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Sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, who are both expected to draw worldwide attention in this Olympic year, will open their 2012 seasons at a local meeting on Saturday. The …

Australia’s former world champion Dmitri Markov believes every pole vaulter experiences the doubts which have threatened Steve Hooker’s Olympic title defence. Markov says Hooker has made the right decision to …

Stephanie Rice has revealed her frustrations over the shoulder injury that has her London preparations under a cloud, saying she wouldn’t be swimming if the Olympics weren’t looming. Rice returned …

Controversial butterfly ace Nick D’Arcy believes his London Olympic selection fate is in his own hands even though officials have yet to announce a decision on the bankrupt swimmer’s eligibility. …

Libby Trickett says she feels like “less of a fraud” after taking the biggest step yet in her swimming comeback at the NSW championships. Trickett’s chances of reclaiming a place …

Spain launched a diplomatic protest on Thursday over a satirical puppet show on French TV that implied cyclist Alberto Contador and tennis great Rafael Nadal are drugs cheats. “I spoke …

Australia’s male wheelchair basketballers are odds-on favourites to claim gold at the London Paralympics, but they are not taking their world champion status for granted. With one Paralympic gold medal …

Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker is taking the tough route to London and may have only left himself a three week window to qualify to defend his title. Hooker …

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 …

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. …

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. …

Austria’s Hannes Reichelt has pipped Swiss Didier Cuche as alpine’s speed event specialists were given a first glimpse of how difficult it will be to win Olympic downhill gold in …

Women have been given equal billing with men in the annual boat race between English universities Oxford and Cambridge, giving one of the most traditional events on the British sporting …

Western Australian surfer Damien Warr’s five-year wait paid off big time on Wednesday, as he carried off the biggest wave award. Warr 39, earned the $20,000 prize for his ride …

Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice has been cleared to return to racing for the first time since undergoing shoulder surgery in December at this week’s NSW state swimming titles. …

Dual Olympic 100m freestyle champion Pieter van den Hoogenband has backed James Magnussen to end Australia’s 44-year drought in the event in London this year. The Dutchman was blown away …

South Korean prosecutors have arrested four people over alleged match-fixing in professional volleyball, officials said on Wednesday. A former player with the KEPCO45 team allegedly took bribes from a gambling …

This week we head to the majestic Pebble Beach in California for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am. This event first started in 1937 at the Rancho Santa Fe …