Juventus have one foot in the Italian Cup soccer final after Martin Caceres scored a brace to hand them a 2-1 win over AC Milan in the semi-final first leg …
Just three weeks out from the start of this year’s trans-Tasman netball league, Southern Steel are suddenly a midcourter short of a team. Wendy Frew and husband Trent are expecting …
The head of Spain’s Olympic committee stepped up to defend Spanish sport on Wednesday in the wake of two-time Tour de France champion cyclist Alberto Contador’s two-year ban for doping. …
Royal Melbourne was proving a tough golf course to crack despite benign conditions for the first round of the Women’s Australian Open. Three players among the early starters shared the …
AFL club Adelaide have reappointed Nathan van Berlo as captain and included 21-year-olds Patrick Dangerfield and Rory Sloane in a five-man leadership group. Van Berlo will lead Adelaide for a …
An extra-time goal from the in-form Stephane Sessegnon allowed Premier League side Sunderland to prevail 2-1 over Championship outfit Middlesbrough in their FA Cup fourth round replay. The Benin international …
James Magnussen continues to make waves around the world with his performances but the 100m freestyle world champion’s coach isn’t fussed with how fast he swims at the NSW championships. …
Valenciennes knocked defending champions Lille out of the French Cup on Wednesday, winning 2-1 in the last-16 match after goals from Mathieu Dossevi and Vincent Aboubakar. Dossevi flicked home a …
Celtic opened up a four-point gap over rivals Rangers at the top of Scottish soccer’s Premier League on Wednesday with a clinical display in a 4-0 thrashing of Hearts at …
Fourth seed Maria Kirilenko has survived a tough encounter with Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova to reach the quarter-finals at the PTT Pattaya Open in Thailand. The Russian lost the first set …
Second-division Greuther Fuerth joined Bayern Munich, Borussia Moenchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals of the German Cup after they shocked Bundesliga side Hoffenheim 1-0 on Wednesday. Bayern are chasing …
Sir Graham Henry’s post-Rugby World Cup career will centre on developing New Zealand’s high performance coaches at Super Rugby and national provincial championship level. The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) …
Beaten Australian Open finalist Maria Sharapova has made a winning start at the WTA Paris Open, beating South Africa’s Chanelle Scheepers 6-3, 6-1 to reach the last 16. Given a …
Holders Lille have reluctantly relinquished their grip on the French Cup after going down 2-1 at local rivals Valenciennes in the last 16 at a wintry Stade du Hainaut. Lille …
Australia quick Mitchell Johnson is interested in joining Glamorgan for this year’s Friends Life T20 tournament. The left-armer has revealed the Welsh county have inquired about his availability for the …
Catania and Roma have played out the final 25 minutes of their abandoned Serie A clash but could add no further to the score and the game finished 1-1. Originally …
Reigning Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker says he’s lost his confidence six months out from the London Games and won’t be competing in the remainder of the domestic season. …
Fulham first-team coach Billy McKinlay has been appointed as Northern Ireland’s new assistant manager, the Barclays Premier League club have announced. McKinlay, who joined Fulham in 2004, will continue his …
