Defending champion Novak Djokovic needed just 73 minutes to reach the US Open second round on Tuesday in an embarrassingly one-sided 6-1 6-0 6-1 mauling of hapless Italian Paolo Lorenzi. …
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq laid the blame squarely at the feet of his batsmen following his side’s four-wicket loss in their one-day game against Australia on Wednesday morning. He said …
Bernard Tomic has overcome stifling heat, a pesky opponent and a lacklustre start to book a second-round US Open date with former champion Andy Roddick. An off-colour Tomic required assistance …
Essendon midfielder Mark McVeigh has announced his retirement from the AFL. The 31-year-old midfielder has decided to quit after 232 games, despite an offer from Bombers coach James Hird to …
Novak Djokovic made a withering start to his US Open title defence with a 6-1 6-0 6-1 first round thrashing of Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi. Second seed Djokovic lost the first …
South Sydney coach Michael Maguire says bad boy hooker Issac Luke will be involved in Friday’s NRL clash with Newcastle on Friday. Luke was axed for last Sunday’s win over …
Carlton assistant coach Alan Richardson says the AFL club’s embattled head coach Brett Ratten is remaining positive and upbeat despite his uncertain future. There is strong speculation that Ratten will …
St Kilda veterans Lenny Hayes and Stephen Milne have re-signed with the AFL club for another season. Hayes and Milne, both 32, extended their contacts until the end of 2013, …
Andy Roddick says he is ready to follow the pack when it comes to financial issues that have players pondering a boycott of next January’s Australian Open, but he isn’t …
England Test captain Andrew Strauss’s future and that of international exile Kevin Pietersen could both become clearer at a press conference at Lord’s on Wednesday. Strauss, 35, was set to …
Together they’ve amassed more than 2000 NRL games. They’ve produced more than 430 tries, 3000 points and leave the game with a combined 105 years in rugby league’s toughest competition. …
Britain’s Johanna Konta, born in Australia of Hungarian roots, reached the US Open second round on Tuesday, but admitted the national anthem still remains a mystery. Konta pledged to learn …
George Bailey scored an unbeaten 57 to guide Australia to a tense four-wicket win in the opening match of their one-day series against Pakistan on Wednesday morning. Skipper Michael Clarke …
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych may be seeded five and six at the US Open, but they admit it’s impossible to depose Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal as …
Hashim Amla inflicted another record-breaking hundred upon England as South Africa won the second one-day international (ODI) by 80 runs in Southampton. Amla’s 150 saw him become the fastest player …
An Australian Open boycott is still a long way away, according to Andy Murray. The leading male players have long been unhappy with the percentage of revenue that is paid …
Exiled England star Kevin Pietersen showed what his country are missing as the controversial batsman hit a sparkling century for Surrey in a County Championship match against Somerset. Pietersen is …
Young paceman Mitchell Starc claimed a career-best haul of 5-42 as Australia’s quicks ran through Pakistan for a total of 198 in Tuesday’s opening one-day international. James Pattinson bowled tailender …


