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Michael Schumacher felt “like a 12-year-old jumping for joy” when his comeback to Formula One was announced towards the end of 2009. After three years away from the wheel of …

Unlucky Wallabies backrower Scott Higginbotham is expected to miss Saturday’s Rugby Championship match against South Africa with a back injury. Higginbotham, who was named on the bench to face the …

Victorian all-rounder John Hastings made an instant splash in his return from injury but it was a trio of Warriors who stole the show as Western Australia posted a 25-run …

Lewis Hamilton is moving to Mercedes, replacing seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, in a major shakeup that also involves Sergio Perez going to McLaren. Hamilton has been at McLaren …

Company director Jacquie Hey is poised to become the first woman on the Cricket Australia board. But former Test captain Mark Taylor was overlooked for a seat. Hey is one …

Nadia Petrova of Russia overpowered Australia’s Samantha Stosur 6-4 6-2 on Friday to advance to the final of the WTA’s Pan Pacific Open. Petrova set the pace early when she …

Outspoken five-eighth Quade Cooper may feel he has support from his teammates but none in Australia’s camp in Pretoria is prepared to show it. Ahead of their Rugby Championship Test …

Former Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will leave McLaren and will be replaced by Sauber’s Mexican driver Sergio Perez at the start of the 2013 season, McLaren said in a …

John Longmire thought he’d be back on the farm. Alastair Clarkson joked he might be in a mental institution. But when they met as teenaged players at North Melbourne in …

Australia’s batting coach Justin Langer regards Phil Hughes’ technique as a bit unorthodox, which is like saying Don Bradman had the capacity to rub people the wrong way at times. …

As much as coach Alastair Clarkson tries, Hawthorn can’t shake the expectation that, while Sydney hope to win Saturday’s AFL grand final, the Hawks must. Since their 2008 grand final …

Australia have begun their Women’s World Twenty20 title defence with a win over India but they’ll be flying blind in their second group encounter against Pakistan in Galle on Saturday. …

A sporting declaration from Tasmania captain Tim Paine has set up an intriguing final day in the Sheffield Shield cricket match against NSW at Bankstown Oval. When bad light ended …

Three-time premiership winner Andrew Farrar says Canterbury are capable of creating another Bulldogs dynasty under super coach Des Hasler – comments echoed by title winning captains Steve Price and Terry …

Lewis Hamilton is to leave Formula One team McLaren and join Mercedes in a three-year deal worth $US100 million, British and German media reports said on Friday. The agreement, expected …

A man offered sex to Australian cricketers after breaking into their hotel rooms during the current World T20 tournament in Sri Lanka. The 21-year-old Sri Lankan, named as Abdul Karim, …

A sporting declaration from Tasmania captain Tim Paine has set up an intriguing final day in the Sheffield Shield cricket match against NSW at Bankstown Oval. Paine declared at 8-298 …

While two All Australians battle at one end, a duel between two out-of-form youngsters at the other could just as well decide the outcome of Saturday’s AFL grand final. The …