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Pace bowler Julie Hunter claimed 5-22, the best figures by an Australian in a women’s Twenty20 International, as the defending champions scored a 28-run win over West Indies in Friday’s …

Home favourite Li Na set up a testing China Open semi-final with Russian tennis queen Maria Sharapova on Friday as the fairytale run of Zhang Ze in the men’s draw …

Lisa Sthalekar top-scored with 23 in Australia’s total of 7-115 in their Women’s World Twenty20 knockout semi-final against West Indies on Friday. Skipper Jodie Fields finished unbeaten on 19 for …

Top-order batsman Aaron Finch will captain the Victorian one-day cricket team for the first time when they play Queensland this Sunday at the Gabba. Cameron White is at the world …

Port Adelaide are set to appoint Ken Hinkley as their senior coach on Monday, ending a tortuous two-month process for the AFL club. The Power will formally confirm the Gold …

Cricket Australia (CA) team performance manager Pat Howard is urging Australia’s players in the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 tournament to be accountable to their Test teammates ahead of the November …

South Sydney prop Luke Burgess has been called into the England rugby league squad to replace the suspended James Graham. Burgess, 25, will join younger brother and fellow Rabbitoh Sam …

Red Bull’s Mark Webber swept to the quickest practice time at the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday but shrugged off Lewis Hamilton’s predictions the team would dominate as mere “mind …

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas remains confident his team will qualify from their Europa League group despite watching his team throw away two points at Panathinaikos. Spurs were in complete control …

Emerging Sydney AFL forward Sam Reid has revealed he plans to get stronger so he can be the one dishing it out and throwing players around. Still only 20, Reid …

Defending champion and top seed Andy Murray moved into the semi-finals of the Japan Open with a 6-2 3-6 6-2 win over seventh-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland on Friday. Playing …

Melbourne face a potentially tough decision on Monday whether to stay true to a commitment made almost two years ago to draft AFL father-son nominee Jack Viney. The son of …

Roger Federer will have to shrug off a bizarre death threat as he returns to action at the Shanghai Masters from Sunday to combat Novak Djokovic’s attempt on his world …

Richmond want to turn their Papua New Guinea AFL recruit Gideon Simon into a tackling machine. The Tigers announced on Friday they had picked up the 172cm 18-year-old as an …

Ex-Carlton coach Brett Ratten will be plotting against the Blues next year after joining rival AFL club Hawthorn as an assistant coach. Ratten, a Carlton premiership player and captain, coached …

Brisbane triple-premiership player Luke Power says prolonging his AFL career by a year to co-captain Greater Western Sydney has proved one of the best decisions of his life. Power, who …

Sydney star Adam Goodes says he won’t need surgery for his knee injury, but may have to wait a little longer before finding out whether long-serving teammate Jude Bolton will …

Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar admitted on Friday that he is contemplating retirement and said he would reassess his future next month. In an interview to be broadcast on Indian …