NSW batsman Usman Khawaja has been confirmed as Derbyshire’s second overseas player for the forthcoming English county season. The 25-year-old left-hander, who was axed from the Australian Test squad at …
Kim Clijsters bowed out of the Australian Open on Thursday, leaving behind the warmest legacy a foreign player has ever produced. Adopted by the crowd as one of their own, …
Russian fourth seed Maria Sharapova will meet third seed Victoria Azarenka in the Australian Open women’s final on Saturday night. Sharapova, who won the event in 2008, earned her spot …
Bet you can’t find a more appropriate Australia Day poster boy than Peter Siddle. The former woodchopper has the Southern Cross tattooed on his broad back. He calls a spade …
Exciting two-year-old Malasun is threatening to break a Blue Diamond hoodoo for trainer Mick Price after bursting into contention with a stunning debut win at Caulfield. The Red Ransom filly, …
Sydney FC substitute Sebastian Ryall snatched a last-gasp equaliser to reignite his club’s A-League season and further frustrate Melbourne Victory with a 2-2 draw at AAMI Park on Thursday. Not …
Australia suffered a top-order collapse but remain in a strong position at 3-50 at stumps on day three of a fiery fourth Test against India at Adelaide Oval. The home …
Adelaide’s joy at setting a crowd record for a Test against India has been tempered by losing the prized Australia Day Test next year. An Australia Day crowd of 35,081 …
Australian track cycling star Anna Meares has reclaimed the national team sprint title from her international team-mate Kaarle McCulloch. Meares and fellow South Australian Rikki Belder beat the NSW team …
England dismissed Pakistan for 257 in their first innings inside three overs at the start of day two of the second Test at Abu Dhabi Stadium on Thursday. Skipper Misbah-ul …
Trainer Matt Laurie celebrated his first stakes success on Thursday when The Travelling Man took out the Blue Diamond Preview for colts and geldings at Caulfield. An $NZ80,000 yearling purchase …
Fitness usually outweighs football in most AFL sides’ pre-season programs, but the Sherrin has been one of Sydney’s cornerstones as they set about arresting a worrying trend of ineffective disposals. …
Australia’s best-performed players in the Australian Open, Bernard Tomic and Lleyton Hewitt, have been named in the nation’s Davis Cup team to play China in February. Captain Pat Rafter also …
Australian Jay McCarthy timed his attack to perfection to take the second stage of the New Zealand Cycle Classic in Palmerston North. A breakaway in the opening 40km gathered momentum …
Young Australian fast bowler James Pattinson is aiming to start bowling again next week as he continues his recovery from a foot injury. Pattinson burst onto the Test scene earlier …
Imported stayer Wazn brought an international flavour to Warwick Farm on Thursday with his victory in the feature Australia Day Cup. The former French-based horse, trained by Kiwi Chris Waller, …
Virat Kohli hit a memorable maiden hundred but Australia held the upper hand after bowling India out for 272 after tea on day three of the fourth Test at Adelaide …
Brisbane without Darren Lockyer and Newcastle with Wayne Bennett are punters’ early 2012 premiership picks with bookmakers unable to recall a more compressed NRL betting market in decades. If bookmakers, …
