Northcliffe’s Elizabeth Pluimers captured her second Ironwoman Series crown on Sunday when she won the sixth and final round at Noosa Heads. Kristyl Smith, who held a slender one-point series …
China’s Ding Junhui swept past England’s Shaun Murphy 6-2 on Saturday to reach the Welsh Open snooker final. The 24-year-old, who laid the foundations for victory by taking a 4-1 …
Track veteran Tamsyn Manou has leapt to the defence of outspoken 400m star John Steffensen, insisting he’s a supportive team-mate who is great for Australian athletics. Controversial Steffensen drew a …
China’s Ding Junhui swept past England’s Shaun Murphy 6-2 on Saturday to reach the Welsh Open snooker final. The 24-year-old, who laid the foundations for victory by taking a 4-1 …
Chinese star Liu Xiang beat Cuban rival Dayron Robles at the British Grand Prix Indoor on Saturday in the first clash of the hurdlers since their controversial World Championship showdown …
Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher notched up his seventh win of the season to reclaim the lead in the men’s World Cup giant slalom on Saturday. His second consecutive giant slalom …
A British man has been evacuated from a yacht competing in a round-the-world race after sustaining a head injury in rough seas off the coast of Taiwan. Nick Woodward, 55, …
World champion Sally Pearson clocked her fastest 100m hurdles time in Australia while John Steffensen backed up his outspoken ways with another 400m victory at the Sydney Track classic on …
Lindsey Vonn clinched her fifth consecutive World Cup downhill title on Saturday, although German rival and friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch won the race on the 2014 Sochi Olympics course. For her …
World champion Sally Pearson showed her London Olympic campaign is well and truly on track with an impressive win in the 100m hurdles final at the Sydney Track Classic on …
Australian beach volleyballers took an important step towards this year’s Olympic competition, successfully qualifying for the Asian Continental Cup. Led by long-standing Olympians Natalie Cook, Tamsin Hinchley, Louise Bawden and …
Ali Day is warily looking over his shoulder leading into Sunday’s sixth and final round of the Ironman Series. The Mooloolaba competitor has a tenuous five-point advantage over ironman icon …
Australian aerials skier Laura Peel has recorded a breakthrough victory to claim World Cup gold in Kreischberg, Austria on Friday. The 22-year-old from Mount Buller joins an elite club of …
Australia’s Olympic organising committee has painted a gloomy picture of the nation’s prospects at the 2012 Olympics, with a lack of funding for elite sports copping the full blame. With …
Australian athletes competing at the this year’s Olympic Games are being encouraged to stay in touch with their fans by using Facebook and Twitter. But Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) chef …
Luiz Fernando Correa, security director for the 2016 Olympic Games Organising Committee (COL), has resigned amid accusations of corruption during his time as National Secretary for Public Security in 2007. …
Chrissie Wellington is to Mirinda Carfrae what the Road Runner is to Wile E Coyote or Collingwood is to Carlton. Racing at the Hawaiian Ironman triathlon this year won’t be …
Australian defending Hawaiian Ironman triathlon champion Craig Alexander rates Lance Armstrong as a serious threat for this year’s title, saying he expects the American will lead off the bike. After …
