North Melbourne captain Brent Harvey could play the Ricky Ponting role and ease a new skipper into the AFL club’s top job, coach Brad Scott says. Harvey, who has had …
AFL club Sydney have fashioned Australian rules footballers from rugby league, rugby union and Gaelic football – now they’ve signed US college basketballer Alex Starling. The 22-year-old will combine his …
The Queensland Rugby League will give young Parramatta centre Esi Tonga an opportunity to explain why he should not be banned from playing Origin football for two years after his …
Second seed Petra Kvitova has won her way into the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The Czech defeated unseeded Italian Sara Errani in straight sets – 6-4 6-4 in 1 …
Record-breaking pair Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting shared an unbroken partnership of 385 runs as Australia marched towards a massive first-innings total in the fourth Test against India. Australia advanced …
Forecast high temperatures have forced Cricket Australia to delay the start of Saturday’s Big Bash League final at the WACA Ground by half an hour. Temperatures are forecast to hit …
Ghana and Mali came out on top as the Africa Cup of Nations completed its opening batch of group matches on Tuesday. Ghana are with Ivory Coast carrying the tag …
Melbourne Victory coach Jim Magilton has described Harry Kewell’s admission of diving as “very foolish” and promised to punish Danny Allsopp as he attempts to rein in the A-League club’s …
South Australia cricket great and former Test batsman Darren Lehmann has been immortalised in a bronze sculpture at Adelaide Oval. The sculpture was unveiled before Wednesday’s second day of play …
Two groups of researchers claim that the West German government accepted doping as a necessary evil for the country’s athletes to achieve Olympic success in the 1970s and 1980s. The …
All Blacks prop Tony Woodcock will miss the first month of the Super Rugby tournament to recover fully from injuries which hampered his 2011 season. Woodcock asked Auckland Blues coach …
Black Caviar will face six rivals in the Group Two Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. The unbeaten champion, who will be partnered by regular rider Luke Nolen, …
He still hasn’t got the official nod for the 2012 AFL season but Nick Riewoldt is making all the right noises at St Kilda to continue as their skipper. New …
Mile Jedinak’s dreams of a trip to Wembley for next month’s League Cup final have been crushed following Crystal Palace’s semi-final defeat on penalties to Cardiff City. Crystal Palace, reduced …
Ghana skipper John Mensah turned from hero to villain on Tuesday as he netted the winner in the 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations win against Botswana only to see red …
Flip Saunders was fired as coach of the NBA Washington Wizards on Tuesday, one night after the team fell to a league-worst 2-15 with a 103-83 loss at Philadelphia, the …
Marcel Hirscher of Austria put the dispute over his controversial victory in Zagreb behind him by taking a commanding lead after the opening run of a men’s World Cup night …
Zimbabwe Sports Minister David Coltart has once again urged England to revive cricket ties with the southern African nation. Coltart’s lobbying efforts have managed to sway Australia and New Zealand …
