Wellington Phoenix virtually ensured a third successive A-League playoff campaign and almost certainly a home final, thanks to the late heroics of striker Paul Ifill. Ifill’s stunning 20-metre right-foot strike …
Coach Ross Lyon is concerned by Fremantle’s slow starts, which again proved costly in a 20-point loss to Port Adelaide in an AFL pre-season cup match on Saturday. The Dockers …
Victoria ended their season with a bitter-sweet Sheffield Shield cricket win over NSW as other results kept them from the final. Queensland will host Tasmania in next week’s title-decider after …
There were wins for Marinko Matosevic and Jarmila Groth but fellow Australian Bernard Tomic bowed out of the first round of the joint ATP/WTA event at Indian Wells on Friday. …
Tasmanian coach Tim Coyle has dismissed any suggestion his Sheffield Shield holders will be out to deliver Ricky Ponting a first title with his state in next week’s final against …
Christian Lealiifano’s penalty goal after the siren has clinched a thrilling 24-23 victory for the Brumbies over the Cheetahs in their Super Rugby clash in Canberra on Saturday. Behind 23-21 …
Three Denver Broncos, linebacker D.J. Williams, defensive tackle Ryan McBean and tight end Virgil Green, have been suspended for violating the NFL’s anti-doping policy, the league said on Friday. McBean …
It would be the championship which completes the set for lifelong friends Jenna O’Hea and Kath MacLeod. The Dandenong Rangers basketballers’ 20-year friendship and uncanny on-court understanding has netted club …
France will seek to keep their Six Nations rugby title hopes alive by beating old foes England at the Stade de France on Sunday. With Wales expected to make it …
With just two home games remaining in their season and despite the uncertainty clouding their future, Gold Coast United coach Mike Mulvey has issued a challenge. He wants his young …
As if replacing the departed Petero Civoniceva wasn’t hard enough, Penrith prop Sam McKendry will now have to do without his partner Tim Grant in Sunday’s NRL clash against the …
The recruitment of Todd Carney attracted all the fanfare, but Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan says the return of hooker Isaac De Gois to the NRL club will play just as …
Former champion Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain pipped German veteran Jens Voigt in a two-up sprint to win the sixth stage of Paris-Nice on Friday. Britain’s Bradley Wiggins retained the …
Mark Webber has urged controversial Formula One rival Lewis Hamilton to “look in the mirror” to regain his best form. Hamilton was involved in a series of wild on-track incidents …
Last-place Kaiserslautern earned a 0-0 draw at Stuttgart on Friday in the Bundesliga but remained winless in 15 matches. The point left Kaiserslautern stuck at the bottom. Stuttgart also failed …
Australian Matt Jones fired a bogey-free five-under par 67 on Friday to seize a three-stroke lead after the second round of the $US3.5 million US PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open. …
Michael Phelps posted the second-fastest 200m freestyle time in the world this year on Friday, signalling that his preparations for the London Olympics are on track. “It’s crazy what training …
North Queensland hero Matt Bowen will be hoping the NRL match review committee don’t ruin a special birthday highlighted by his freakish 79th minute try against Brisbane. With the Cowboys’ …
