Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic stepped up his bid for a third Indian Wells tennis title by easing past 12th seed Nicolas Almagro 6-3 6-4 on Thursday. World …
Western Force captain David Pocock is backing classy fill-in Dave Harvey to seize the moment in Saturday night’s Super Rugby grudge match with the NSW Waratahs in Sydney. Desperate times …
Manchester United will look to crank up the psychological pressure on Manchester City this weekend as they aim to extend their lead at the top of the table with victory …
Veteran St Kilda midfielder Lenny Hayes was knocked out and stretchered from the field early in Friday’s AFL practice match against Collingwood. He was taken to hospital for observation, but …
Essendon plan to head to Wangaratta for an AFL pre-season game next year and will help pay the Victorian regional city’s costs for this year’s no-show. Several Bombers players will …
Cynics could say Brisbane Lions defender Matt Maguire has already chalked up one of the AFL’s biggest scalps this season. Not that Maguire can see the funny side of his …
Chrysler has backflipped on plans to join the V8 Supercar series next year. Nissan had already announced plans to break the Holden-Ford duopoly on the series from next year, and …
New Zealand’s fragile batting was exposed once again by South Africa’s pace attack to leave them struggling to set the tourists a competitive run-chase in the second Test in Hamilton. …
Queensland coach Ewen McKenzie has a pointed message for critics of the Reds’ style – the defending Super Rugby champions are a lot better than they were at the same …
Kevin Sheedy has vowed to hunt down AFL recruiters who take issue with drafting indigenous players and have them kicked out of the league for good. The Greater Western Sydney …
Melbourne’s James O’Connor will have his first audition for the Wallabies five-eighth jersey after being named as the Rebels’ playmaker against the Cheetahs. With fellow superstar Kurtley Beale ruled out …
Veteran St Kilda midfielder Lenny Hayes was knocked out and stretchered from the field early in Friday’s AFL practice match against Collingwood. Hayes was trying to tackle Tyson Goldsack at …
The Los Angeles Lakers traded veteran point guard Derek Fisher to the Houston Rockets for Jordan Hill at the NBA’s trade deadline on Thursday. On a day when Orlando Magic …
Returning great Ian Thorpe showed a glimpse of his old self as he qualified equal fifth-fastest for the 200m freestyle semi-finals at Australia’s Olympic swimming trials in Adelaide on Friday. …
Barcelona’s French international defender Eric Abidal will undergo a liver transplant in the coming weeks, which will likely rule him out from the Euro 2012. The 32-year-old, who signed from …
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was told “drunken Liverpool fans” were to blame for the Hillsborough disaster, according to government documents leaked to the BBC on Thursday. The official inquiry …
Arsenal will play in Hong Kong for the first time in 17 years during its preseason tour of Asia this year. The Gunners will play Hong Kong champions Kitchee FC …
With just weeks left at Melbourne Heart’s helm, coach John van `t Schip admits he would be disappointed to depart the club without leaving the legacy of an A-League finals …
