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Lewis Hamilton stormed to his third pole position of the season and the 150th overall for McLaren on Saturday in a highly tactical qualifying session for the Spanish Formula One …

Serena Williams will meet top-ranked Victoria Azarenka in the final of the WTA’s Madrid Masters after both players dispensed with their rivals in straight sets on Saturday. Williams beat Lucie …

Essendon are fast emerging as contenders in a wide open AFL premiership race after savaging previously unbeaten West Coast 16.17 (113) to 7.10 (52) on Saturday night. The Bombers leapt …

Progress can’t be measured in wins and losses, according to Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss. And he will certainly be sticking to that theory after the Lions succumbed 17.14 (116) …

North Queensland maestro Johnathan Thurston appears set for yet another dominant State of Origin series after steering the Cowboys to a 32-12 NRL win over Newcastle on Saturday night. In …

India on Saturday invited Pakistan to take part in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament this year, breaking new ground in the stalled cricket ties between the arch-rivals. The Board of …

Melbourne Rebels skipper Stirling Mortlock brought the crowd to their feet as he scored a second-half try to seal a massive 28-19 upset victory over the Crusaders in their Super …

Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith has blasted time-wasting late in matches as an “ugly” aspect of the NRL that needs cleaning up. Smith was speaking after a spirited Roosters fightback …

The MCG has become Sydney’s Bermuda Triangle – and their AFL finals hopes depend on whether they can stop vanishing when they enter it. The Swans haven’t won in their …

Victoria Azarenka beat Agnieszka Radwanska for the sixth straight time to advance to the final of the Madrid Masters WTA event on Saturday. The world’s top ranked player cruised to …

Beating the team they want to be was perhaps Richmond’s greatest prize from their 29-point AFL win over Sydney at the MCG on Saturday. Tigers coach Damien Hardwick was thrilled …

Newcastle skipper Chris Houston crashed over just before the break as the Knights and North Queensland went into halftime locked at 12-all in Saturday night’s NRL match at Hunter Stadium. …

The Wellington Hurricanes snatched a 26-20 victory over the Otago Highlanders with a Julian Savea try sealing the outcome in the dying minutes of their Super Rugby clash on Saturday. …

The last time Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau met on the football field as rivals, Folau’s team won. Fast forward almost four years and it was the same, albeit in …

The Warriors’ young brigade came to the fore as they beat the Sydney Roosters 30-26 in a physical, see-sawing NRL battle in Auckland on Saturday night. Rookie centre Konrad Hurrell …

The Hurricanes timed their run to perfection in a see-sawing Super Rugby match against the Highlanders in Dunedin, two second-half tries enough to steal a 26-20 win on Saturday night. …

For Richmond it was all about raw energy, raw talent and, for their fans, raw nerves in a 29-point victory over AFL high-flyers Sydney at the MCG on Saturday. The …

Kim Bi-O showed a maturity that belied his youth on Saturday to shoot a five-under-par 67 and take a two-shot lead into the final round of the OneAsia Tour event …