Thanasi Kokkinakis has pointedly declined to pour more fuel on the raging Lleyton Hewitt firestorm after being forced out of the Australian Open in agony. Kokkinakis lasted only a set …
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Young gun Alexei Popyrin has secured Australia’s equal-best start at Melbourne Park in 16 years after stunning German veteran Mischa Zverev in his grand-slam debut. The 19-year-old on on Tuesday …
Continue reading Popyrin joins Aussies in Open second roundKurtley Beale has apologised to Rugby Australia but will receive no punishment after he was seen laughing at a man appearing to consume drugs in a video circulated on social …
Continue reading Rugby’s Beale apologises for videoSamantha Stosur’s lamentable record at Melbourne Park has continued with a first-round loss to rising Ukrainian star Dayana Yastremska, her fourth-straight defeat in the Australian Open’s opening round. Stosur, the …
Continue reading Another Aust Open, another exit for StosurA despondent Daria Gavrilova has revealed she’s still struggling with a lack of confidence that plagued her 2018 season. The feisty Gavrilova made her earliest Australian Open exit in four …
Continue reading Loss of confidence for Daria GavrilovaMATCHES TO WATCH ON DAY THREE OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN: * 15-Ashleigh Barty (AUS) v Wang Yafan (CHN), Rod Laver Arena – Day Session Australia’s great hope should have little …
Continue reading Australian Open day 3 must-see match-upsDesperate to atone for a disappointing 2018, Bryce Cartwright admits not putting in enough hard work last year but insists this pre-season has been different at Gold Coast. A one-time …
Continue reading Cartwright ready to atone for NRL wrongsTennis Australia is standing behind Lleyton Hewitt as Davis Cup captain despite a blistering attack from outsider Bernard Tomic. Tomic, the world No.88, said Hewitt’s leadership of the Australian team …
Continue reading Tennis Australia backs Hewitt in Tomic rowWade Graham was enjoying a white Christmas in Canada with his young family when he realised he couldn’t leave Cronulla. On the other side of the world, just a week …
Continue reading Sharks dramas prompt Graham’s new NRL dealThree years after having a break from tennis and taking up labouring, journeyman Alex Bolt has broken through for a maiden grand slam win on home soil in the opening …
Continue reading Bolt sacks Sock for first grand slam winJohn Morris doesn’t know how long he’ll be head coach of Cronulla but, for the good of the NRL club, the interim mentor knows he has to act as if …
Continue reading Morris like full-time NRL coach at SharksInjury-plagued Thanasi Kokkinakis has been forced to withdraw midway through his Australian Open first-round match against Japan’s Taro Daniel due to a shoulder problem. Kokkinakis won the first set of …
Continue reading More shoulder trouble for KokkinakisIf you can’t beat them, join them. After 13 years spearheading Ford’s Supercars battle with Holden, Mark Winterbottom has driven his first laps in the Commodore he’ll race in this …
Continue reading Frosty takes new Supercar for a spinDavis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has dismissed claims of a damaging rift in Australian tennis ranks following an astonishing broadside from self-exiled star Bernard Tomic. In a bitter aftermath to …
Continue reading Hewitt laughs off Tomic’s Open outburstGerman superstar Alexander Zverev and Japanese ace Kei Nishikori have led the big names safely through to the second round on day two of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Fourth-seeded …
Continue reading Zverev into Australian Open second roundDaria Gavrilova has made her earliest Australian Open exit in four years after being bounced out in the opening round by Tamara Zidansek from Slovenia. The feisty Gavrilova had reached …
Continue reading First-round Open loss for GavrilovaSerena Williams treated herself to less than an hour on Rod Laver Arena in an emotional return to the scene of her greatest grand slam triumph on Tuesday. In a …
Continue reading Serena resplendent in green at OpenLuckless Ajla Tomljanovic has created her own small but unwanted piece of tennis history as the first Australian to bow out of a grand slam tournament in a super-tiebreaker. The …
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