Scotland coach Andy Robinson has made four changes in personnel for Sunday’s crucial Six Nations clash with France at Murrayfield. Scotland have yet to get off the mark this season, …
Fourth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur has advanced to the third round of the Dubai Tennis Championships by defeating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1. The US Open …
South African-born Tobias Botes will make his first start for Italy against Ireland in the Six Nations in Dublin on Saturday as one of four changes to the Azzurri team. …
World number one Victoria Azarenka has paid the price for her 17-match winning start to the year after being forced to withdraw from the $2 million Dubai Open with a …
British emergency services have held a huge pre-Olympics security exercise, centring on a mock terrorist attack on the London Underground. The two-day test – called “Exercise Forward Defensive” – started …
Super League side St Helens’ Australian back-row forward Chris Flannery is set to hang up his boots at the end of the season. The former Queensland Origin player, who turns …
Germany coach Joachim Loew has responded to his mounting injury list by giving youth a chance in next Wednesday’s Euro 2012 warm-up friendly against France. Germany host the French in …
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the recent spate of racism scandals in English football should not “drag us back to the bad old days of the past.” The abuse …
Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to hand a first start to Paul Pogba as the Manchester United manager prepares to ring the changes for their Europa League return leg with …
A new soccer league in the Indian state of West Bengal featuring semi-retired world stars has been postponed after encountering “many problems”, organisers said on Wednesday without elaborating. The franchise-based …
Australian international Matt McKay is set to leave crisis-hit Scottish giants Rangers to join South Korean team Busan I’Park, it was confirmed on Wednesday. McKay, 29, joined Rangers last year …
Reigning African club champions Esperance from Tunisia are set to bridge a 17-year gap this weekend by winning the CAF Super Cup a second time. The CAF Champions League winners …
The global football players’ union is backing a campaign to change FIFA’s laws of the game by allowing Islamic women to wear hijabs. FIFPro spokeswoman Frederique Winia says “the current …
Last year’s Copa Libertadores runners-up Penarol were thrashed 4-0 at home by Colombia’s Atletico Nacional on Tuesday, leaving the Uruguayan club in early trouble in this year’s competition with no …
The Townsville Fire have doused the Sydney Flames’ final hopes with a nail-biting 85-78 win in the first WNBL elimination final at Townsville RSL Stadium. The home side shot out …
One of the smallest crowds in A-League history almost witnessed one of its biggest upsets as the lowly Gold Coast threatened to overcome a week of off-field dramas to stun …
The Townsville Fire have doused the Sydney Flames’ final hopes with a nail-biting 85-78 win in the first WNBL elimination final at Townsville RSL Stadium. The home side shot out …
New Zealand imploded in the closing overs of the third and final Twenty20 cricket international, crumbling under an unlikely South African comeback to a three-run loss at Eden Park in …
