Twice world motorcycling champion Casey Stoner stunned the sport on Thursday by announcing he will quit at the end of the season for “family reasons”. The 26-year-old Australian, who has …
Shivnarine Chanderpaul rode his luck but the West Indies still found life difficult as they struggled to 4-146 at tea on the first day of the first Test against England …
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic overcame a poor first set and a smashed racquet to beat 14th-seeded Juan Monaco 4-6 6-2 6-3 on Thursday and reach the Italian Open tennis quarter-finals. With …
Adam Gilchrist hit an unbeaten half-century to guide Kings XI Punjab to a six-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings on Thursday and remain in contention for the Indian Premier League …
Brandt Snedeker worked wonders with a borrowed set of golf clubs to begin the World Match Play Championship, crushing Thomas Bjorn of Denmark 5 and 4 on Thursday. The lone …
The AFL wants to help clubs rid themselves of their links to poker machines. The AFL is seeking consortiums to buy the poker machines and take over the leases, Nine’s …
Australian Adam Crawford is one stroke off the lead after the first round of the SK Telecom Open in South Korea. Young local Kim Bi-O conquered strong winds and an …
Collingwood AFL star Travis Cloke is in Melbourne’s sights and would form a formidable combination with Mitch Clark, according to Demons sports performance director Neil Craig. Craig says the Demons …
Adrian Barath’s unbeaten 41 helped the West Indies to two for 83 at lunch on the first day of the first Test against England at Lord’s on Thursday. West Indies …
Victoria Azarenka is facing a battle to be fit for the French Open after the top seed pulled out of the Rome Masters on Thursday with a shoulder injury. The …
AFL chief Andrew Demetriou has dismissed suggestions the annual Dreamtime clash between Essendon and Richmond should be shared with other clubs. Essendon host Richmond on Saturday night at the MCG …
Women’s top seed Victoria Azarenka on Thursday withdrew from the Rome Masters with a shoulder injury, handing a walkover victory to her scheduled third-round opponent Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia. World …
England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to field in the first Test against the West Indies at Lord’s on Thursday. England gave a debut to Yorkshire middle-order …
Melbourne have backed Liam Jurrah to put his serious off-field problems aside and make a successful AFL return this weekend. The Demons named Jurrah for his first AFL game this …
Collingwood have been strengthened for Friday’s AFL grand final re-match against Geelong by the return of premiership trio Dale Thomas, Darren Jolly and Chris Dawes. The seventh-placed Magpies also regain …
NSW centre Josh Morris admits he’ll have his hands full in his return to State of Origin next week, trying to control a rampaging Greg Inglis. Morris says Inglis is …
Melbourne have named Liam Jurrah for Saturday’s AFL match against Sydney at the MCG. The news comes hours after Jurrah appeared before an Alice Springs court via a video link …
Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan and prop Bryce Gibbs have backed halfback Jeff Robson to take over the NRL team’s playmaking duties while Todd Carney is away on State of Origin …
