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The netball career of former Australian captain Sharelle McMahon is again on hold indefinitely, but this time she is ecstatic. McMahon announced on Saturday that she and husband Brek Mansfield …

Austria’s Klaus Kroell on Friday won the first of two World Cup downhills at Chamonix, his fourth victory on the international ski circuit. Kroell clocked 2min 04.22sec, one-hundredth of a …

P – Brittney Cox has won Australia’s first-ever women’s World Cup moguls medal after placing third at Deer Valley in Salt Lake City. Mount Buller skier Cox, who represented Australia …

Michael Klim knows he’ll likely be left in the backwash of world champion James Magnussen when they meet for the first time at next week’s NSW swimming championships. “I think …

Australian middle-distance Olympic medal hope Ryan Gregson says he’s tracking for a London Games qualifying time at a meet in Sydney later this month. Gregson, who was ranked as high …

New Zealand hockey player Stacey Michelsen has been named the women’s FIH young player of the year. The skilful midfielder was presented with the award at the Champions Trophy tournament …

Governments, law enforcement agencies and betting operators have agreed to work more closely together to fight illegal betting and corruption in sports. The International Olympic Committee on Thursday held a …

The AFL has vowed to take every legal avenue available to protect its multi-million dollar broadcast rights deal with Telstra, but its fight might take up to two years. AFL …

Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice could return to competition for the first time since shoulder surgery at next week’s NSW state swimming titles in Sydney. Rice underwent arthroscopic surgery …

Football’s governing body FIFA on Wednesday unveiled the logo for the 2013 Confederations Cup, 500 days before the tournament’s opening game in Brasilia. The green, blue, yellow, white and red …

It’s all just a little bit of history repeating as the New England patriots take on the New York giants in Super Bowl XLVI / 46. The game will be …

Organisers of next year’s America’s Cup sailing regatta on San Francisco Bay say they will reconsider the format of the challengers’ series after receiving only three entries. Regatta director Iain …

South Korean sprinter Lim Hee-Nam and Portugal’s European 5000m bronze medallist Sara Moreira received six-month bans from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Tuesday for doping. Both athletes …

France’s Groupama were neck and neck with Spanish team Telefonica as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet sailed into the South China Sea on Tuesday, after Puma suffered yet another setback …

Australian Jenny Owens avoided a chaotic series of crashes in the final of the skier cross event at the X Games to snare a bronze medal in Aspen, Colorado. It …

Ian Thorpe has set the quickest time of his comeback to finish sixth in the 100m freestyle final at a low-key event in Luxembourg in 50.76 seconds. Thorpe, who qualified …

Japan produced a new Olympic hopeful on Sunday when Risa Shigetomo won the Osaka international women’s marathon in only her second such event. The 24-year-old secured victory after a strong …

Caine Eckstein won round four of the Australian Ironman Series at Perth on Sunday as local lifesaver Elizabeth Pluimers won the women’s race to take the overall lead in her …