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Australian player ratings out of 10 at the conclusion of the Twenty20 series against the West Indies which finished 1-1 after two matches on Friday. SHANE WATSON – 8 Named …

England’s Brian Davis and South African Louis Oosthuizen shared the clubhouse lead on Friday as darkness stopped play in the second round of the rain-hit Houston Open. Seventy players were …

Reigning champion Novak Djokovic reached the final of the Miami Masters tournament by beating a stubborn 21st seeded Juan Monaco 6-0 7-6 (7-5) to set up a finals clash with …

Battered Brisbane forward Matt Gillett says he’ll pick a more suitable target next time he attempts a big shot on a rival after St George Illawarra prop Michael Weyman left …

Representative props Petero Civoniceva and Ben Hannant believe Brisbane is on the verge of an exciting new era with NRL stars of tomorrow emerging thick and fast. Friday night’s 28-20 …

Port Adelaide coach Matthew Primus has challenged his mid-tier players to lift the AFL club from the doldrums. The Power open their premiership campaign with a home clash against St …

One thing Australia’s cricketers know following the drawn one-day and Twenty20 series in the Caribbean, is they’re in for a fight in the upcoming Tests. Time and again Australia has …

Botha, who played for the Adelaide Strikers in the Australian Twenty20 competition last summer, will captain the Redbacks for the next two seasons. Klinger said the opportunity for Botha, a …

Australia’s Twenty20 captain George Bailey says his Test-playing teammates are desperate to end the tour of the Caribbean with a series win. Bailey leaves the Caribbean with only a 1-1 …

Melbourne Storm’s code-hopping centre Will Chambers has been forced to go back to tackle school to resurrect his NRL career. Chambers, who spent two seasons with the Queensland Reds playing …

The Hurricanes have suffered another injury blow ahead of Saturday’s sixth-round Super Rugby match against the Cheetahs at Westpac Stadium. Lock Jason Eaton has been replaced by Jeremy Thrush after …

Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia, the Premier League club announced on Friday. Petrov’s illness was discovered in medical tests carried out on the 32-year-old …

Rubens Barrichello wants IndyCar to classify him as a rookie. The Brazilian driver has a record 322 Formula One starts, including 11 wins and 1.5 million Twitter followers. None of …

Inspired by mercurial allrounder Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies claimed a series-levelling 14-run win over Australia in the second Twenty20 in Barbados. Bravo brought the big crowd at the Kensington …

Racing-Metro leap-frogged Montpellier and former Wallaby George Smith’s Stade Francais into fifth place in the French Top 14, with a bonus-point 27-16 home win over Castres on Friday. Despite having …

Huddersfield coach Nathan Brown compared his fullback Greg Eden with Melbourne’s champion Billy Slater after he played a starring role in a 22-12 win over Leeds that took the Giants …

Australia slumped to a 14-run defeat in the second Twenty20 international against the West Indies in Barbados on Friday. With the tourists chasing 161 for victory, a brilliant run-out by …

Cricket South Africa will release offspinner Johan Botha from his national contract after this year’s World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, freeing him to captain South Australia. CSA says it is …