Less than 24 hours after Phil Hughes’ departure, fellow Test aspirants Usman Khawaja and Nathan Hauritz have left NSW and signed with Queensland for the next two seasons. Like Hughes, …
Greg Norman shot a 3-under 67 to be three shots off the pace at the Senior Players Championship in Pittsburgh, his first Champions Tour event since 2009. Bruce Vaughan shot …
Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel insisted Thursday he is looking forward to the upcoming Premier League season, playing down reports that he is being targeted by Manchester City. The Slovakian international …
A shattered Billy Slater says his decision to miss Wednesday night’s State of Origin series decider was the toughest he’s had to make. Queensland coach Mal Meninga confirmed reports that …
Feyenoord midfielder Karim El Ahmadi is relishing the prospect of joining Aston Villa and facing the Barclays Premier League big guns. Villa are hopeful of completing a deal for El …
Blackburn have appointed former Preston chairman Derek Shaw as their new managing director. And former press officer Paul Agnew, just a few weeks after being made general manager, has had …
Sidney Crosby, who led the Pittsburgh Penguins to a Stanley Cup title in 2009, has agreed to a 12-year, $US104 million ($A103.50 million) contract extension with the National Hockey League …
Rafael Nadal crashed to his worst Grand Slam tennis defeat in seven years on Thursday night when Czech journeyman Lukas Rosol, the world number 100, pulled off one of the …
Top Indian golfer Jeev Milka Singh shared a new course record of 65 on the first day of the Irish Open at Royal Portrush. Singh, 40, birdied six of his …
Wimbledon was engulfed by scandal on Thursday with Ivo Karlovic accusing officials of cheating him out of victory against home hope Andy Murray. Croat giant Karlovic was called for 11 …
Fulham have completed the signing of forward Mladen Petric. The 31-year-old Croatia international has joined on a free transfer, signing a one-year deal. He had been a free agent since …
Maria Sharapova has backed to plans to silence tennis grunters even though the world number one is one of the worst offenders. Sharapova is well known for pumping up the …
Pat Cummins won’t be fazed by playing on cricket’s grandest stage in Friday’s one-day series opener against England, according to Australia captain Michael Clarke. The teenage pacemen is set to …
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has offered to stump up STG35 million ($A54 million) to stage a grand prix around London’s famous streets, The Times reported on Thursday. The proposed …
Tottenham have parted company with assistant coaches Kevin Bond and Joe Jordan, the English Premier League club have confirmed. Bond and Jordan have exited White Hart Lane in the wake …
Wimbledon golden girl Maria Sharapova delivered a stinging rebuke to Frenchman Gilles Simon for his outspoken criticism of equal prize money by telling him: ‘You’ll never be as popular as …
Test captain Michael Clarke has backed former NSW teammate Phil Hughes to fight his way back into the Australian team following his switch to South Australia. Hughes, 23, has signed …
Former champions Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams took drastically different routes into the Wimbledon third round on Thursday. Top seed Sharapova, the 2004 champion, had to dig deep to clinch …
