Australia’s quest to return to the Davis Cup World Group extended into a deciding third day as Poland edged a five-set doubles thriller in their playoff in Warsaw on Saturday. …
Continue reading Poland hit back in Davis Cup doublesMotoGP world championship leader Marc Marquez will start the San Marino Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday after setting a new qualifying lap record at the Misano circuit. Marquez …
Continue reading MotoGP leader Marquez claims 6th poleRadek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych led holders Czech Republic to a third Davis Cup final in five years after breezing past Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq and Horacio Zeballos in Saturday’s doubles. …
Continue reading Czechs head to Davis Cup finalIt may have rankled AFL fans and pundits, but neither coach had any complaints about the quality of ANZ Stadium’s playing surface after Saturday night’s AFL semi-final between Sydney and …
Continue reading AFL coaches happy with slippery surfaceAfter a shaky start George Bailey’s 87 steered Australia to a competitive first-innings total against England in the fourth one-day international at Cardiff. The Aussies were bowled out for 227 …
Continue reading Australia battles to 227 in CardiffYoung and old answered the call for Sydney as they kept their injury-plagued AFL premiership defence alive with a courageous 24-point semi-final win over Carlton at ANZ Stadium on Saturday …
Continue reading Young and old star for Sydney SwansThe quality of ANZ Stadium’s playing surface has again come into question after Saturday night’s AFL semi-final featured far too much slipping, sliding and scrappy play. Sydney recorded a 24-point …
Continue reading Slippery surface mars AFL semi-finalIt was with a noted limp, but Sydney marched into an AFL preliminary final showdown with Fremantle in stoic style when they downed Carlton by 24 points on Saturday night. …
Continue reading Swans beat Blues to make AFL prelim finalAustralia have pulled a selection surprise with teenager Nick Kyrgios named to replace Lleyton Hewitt in Saturday’s doubles rubber in the World Group playoff against Poland. Kyrgios, 18, will make …
Continue reading Kyrgios to replace Hewitt in doublesIt wasn’t pretty, but the Wallabies finally notched their first win under new coach Ewen McKenzie with a 14-13 triumph over Argentina in Perth on Saturday night. In a match …
Continue reading Wallabies beat Argentina 14-13 in PerthNRL boss Dave Smith was forced to apologise for an embarrassing refereeing blunder that had North Queensland coach Neil Henry suggesting a Sydney conspiracy as the Cowboys were controversially dumped …
Continue reading Referee error in Sharks’ win over CowboysFast bowler Tendai Chatara took five wickets as Zimbabwe pulled off a dramatic 24-run win on the fifth day of the second and final Test against Pakistan on Saturday at …
Continue reading Zimbabwe shock Pakistan in 2nd TestCoach Steve Hansen praised his players, the youthful and the experienced, after the All Blacks downed South Africa 29-15 to go top of the Rugby Championship. The physical and incident-packed …
Continue reading Hansen praises All Black displayVolkswagen star Sebastien Ogier is on track to claim his maiden FIA World Rally Championship this weekend, after dominating every stage on the Coffs Coast on day two of Rally …
Continue reading Ogier on track to clinch WRC title in AustManly threw everything they possibly could at the Sydney Roosters in Saturday night’s NRL qualifying final, except Brett Stewart. The injured fullback’s substitute Peter Hiku was the official man of …
Continue reading Stewart crucial to Manly NRL hopesThe Sydney Roosters will get a well-deserved week off after holding out Manly 4-0 to win a brutally absorbing NRL qualifying final at Allianz Stadium on Saturday. In a scoreline …
Continue reading Roosters hold out Manly in epic clashSydney led Carlton by 22 points at halftime of Saturday night’s AFL semi-final at ANZ Stadium, despite losing Kurt Tippett and Tom Mitchell to injury in the first quarter. Star …
Continue reading Tippett out, Swans lead Blues by 22Cronulla linchpin Todd Carney is racing the clock to be fit for Friday night’s sudden-death semi-final after reinjuring the hamstring injury he took into his side’s win over North Queensland. …
Continue reading Sharks’ Carney racing the clock to be fit

