Former Formula One driver Alessandro Zanardi, who lost both legs following a crash in 2001, is returning to motorsport as a BMW factory driver. The 47-year-old Italian will take part …
Continue reading Zanardi returns to motorsport with BMWFive-time Davis Cup winners Spain will be without 13-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal and world number three David Ferrer for their Davis Cup tie away to Germany later this …
Continue reading Nadal, Ferrer out for Davis Cup tieArgentina will face Italy in the Davis Cup in Mar del Plata next week without their leading player, Juan Martin Del Potro. Argentine team captain Martin Jaite has named world …
Continue reading Del Potro to miss Argentina Davis Cup tieEngland want to give Australia a dose of their own medicine this week, but the visitors know they’ll need to drastically improve their skills if they are to achieve their …
Continue reading England eager to atone for poor seriesIn one sense, it will be the lowest-stakes grand slam battle Roger Federer and Andy Murray have had. But there’s still plenty riding on Wednesday night’s Australian Open quarter-final between …
Continue reading Federer and Murray resume slam rivalryMelbourne Stars’ opener Luke Wright says seeing Rob Quiney collapse in pain with his latest shoulder injury left his teammates feeling gutted. Former Test opener Quiney landed heavily while fielding …
Continue reading Wright to take on Stars’ teammatesDeparting Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore has ended his tenure on a happy note with his team winning the third Test, and says he may still return in another capacity. The …
Continue reading Whatmore happy with Pakistan finishFour-time champion Novak Djokovic’s 25-match Australian Open winning streak has been brought to a stunning end by sweet-hitting Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka. Wawrinka, who went agonisingly close to ending Djokovic’s Melbourne …
Continue reading Wawrinka ousts Djokovic in OpenA half-century from Luke Wright helped the Melbourne Stars stretch their unbeaten record to seven in Tuesday night’s BBL clash with the Hobart Hurricanes at the MCG. The win came …
Continue reading Stars stay unbeaten in BBLBBL heavyweights the Melbourne Stars faced two major setbacks on Tuesday after paceman Lasith Malinga was recalled by Sri Lanka’s board and Rob Quiney injured his shoulder. However the first-placed …
Continue reading Stars chase 132 to beat Hurricanes in BBLAustralia’s Lleyton Hewitt has committed to the tennis equivalent of cricket’s Indian Premier League, set to launch in November. The inaugural International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) season, from November 28 …
Continue reading Hewitt commits to tennis premier leagueWorld No.3 David Ferrer bumped a linesman and was then bounced out of the Australian Open as Czech Tomas Berdych achieved two significant Melbourne Park breakthroughs. Berdych, the seventh seed, …
Continue reading Ferrer bumps linesman, Berdych in semisThe PGA Tour this week heads to Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, San Diego, California for the Farmers Insurance Open which hosts the second event in the ‘West …
Continue reading Farmers Insurance Open 2014 PreviewCadel Evans and Richie Porte lost the opening battle, but are far from conceding this week’s Tour Down Under. While the pair lost valuable seconds to fellow Australian cycling star …
Continue reading Evans, Porte lose time in cycling TourNewcastle coach Wayne Bennett admits he’s disappointed he never had the opportunity to work with Russell Packer and help the controversial New Zealand Test prop turn around his bad boy …
Continue reading Bennett disappointed by Packer jailingWorld No.3 David Ferrer bumped a linesman and was then bounced out of the Australian Open by Czech Tomas Berdych. Ferrer fell to seventh seed Berdych 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-4, …
Continue reading Ferrer bumped out as Berdych advancesLess than one month out from the Sochi Winter Olympics, teen tennis sensation Eugenie Bouchard may just have achieved Canadian sport’s equivalent of Mission Impossible – dragging attention away from …
Continue reading Big Open win for teen star BouchardThe Western Bulldogs will be without Jarrad Grant for the start of the AFL season with the forward fracturing his foot. Grant underwent surgery on his left foot on Monday, …
Continue reading Bulldog Grant to miss start of AFL season


