Victorian teenager Lisa Phillips will be aiming to become the first bowler to win back-to-back Australian Open singles titles when she contests the final in Melbourne on Friday. The 18-year-old …

Flying Jamaican Michael Frater, who has combined with the incomparable Usain Bolt in the three fastest 4x100m relay teams of all time, will be the headline attraction at this year’s …

Perennial trans-Tasman netball contenders, the NSW Swifts, have broken with tradition by choosing co-captains, with Diamonds’ stars Mo’onia Gerrard and Kimberlee Green sharing the leadership. Another international, shooter Susan Pratley, …

Field hockey’s world body FIH is planning a new world league that will replace the present qualifying tournaments for the Olympics and the World Cup. FIH president Leandro Negre said …

Kelly Slater says the introduction of random drug tests this year to the world surfing championship won’t have any impact on him. The 11-time world champion says if it’s good …

Eight months ago, budding Olympic diver Ethan Warren thought he was having a heart attack. “He had gone blue, white and kept on throwing up,” recalled his 3m synchro partner …

Australia’s Olympic team in London will be the nation’s smallest at a summer Games since 1992, following the failure of the men’s soccer team to qualify. The Olyroos’ 1-0 loss …

Hurdling superstar Sally Pearson and rising jumps sensation Henry Frayne will both double up at next month’s world indoor athletics championships in Turkey. Pearson, the reigning 100m hurdles world champion …

Emerging Australian diver Ethan Warren has come agonisingly close to picking up a medal in the 3m springboard at the Olympic test event in London. The 20-year-old missed out on …

Young Australian diver Ethan Warren has come agonisingly close to picking up a medal in the 3m springboard at the Olympic test event in London. The 20-year-old missed out on …

Anderlecht midfielder Guillaume Gillet believes his side needs to up their aggression if they are to overturn the deficit against AZ Alkmaar in their Europa League second-leg last 32 match …

They escorted (apparently) bloodied passengers up to ambulances, cordoned off the street near an (apparently) stricken London underground station, rushed to find an (apparently) half-exploded backpack. Ah, but it was …

Favourites India have overcome a stiff challenge from lower-ranked Canada to post a 3-2 win and virtually book a place in the men’s final of the Olympic hockey qualifying tournament …

Australian Open bowls champions Kelsey Cottrell, Anne Johns and Lynsey Armitage have held onto their title. The defending champions played Commonwealth Game silver medallists Kay Moran and Julie Keegan and …

British emergency services have held a huge pre-Olympics security exercise, centring on a mock terrorist attack on the London Underground. The two-day test – called “Exercise Forward Defensive” – started …

Rowing Australia (RA) has effectively reopened the door to Olympic selection for overlooked oarswomen following criticism its cursed boat – the women’s eight – will not compete in London. After …

Evergreen Caribbean sprinter Kim Collins will make a return visit to the Stawell Gift as a key part of his fifth Olympic Games buildup. Collins, the 2003 100m world champion, …

World No.2 Joel Parkinson says the class of 2012 could be the best the men’s surfing tour has seen. With an extraordinary lineup of talent for the Quiksilver Pro starting …