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Belarusian third seed Victoria Azarenka is through to her maiden grand slam final after ousting defending champion Kim Clijsters from the Australian Open. Azarenka, 22, defeated Belgium’s 12th seed 6-4 …

Ryan Harris took a wicket with the last ball of the session as India went to tea on day three at 6-225, needing another 179 to avoid the follow-on in …

Brenton Avdulla likened it to a cycling sprint event where cat-and-mouse tactics needed to be adopted. The difference was this was a horse race at Warwick Farm on Australia Day. …

Trainer Les Kelly will role the dice one last time with Skating On Ice this campaign ahead of a long-range bid for Group One glory during the Brisbane winter carnival. …

There are 26 points between them on the ladder but last-placed Gold Coast are quietly confident of pulling off the A-League upset of the season against Central Coast at Skilled …

The Hockeyroos’ successful tour of Argentina has continued with a 3-1 win over world No.3 Germany in Rosario. With Australia having previously downed Holland in their opening tour match, the …

Luke Nolen is not perturbed by Black Caviar drawing barrier one for the first time as she shoots for her 17th straight win in Friday night’s Group Two Australia Stakes …

North Queensland hooker Aaron Payne has been called into the NRL All Stars squad by coach Wayne Bennett for the February 4 clash on the Gold Coast. Payne will replace …

Gerald Ryan will be gunning for his second juvenile winner in as many weeks when Beune heads to Canterbury on Saturday. Ryan was to the fore in last weekend’s Inglis …

The fate of the Doomben meeting on Saturday remains in doubt despite a short reprieve from the recent heavy rain in south-east Queensland. Doomben missed most of the rain which …

Australia’s top ranked junior Luke Saville has scraped through to the semi-finals of the Australian Open boys’ championship. Saville, who turns 18 next week, defeated England’s Kyle Edmund, the No.7 …

Andy Murray is itching for his shot at redemption, if not quite revenge, against career-long friend and foe Novak Djokovic in Friday night’s Australian Open semi-final at Melbourne Park. If …

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, …

Clarry Conners’ patience was rewarded at Warwick Farm on Thursday when three-year-old Blue Ruby finished strongly to post a first-up success. “I have accepted with her three times already this …

Barcelona held off a spirited Real Madrid fightback to hang on for a 2-2 draw that was enough to knock the holders out of the Spanish Cup at the quarter-final …

Zimbabwe claimed two quick wickets, but New Zealand have consolidated their strong start to the one-off cricket Test in Napier on Thursday. At tea on the opening day, the Blacks …

England’s pace-cum-spin attack delivered the goods to keep Pakistan down to 7-256 on the opening day of the second Test at Abu Dhabi Stadium on Wednesday. Paceman Stuart Broad took …

Apprentice Patrick Keane has been suspended for a month by Racing Queensland stewards after weighing in light aboard Gold Rating at Eagle Farm last Saturday. The former Victorian apprentice was …