Western Force coach Richard Graham insists it’s not time to panic just yet despite watching his team crash to successive thumpings in their Super Rugby trial matches. The Force, beaten …
Jack Bobridge and the rest of Australia’s men’s pursuit team have made themselves right at home at the London Olympic velodrome. The foursome of Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Alex Edmondson and …
Tomas Berdych and Juan Martin del Potro joined resting top seed Roger Federer on Thursday in the Rotterdam Open tennis quarter-finals. Second seed Berdych advanced with only minimal effort as …
Nicolas Almagro of Spain extended the defence of his Brazil Open tennis title to the quarter-finals by defeating Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 on Thursday. Almagro, the …
Essendon are confident this year they will not suffer the slump which hit them hard last season. The Bombers were surprise NAB Cup grand finalists – beaten by Collingwood – …
The cost of the AFL’s new teams Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney has led to the league making an operating loss for the first time in a decade. Figures …
Crouch, touch, pause, engage. Super Rugby’s longest competition is set to kick off but get ready to pause again. For the first time in the 17-season history of SANZAR’s provincial …
Optimists may suggest Parramatta’s 14th-place finish in 2011 was a case of missed opportunities instead of yet another annus horribilis. It was a season punctuated by three golden point defeats …
Canberra look set to field a near full-strength line-up in their final NRL trial against anterCbury on Saturday, with Jarrod Croker and David Shillington both recovered from niggling injuries. The …
Australian Matthew Ebden has been eliminated from ATP San Jose Open after a straight-sets loss to South African sixth seed Kevin Anderson. Anderson dispatched Ebden 6-1 6-2 on Thursday to …
Former All Blacks coach Graham Henry will apply his Rugby World Cup-winning experience to New Zealand’s quest for a gold medals at the London Olympics. Henry, who stepped down after …
The Australian athletics championships will return to Sydney next year for the first time since 2007. NSW sports minister Graham Annesley announced on Friday Sydney Olympic Park would host several …
Australia’s cyclists enjoyed their first competitive ride on the London Olympic track with the men’s pursuit team topping qualifying for Sunday’s final (Monday AM AEDT) at the test event. The …
Manchester United and Manchester City shrugged off the disappointment of being dumped out of the Champions League to inch confidently closer to the Europa League last 16 on Thursday. United …
Tasmanian captain George Bailey has won the toss and chosen to bowl in the crucial Sheffield Shield match against Queensland at Bellerive. The Tigers can leapfrog Victoria and Western Australia …
Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia faces a month on the sidelines after picking up a hamstring injury in Thursday’s 2-0 Europa League win against Ajax Amsterdam. The Ecuadorian was hurt …
Britain’s Paul Casey, a two-time runner-up at the World Golf Championships Match-Play Championship, will not play in the event next week, allowing South African George Coetzee into the field of …
Gary Carter, the hard-hitting Major League Baseball catcher who helped the New York Mets make an amazing rally to beat Boston in the 1986 World Series, died on Thursday of …
