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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 …

With four Grand Prix races left before his second retirement, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher says Sebastian Vettel is his obvious successor as Germany’s “Mister Formula One”. “Sebastian is an …

Serena Williams has overcome the emotions that impelled her to smash a racket and earned her a code violation warning to advance to the verge of the semi-finals of the …

Scotland coach Andy Robinson has called up seven uncapped players in naming his Scotland squad to take on world champions New Zealand in Edinburgh on November 11. The 34-man squad …

Juan Martin del Potro has overcome a first set back problem to make a winning start at the Swiss Indoors with a 6-4 6-1 defeat of Alejandro Falla. The South …

Formula One team Ferrari says it will show its support for Italian navy personnel being held in India by racing with military symbols on its cars’ livery at the Indian …

WTA Champion Petra Kvitova has abandoned her title defence due to a viral illness, a day after losing her opener 6-4 6-1 to Agnieszka Radwanska. The error-strewn, emotionally-fraught loss to …

Ireland have been dealt a blow for their November international series when Leinster full-back Rob Kearney was ruled out with a back injury that requires surgery. Kearney, the reigning European …