Injury has ruled French playmaker Morgan Parra out of the three-Test series against the All Blacks next month. Prolific pointscorer Parra, 24, aggravated a thigh problem during his Clermont Auvergne …
Continue reading France’s Parra ruled out of NZ rugby tourEngland were 1-116 in their second innings, a lead of 296 runs, at stumps on the third day of the second Test against New Zealand in Leeds on Sunday. England …
Continue reading England 1-116 against New ZealandBoo Weekley won the US PGA Tour’s $US6.4 million ($A6.6 million) Crowne Plaza Invitational on Sunday, firing a final-round 66 to claim his third career title and his first since …
Continue reading Weekley wins Texas golf from KucharHooker Tatafu Polota Nau and No.8 Wycliff Palu have re-signed with Australian rugby and the NSW Waratahs. The powerful 30-year-old Palu on Monday turned his back on offshore opportunities in …
Continue reading Palu, Polota Nau re-sign with WallabiesBrazil’s Tony Kanaan, frustrated after leading eight Indianapolis 500s without a victory, finally won the oval classic on Sunday with a tension-packed restart pass with three laps remaining. Kanaan overtook …
Continue reading Brazil’s Tony Kanaan wins Indy 500Bernard Tomic’s Australian Davis Cup teammates believe he will relish a return to competition at the French Open on Tuesday amid the drama surrounding his father. Tomic hasn’t played since …
Continue reading Aussies say Tomic is ready for returnFP – Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt has endorsed plans for a franchise-based International Premier Tennis League and hopes to play in the inaugural season slated for late next year. Plans …
Continue reading Hewitt backs tennis premier league plansMitchell Johnson picked up two key wickets as his Mumbai Indians scored a 23-run win over Michael Hussey’s Chennai Super Kings in the IPL final at the Eden Gardens. The …
Continue reading Johnson stars in Mumbai’s IPL final winItaly’s Matteo Manassero rewrote the history books when he became the youngest ever winner of the European PGA Championship at Wentworth on Sunday. Manassero won a sudden death play-off against …
Continue reading Manassero wins European PGA titleA gallant final-set fightback proved in vain as Lleyton Hewitt squandered a two-set lead against Gilles Simon to bow out of the French Open. Marinko Matosevic and James Duckworth also …
Continue reading Hewitt out as Aussies fall out OpenThe stewards at the Monaco Grand Prix confirmed on Sunday evening that they had received official protests from the Red Bull and Ferrari teams concerning an alleged illegal Mercedes test …
Continue reading Webber’s Red Bull protest against MercedesBarcelona announced on Sunday morning that after a transfer saga lasting some 18 months they have finally landed Brazilian international Neymar from Santos on a five-year deal that is expected …
Continue reading Barca get Neymar for 50 million eurosNico Rosberg became the first son of a former Monaco Grand Prix winner to triumph on the streets of the Mediterranean principality when he drove his Mercedes to an accomplished …
Continue reading Nico Rosberg wins Monaco Grand PrixWomen’s top seed, 2002 champion and overwhelming favourite Serena Williams buried the ghosts of her 2012 first-round horror show to storm into the second round of the French Open on …
Continue reading Serena serves a up storm at French OpenRoger Federer took on a Spanish hotshot who had ripped up the introductory Futures circuit, schooling the 21-year-old in the way of the clay with a 6-2 6-2 6-3 defeat …
Continue reading Federer schools young SpaniardA gallant final-set fightback proved in vain as Lleyton Hewitt squandered a two-set lead against 15th-seeded local Gilles Simon to bow out of the French Open. The 32-year-old Australian threatened …
Continue reading Hewitt out of Open despite late rallyEd Joyce scored his first one-day international hundred for Ireland as the hosts set Pakistan a target of 230 to win the second one-day international at Clontarf on Sunday. Conditions …
Continue reading Pakistan frustrated by Joyce tonStuart Lancaster may have unearthed a few sparkling young diamonds in the Twickenham turf as his new boys shone brightly during England’s 40-12 demolition of the Barbarians on Sunday. The …
Continue reading Rugby young guns tame Barbarians

