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Robert Allenby owned up to a rookie mistake after extending his decade-long US PGA Tour victory drought in demoralising fashion. It took eight extra holes – the equal second longest …

Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy has moved to hose down speculation A-League chief Lyall Gorman’s job is under threat. Lowy was responding to a report on Monday that suggested …

Ailing Scottish champions Rangers kept up their all but futile challenge to bitter rivals Celtic on Sunday as they thrashed Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4-1. Rangers at least gave their fans …

Jurgen Melzer wasn’t about to let an aching broken toe get in the way as beat Milos Raonic in the final of the ATP Memphis Open. The unseeded Melzer defeated …

Arsenal staged a magnificent fightback to thrash Tottenham 5-2 in the north London derby on Sunday as Manchester United scrambled a last-gasp 2-1 win over Norwich. Arsenal appeared to be …

Queensland captain James Hopes will make his long-awaited Sheffield Shield return for the faltering Bulls in their crucial match against NSW at the SCG, starting Thursday. Hopes has been plagued …

Victorian prizemoney will rise to $160 million next season with an $18.7 million funding injection of which 63 per cent will be allocated to country meetings. The across-the-board increases to …

Ricky Ponting has been named in a 13-man Tasmania squad for the crucial Sheffield Shield match against South Australia beginning at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday. The former Australian captain …

Nerves of steel have helped Kelly Slater cruise through the first heats of the season-opening men’s world surfing championship event on the Gold Coast. The Quiksilver Pro defending champion has …

He admits it hasn’t been easy but world champion James Magnussen has sworn off the drink in the lead-up to next month’s Olympic swimming trials. Magnussen, 20, is hot favourite …

Seabass is in line for a crack at the Grand National after stretching his unbeaten run to seven in the paddypower.com Chase at Naas. The four-and-a-half-mile (7200m) spectacular at Aintree …

He admits it hasn’t been easy but world champion James Magnussen has sworn off the drink in the lead-up to next month’s Olympic swimming trials. Magnussen, 20, is hot favourite …

Ethiopian Olympic great Haile Gebrselassie is in danger of missing the London Games after finishing fourth with a modest time in the Tokyo marathon won by Kenyan Michael Kipyego. Gebrselassie, …

Marcos Ambrose’s bid to win the iconic Daytona 500 will have to wait a day after the NASCAR Sprint Cup season opener was postponed due to persistent rain in Florida. …

Nerves of steel have helped Kelly Slater cruise through the first heats of the season-opening men’s world surfing championship event on the Gold Coast. The Quiksilver Pro defending champion has …

Australia’s qualification for the finals of the one-day tri-series with a game to spare may solve a selection conundrum ahead of Friday’s game with Sri Lanka in Melbourne. Skipper Michael …

Arsene Wenger has praised Theo Walcott’s two-goal contribution to Arsenal’s 5-2 derby win over Tottenham, but admits he considered substituting the winger to spare him more abuse from his own …

A last-minute goal by Mevlut Erding has earned Rennes a 1-1 draw at home to Lille that prevented the French soccer champions from galvanising their grip on third place and …