Hobart International champion Alize Cornet wants the title to act as a ranking springboard for 2016. The French world No.42 on Saturday won her fifth WTA title, thumping Canadian Eugenie …
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A year older and wiser, Nick Kyrgios says he’s ready for anything as he plots a stylish encore to his 2015 charge to the Australian Open quarter-finals. Kyrgios last year …
Continue reading Kyrgios up for any Open challengeThe Sydney Roosters have reportedly signed Brisbane NRL centre Dale Copley. The 24-year-old told Broncos teammates on Saturday morning he’d signed with the Roosters who are expected to announce the …
Continue reading Copley joins Sydney Roosters: reportWorld No.1 Novak Djokovic is the red-hot favourite to continue his stranglehold on the Australian Open, but Roger Federer says rankings will count for little at the business end of …
Continue reading Rankings don’t matter to Federer, NadalEugenie Bouchard blamed family dramas for her Hobart International final thumping, but the former world No.5 says she’ll be right for the Australian Open. On comeback from injury, Bouchard lost …
Continue reading Bouchard distracted in Hobart final lossSpain’s Roberto Bautista Agut will head to the Australian Open boosted by his ability to negotiate a tough path to New Zealand’s ASB Classic crown. The final itself, which ended …
Continue reading Bautista Agut boosted by Auckland winRoger Federer has revealed how Lleyton Hewitt dumped him as a junior doubles partner at the Australian Open way back when. Career-long friends who first clashed as 15-year-olds at the …
Continue reading Federer’s special memories of HewittFrance’s Alize Cornet has ended Eugenie Bouchard’s perfect week with a straight sets win in the final of the Hobart International. Cornet delivered a polished performance on Saturday, thrashing Bouchard …
Continue reading Alize Cornet wins Hobart InternationalSerena Williams insists she is “120, 130 per cent” ready to defend her Australian Open crown despite suffering another apparent injury scare. After withdrawing from the Hopman Cup with knee …
Continue reading Williams plays down injury scareHis game face well and truly on, Lleyton Hewitt says he can “absolutely” make a fairytale deep run in his Australian Open swansong. Hewitt’s immediate focus is firmly on seeing …
Continue reading Hewitt out to cause some Open damageWe take a look at today’s Flemington meeting on Chester Manifold Stakes 2016 day and give our tips for each of the nine races on the card as well as …
Continue reading Chester Manifold Stakes 2016 day Tips – Flemington 16/1/2016The AFL put “spin” first and fairness last as it tried to control the ASADA investigation into Essendon, former coach James Hird says. He also said his trust was broken …
Continue reading AFL put spin first, fairness last: HirdPremier jockey Hugh Bowman makes his return to Sydney racing with six rides at Randwick. Bowman, who won the Epsom Handicap and Cox Plate on Winx in October, took up …
Continue reading Hugh Bowman returns at RandwickThe Melbourne Racing Club and Racing Victoria are at odds over the funding for the Blue Diamond Stakes. Last October, RV announced a $500,000 prize money increase for Victoria’s only …
Continue reading Blue Diamond Stakes 2016 to be run for $1.5millionEugenie Bouchard and Alize Cornet will put their Australian Open ambitions aside when they contest the final of the Hobart International on Saturday. Former world No.5 Bouchard from Canada is …
Continue reading Bouchard v Cornet in Hobart tennis finalToby Price is one stage away from becoming the first Australian to win the Dakar Rally, holding a huge lead in the motorbike category going into the final day. The …
Continue reading Price edges closer to Dakar winEUTERS – Lamenting the “boring” state of the women’s game, Australian tennis legend Margaret Smith Court says she expects Serena Williams to break her all-time grand slam singles record. Smith …
Continue reading Smith Court backs Serena for major recordSpaniard Roberto Bautista Agut is reading little into his one previous match against American Jack Sock in Auckland on the ATP Tour. Bautista Agut won their quarter-final in 2014, but …
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