The Detroit Red Wings set the National Hockey League record for most consecutive home wins by beating the Dallas Stars 3-1 with the help of the eventual game-winning goal from …
Shane Watson will aim to prove to Australian selectors he can still manage the burden of opening and being an allrounder when he plays for NSW in a rare Sheffield …
South Africa open hostilities on Friday against New Zealand on a six-week tour they hope will climax with a 3-0 sweep that would topple England from the top of the …
Underrated sprinter Steel Zip will test his winter carnival credentials with a trip to Newcastle for next month’s Group Three Newmarket Handicap if he performs satisfactorily at Doomben. Trainer Pat …
Don’t worry about second-season blues, Daly Cherry-Evans has only just scratched the surface of his talents. That’s the view of Manly NRL coach Geoff Toovey as the 22-year-old halfback prepares …
Argentina Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona said on Tuesday he did not know whether FIFA could sanction the country for naming its top-tier tournament after ARA General Belgrano – …
Scottish champions Rangers – with a rich 140-year history – face a battle for financial survival after entering administration on Tuesday and being hit with a 10-point penalty, all but …
Canberra linchpin Terry Campese has been given the nod to captain the Raiders in the upcoming NRL season from Alan Tongue, the man who held the job for the past …
Trainer Les Bridge is the first to admit Jersey Lily is not in the class of former stablemate Hot Danish. But she does have one key quality the ill-fated mare …
Planting trees seven hours inland from the African coast doesn’t sound like ideal preparation for a surfing competition but it’s how Stephanie Gilmore has readied herself for a crack at …
When all else are losing their minds in frantic finishes, what is cricket’s coolest customer MS Dhoni thinking? Nothing – absolutely nothing. “It’s important to be blank,” says the Indian …
South Australia edged closer to a possible come-from-behind win in their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at the MCG as the Redbacks reached 3-148 at lunch on Wednesday. South Australia …
The ACT Brumbies have named recruit Ben Mowen as their captain for the 2012 Super Rugby season. The former NSW backrower was seen as the frontrunner for the job over …
There are five cities still in contention to host the 2020 Olympic Games after Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti’s decision on Tuesday to withdraw Rome as a candidate, describing a …
Rio Olympic organisers are taking advantage of Brazil’s huge Carnival celebrations to deliver their first sports venue for the 2016 Games – the Sambadrome. The city’s highly popular Carnival parades …
Jack Bobridge has heard the whispers about the all-conquering Australian men’s pursuit team. That it is all well and good winning track cycling world titles in Copenhagen and Apeldoorn but …
A congressional commission in Brazil has delayed a vote on a key World Cup bill, handing another setback to FIFA and local organisers trying to speed up the country’s preparations …
Collingwood defender Harry O’Brien will miss round one of the AFL NAB Cup after putting his hand through a plate glass window. Coach Nathan Buckley said O’Brien needed stitches in …
