Feeling like he belongs, Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios is undaunted by the challenge of facing French Open finalist David Ferrer in his main-draw debut at the US Open. The youngest …
Continue reading Aussie tennis teen pumped for US OpenHis entry and exit from another Bledisloe Cup win was typical Tony Woodcock. The All Blacks prop had avoided hype around his 100th Test all week and that carried into …
Continue reading Woodcock humble in raising Test tonSwedish Solheim Cup star Caroline Hedwall fired a six-under par 64 on Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open. Hedwall, seeking the …
Continue reading Hedwall grabs Canadian Women’s Open leadSamantha Stosur admits splitting with her long-time coach nine days out from the US Open wasn’t flash timing. Stosur will enter the final grand slam of the year starting on …
Continue reading Stosur coaching split upsets Open lead-upWallabies coach Ewen McKenzie is looking closely at making changes to his team, and their tactics, after a second straight disappointment against the All Blacks. The Bledisloe Cup was lost …
Continue reading Wallabies look at changes for BoksSimona Halep rolled past defending champion Petra Kvitova 6-2 6-2 on Saturday in the WTA New Haven final, her first hardcourt title coming days before the US Open. Halep, 21, …
Continue reading Halep tunes up for US Open with triumphGeelong could hardly be better placed to mount a formidable challenge for a fourth AFL flag in seven years following their 44-point demolition job on Sydney. A victory over Brisbane …
Continue reading Cats dominant over other top-8 AFL teamsA last-minute penalty by fly-half Morne Steyn sealed an unimpressive 22-17 win for South Africa over Argentina Saturday in a scrappy Rugby Championship Test. After a humiliating 60-point defeat in …
Continue reading Steyn kicks Springboks to narrow victorySimona Halep upset defending champion Petra Kvitova 6-2 6-2 on Saturday to win the New Haven Open, the final WTA tuneup for next week’s US Open. The 21-year-old Halep broke …
Continue reading Halep beats Kvitova to win New Haven OpenDebutant James Faulkner says England fans deserve a refund for being forced to watch their side bat in slow motion in the fifth Test at The Oval. England are 4-247 …
Continue reading Debutant Faulkner fires up at EnglandFrenchman Gael Monfils fell victim to an abdominal muscle injury and retired from the ATP Winston-Salem final handing Austrian Jurgen Melzer the crown. Melzer was leading 6-3 2-1 – and …
Continue reading Melzer wins ATP Winston-Salem OpenPat Richards will go down in Wigan folklore and the departing wing admits an old-fashioned 16-0 Challenge Cup final victory against Hull FC was the perfect way to mark his …
Continue reading Richards inspires Wigan Challenge Cup winEngland’s Tommy Fleetwood earned a share of the lead with Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez after the third round of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on Saturday. Fleetwood looked set to …
Continue reading Fleetwood, Gonzalez share Gleneagles leadSpain’s Dani Sordo seized the lead in the Rally of Germany on Saturday but the race was overshadowed by a fatal accident which left two competitors dead. Organisers cancelled the …
Continue reading Fatal crash overshadows German RallyAhmed Shehzad hit the highest international Twenty20 score by a Pakistani to lead his country to a second win in two days over Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Saturday. …
Continue reading Shehzad hits record score in Pakistan winLewis Hamilton secured his fourth consecutive pole position with a perfectly-timed lap in rollercoaster weather conditions in the final seconds of Saturday’s qualifying session for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. The …
Continue reading Hamilton secures Belgian GP poleBritain’s Cal Crutchlow stunned the favourites in Saturday’s qualifying session and grabbed pole position for Sunday’s Czech MotoGP. The 27-year-old Yamaha rider clocked 1min 55.527sec, a new record at the …
Continue reading Crutchlow grabs Czech MotoGP poleEssendon coach James Hird says there could be circumstances under which he would accept an AFL suspension, but his first priority is to prove he’s innocent of most allegations against …
Continue reading Hird would cop AFL ban if it helps Bombers
