Rising star Dominic Thiem of Austria has knocked Rafael Nadal out of the Argentina Open with a 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-4) victory over the defending champion on Saturday. Nadal had …
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Teenager Taylor Fritz beat Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania 2-6 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to reach the Memphis Open final, becoming the youngest American to reach a final since Michael Chang …
Continue reading 18-year-old Fritz into ATP Memphis finalThe sheer enormity of Ayumu Goromaru’s fame is still yet to dawn on an unsuspecting Brisbane public, according to his Queensland Reds and Japan Test teammate Hendrik Tui. Reds players, …
Continue reading Goru-mania set to take off at Reds: TuiCameron Smith says he feels for Cooper Cronk as D-day looms on his NRL future but admits it will be tough for the long-time Melbourne playmaker to walk away from …
Continue reading Tough for Cronk to leave: SmithLiam Gill might be off to France at the end of the year but injured Queensland Reds captain James Slipper expects he will be back at Ballymore before his career …
Continue reading Gill will be back at Ballymore: SlipperFifth-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils beat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-3 6-2 Saturday to set up a World Tennis Tournament final against Martin Klizan of Slovakia, who earlier beat qualifier Nicolas …
Continue reading Monfils and Klizan book Rotterdam finalWales has extended Scotland’s losing Six Nations championship run to nine matches with second-half tries from Jamie Roberts and George North securing a 27-23 victory on Saturday. Lacklustre Wales, second …
Continue reading Wales subdue Scotland in 6 NationsThe spectacle may have been convincing enough but Indigenous coach Laurie Daley still felt compelled to ram home the All Stars game’s importance to the NRL after Saturday night’s pulsating …
Continue reading Daley to meet with NRL over All StarsThe twinkle is back in Ben Barba’s eye, Laurie Daley says, and the man himself reckons he is poised to return to the brilliant form that propelled him to NRL …
Continue reading Twinkle back in Ben Barba’s eye: DaleyCanterbury coach Des Hasler has played down his fullback problems as Brett Morris and Will Hopoate race the clock to be ready for their season-opening NRL clash against Manly. Hopoate …
Continue reading Hasler plays down fullback concernsPenrith coach Anthony Griffin has given his strongest indication yet that he will resist shifting Matt Moylan in a Darren Lockyer-style move to the halves and keep him in the …
Continue reading Moylan to resist Lockyer move to sixA reformed Russell Packer has been hailed as St George Illawarra’s missing link after a promising showing in Saturday’s 18-14 Charity Shield loss to South Sydney. After spending a year …
Continue reading Russell ready to revive NRL careerBrisbane firebrand Josh McGuire is raring to go in his comeback from the terrible Achilles injury which cruelled his 2015 NRL season. The Queensland and Australia representative suffered the unfortunate …
Continue reading McGuire excited about rugby league returnFrance burst into life when Maxime Medard’s second-half try inspired them to their first victory over Ireland in five years with a 10-9 win in the Six Nations on Saturday. …
Continue reading France down Ireland 10-9 in 6 NationsBelinda Bencic of Switzerland has beaten Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-4 6-3 in a battle of 18-year-olds to book a spot in the final against Roberta Vinci of Italy, who …
Continue reading Bencic to play Vinci in Russia finalRather than fast track the game, Cameron Smith fears the new scrum shot clock will do the opposite this season after admitting he let it give his side a breather …
Continue reading Smith fears scrum rule will be exploited(EDS: Closes off RL Stars Wrap) By Laine Clark BRISBANE, Feb 14 AAP – Greg Inglis has taken a thinly veiled swipe at Todd Greenberg, wondering why the NRL head …
Continue reading Inglis takes swipe at NRL bossIt was largely business as usual on Saturday night as the NRL’s new video referee bunker made a howler-free debut in the All Stars extravaganza. If you didn’t know the …
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