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Stephanie Gilmore sent a clear warning to rivals after she and Taj Burrow clinched an Australian double in the season-opening surfing world championship events on the Gold Coast. Local heroine …

Victoria paceman Will Sheridan engineered a stunning 212-run victory over Western Australia to ensure the Bushrangers remain in the hunt for the Sheffield Shield final. Sheridan claimed five wickets in …

NSW denied Queensland an impressive fightback to claim first-innings points on the final day of their Sheffield Shield match, bowling the Bulls out for 236 at the SCG on Sunday. …

Sydney’s stand-alone start to the AFL season will be unique in more ways than one, with the Swans and Giants both missing out on a weekend off after the pre-season …

Soul’s triumphant Dubai debut last week could have earned the stakeswinning sprinter the chance to take on his former Australian stablemate Sepoy on World Cup night. Soul won three of …

Group One winning filly Streama will be joined by her less experienced but talented stablemate Appearance in Saturday’s Surround Stakes on their home track of Warwick Farm. The Group Two …

New coach Brian McClennan is keeping faith with the New Zealand Warriors’ young brigade, saying they are the NRL club’s future. The Warriors brought in only one outside recruit – …

Sharp-shooter Mike Harris has fired Queensland to their best Super Rugby start in 13 years and ensured Quade Cooper can no longer expect to regain the goalkicking duties he relishes …

Top-seeded David Ferrer easily defended his title at the Mexican Open on Saturday, beating fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-1 6-2 in the final. Ferrer broke Verdasco twice in each set …

Ford flyer Will Davison won the second race at the Clipsal 500 on Sunday as defending V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup struggled with a misfiring engine. Davison led home a …

Salvaging something from the wreckage of the Olyroos’ debacle is a tough ask. But Australian under-23s defender Matt Jurman reckons he can find one positive ahead of his next big …

Melbourne key forward Jack Watts, one of the most scrutinised players in the AFL, has shrugged off the latest criticism about his playing intensity. Former Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse and …

Battling Sydney FC need to belatedly find some home form and stop conceding late goals to stay in the A-League finals race. Sydney fell three points behind sixth-placed Newcastle after …

Dandenong Rangers set up the first all-Victorian WNBL grand final in 25 years by overturning a 13-point deficit for a 91-78 preliminary final away win over minor premiers Adelaide Lightning …

Daunting sudden-death trips to Wellington or Perth are shaping as the rewards for the A-League clubs that clinch the bottom two berths for this season’s finals. The Phoenix climbed to …

Football broke out in the middle of the war of words surrounding Gold Coast United as the embattled A-League team battled mightily before falling 2-0 to Wellington Phoenix on Sunday. …

Australia’s Taj Burrow has made it an Australian double, winning the season-opening men’s competition in the world championship surfing event on the Gold Coast. Earlier on Sunday, Stephanie Gilmore won …

Albert The Fat returns to Flemington on Saturday in a bid to win the Newmarket Handicap while his trainer Chris Waller will have three leading chances in Sydney’s first autumn …