Russian government officials have brushed off concerns over corruption and delays to insist the venues hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi will be completed well ahead of schedule. …
Champion South African jockey Jeff Lloyd is quitting Hong Kong to continue his riding career in Queensland from next month. Lloyd, 50, will ride for the last time in Hong …
Melbourne Heart defender Michael Marrone has declared it’s time for the underperforming A-League side to deliver or risk squandering the finals platform they have built. Winless in eight games and …
Adelaide United say they’re entering the unknown in Thursday’s Asian Champions League qualifier against Indonesia’s Persipura Jayapura. The Reds thought they’d already qualified for the lucrative tournament. Last December, Adelaide …
AFL star-turned-boxer Barry Hall says he felt as nervous as a child starting school as he began life as a Western Bulldogs ambassador on Wednesday. The 35-year-old, who co-captained the …
Jeremy Lin scored a game-high 27 points and a career-high 11 assists as the New York Knicks extended their win streak by rallying in the fourth quarter to beat Toronto …
Western Bulldogs defender Bob Murphy wants people to lose their “sick fascination” with which AFL footballers might be gay. While no AFL player has yet come out, the 29-year-old said …
Fresh from dominating pre-season testing, Casey Stoner will use criticism from key rival Valentino Rossi as motivation to defend his MotoGP world title. Stoner said his second championship, on a …
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 …
