Jean-Eric Vergne, who was replaced as a Toro Rosso driver by 17-year-old Max Verstappen, will join Ferrari as a test driver for the 2015 season, the Italian team have announced …
Continue reading Vergne signs as Ferrari test driverMartin Crowe’s cancer diagnosis has worsened, the former New Zealand cricket great has revealed. In a column for website cricinfo, 52-year-old Crowe says doctors are not giving him long to …
Continue reading Crowe reveals worsening cancer conditionGerman bank BayernLB is seeking 345 million euros ($A517.5 million) in a lawsuit against Formula One magnate Bernie Ecclestone over the 2006 sale of the sport’s rights, according to a …
Continue reading F1’s Ecclestone sued for $500m: reportThe plaudits are coming as thick and fast as wickets for Sean Abbott, with Australian Twenty20 captain Aaron Finch tipping the NSW allrounder to enjoy a long and fruitful international …
Continue reading Abbott international cricket future tippedAustralia dominated day three of the second Test at the Gabba, but Steve Smith knows his bowlers still have their work cut out for them on Saturday. Australia amassed a …
Continue reading Aust seek quick wickets on day fourSkipper Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor hit half-centuries while paceman Matt Henry recorded career-best bowling figures as New Zealand thumped Pakistan by 68 runs in the fifth and final one-dayer …
Continue reading New Zealand beat Pakistan 3-2Vernon Philander was the main destroyer as the West Indian batting crumbled on the third day of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park on Friday. Philander took …
Continue reading S Africa in control of W IndiesFormula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is working to return South Africa to the schedule. There has not been an F1 race in Africa since the last South African Grand Prix …
Continue reading Ecclestone trying to revive S African GPSean Abbott has continued his push for a World Cup berth, picking up two key scalps in the Sydney Sixers’ eight-wicket Big Bash League win over the Melbourne Renegades. Abbott …
Continue reading Abbott takes two wickets for SixersEnglish second-tier rugby league team Featherstone Rovers have signed former NSW and Australian forward Reni Maitua on a two-year deal. The 32-year-old former Canterbury, Cronulla and Parramatta player has 174 …
Continue reading Reni Maitua heads to EnglandAshleigh Barty must rediscover her love of tennis before she can contemplate a return to the world tour, in the opinion of two-time grand slam champion Lleyton Hewitt. Barty walked …
Continue reading Barty should take her time: HewittSecond seed John-Patrick Smith has won through to the final of the Australian Open wildcard play-off. Smith, 25, overcame fourth seed Ben Mitchell in straight sets in semi-final action at …
Continue reading Smith into Aus Open tennis wildcard finalStepping up as Australian skipper quickly proved to be his toughest gig yet. But it seems Steve Smith is getting the hang of it judging by his record captain’s knock …
Continue reading Smith comes of age as captainMitchell Johnson turned the second Test on its head in Brisbane on Friday, hammering 88 off 93 balls as India relinquished control. Australia started day three poorly and were 6-247 …
Continue reading India’s words play into Johnson’s favourHow out of form is Brad Haddin? Wicketkeeping – the skill he once copped flak for – is now Haddin’s strength after the veteran gloveman again fell cheaply in the …
Continue reading Haddin’s Test spot safe: SmithMelbourne Stars all-rounder James Faulkner has backed his side to bounce back quickly from their emphatic opening-round BBL loss to the Adelaide Strikers. The Stars were powerless to stop a …
Continue reading Stars ready to bounce back in BBLGeelong’s Jackson Thurlow has been released from hospital following a lacerated kidney suffered in training for the forthcoming AFL season. The Tasmanian utility was discharged from a Geelong hospital on …
Continue reading Cats’ Thurlow out of hospitalMitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc has dominated day three of the second Test in Brisbane, where Australia took their aggressive approach to new heights. The left-armers bowled tightly to restrict …
Continue reading India 1-71 after Aussies fire with bat


