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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 …

The 2011 NRL season ended with the most hated team in the shape of Manly-Warringah taking Rugby Leagues greatest prize. But the weeks following their premiership glory have been well …

Kenya’s marathon world record holder Patrick Makau says he will be going for an historic double victory in April’s London marathon and the Olympic Games in the same city three …

Australian long-course triathlon star Pete Jacobs will fine tune his preparations for the Ironman Melbourne race this Sunday in Geelong. Jacobs is the man to beat in the inaugural urban …

Novak Djokovic no longer just rules tennis, he rules the sporting world. The Serbian superstar confirmed his growing status by winning the Laureus sportsman of the year award in London. …

Argentina won the women’s Champions Trophy for the fifth time in Rosario, Argentina, on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Great Britain in the final. The Netherlands claimed the bronze …

Swimming greats Mark Spitz and Dawn Fraser believe what Ian Thorpe brings to the Australian Olympic team out of the pool could be as important as how he performs in …

World 100m freestyle swimming champion James Magnussen believes his sizzling early-year form is ringing alarm bells among his overseas rivals. Magnussen 20, who burst onto the international scene last year …

Austrian skier Romed Baumann won Sunday’s super-combined race at Chamonix for his second World Cup win, three years after he last topped a podium. Baumann timed 2min 56.10sec to finish …

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, Feb 5 AFP – American Julia Mancuso won the super-G World Cup race in Germany on Sunday with Austria’s Anna Fenninger second and Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather finished third. …

Jan Hudec of Canada won the men’s World Cup downhill at Chamonix on Saturday ahead of Romed Baumann of Austria and Erik Guay of Canada. It was just the second …