland’s Padraig Harrington has won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, firing a four-under par 67 to beat US Open champion Webb Simpson by one stroke in the four-man, 36-hole …
Roger Federer was put to the test at his home Swiss Indoors but conjured up a 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 7-5 defeat of Thomaz Bellucci to advance to the quarter-finals. The …
