Britain’s Katherine Legge and Pippa Mann and Brazilian Ana Beatriz joined the Indianapolis 500 starting grid on Sunday to match a race record four women starters in this year’s field. …
Continue reading Four women in Indy 500 fieldLiverpool gave retiring stalwart Jamie Carragher a fitting send off by beating the Premier League’s bottom club QPR 1-0 at an emotional Anfield. The game on Sunday brought down the …
Continue reading Liverpool legend Carragher bows outFormer England player and manager Kevin Keegan does not believe David Beckham will go into coaching after ending his playing career. Beckham played his last match for current club Paris …
Continue reading Becks won’t coach: KeeganFor Holden’s Jamie Whincup, it was an American dream. For Ford’s Will Davison, it was a star-spangled spanner in the works for his V8 Supercar championship hopes. Whincup swept to …
Continue reading Whincup wins to extend V8 title leadManchester City defender Gael Clichy has signed a new four-year contract with the Premier League club. Clichy has been one of the few solid performers for City during a troubled …
Continue reading Clichy signs new deal with ManCityFernando Torres ensured Rafael Benitez’s troubled reign at Chelsea ended with a third place finish, striking a 76th-minute winner to secure a 2-1 over Everton at Stamford Bridge on the …
Continue reading Torres gives Benitez happy farewellPremier League referee Mark Halsey has retired after taking charge of Norwich’s 3-2 win at Manchester City on the final day of the season. Halsey was diagnosed with cancer in …
Continue reading Premier League referee Halsey retiresQueensland coaching boss Ewen McKenzie insists Quade Cooper is no more of a defensive concern than five-eighth elect James O’Connor and is miffed at the Reds playmaker’s omission from the …
Continue reading Cooper no defensive worry, says McKenzieThe Warriors boss says coach Matthew Elliot’s job is not under threat following their record loss to the Panthers but players have been ticked off for their post-match demeanour. Several …
Continue reading Smiles wiped from Warriors’ facesThe Crusaders are the latest team struck by a Super Rugby hooker malaise, forcing them to call up a journeyman from Taranaki club rugby. Laurence Corlett, 33, has joined the …
Continue reading Crusaders call up journeyman hookerHolden driver Fabian Coulthard has won the third of four races this weekend at the V8 Supercars event in the United States, but faces investigation over a possible mid-race breach. …
Continue reading Coulthard wins but faces post-race probeEnglish football witnessed the end of an era on Sunday as Alex Ferguson signed off as Manchester United manager with an extraordinary 5-5 draw at West Bromwich Albion in his …
Continue reading Ferguson bows out as Man United draw 5-5Arsenal won the race for fourth place in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle while Alex Ferguson’s extraordinary career ended in remarkable fashion as Manchester United drew …
Continue reading Arsenal seal Champions League berthMan-of-the-match Stuart Broad routed New Zealand on Sunday but insisted “attack leader” James Anderson was the man behind England’s thumping 170-run first Test win at Lord’s. Fast-medium bowler Broad took …
Continue reading Broad best as England thrash NZ at Lord’sGraeme McDowell again displayed the traits that has made him a feared Ryder Cup competitor in defeating Thongchai Jaidee 2 & 1 in the final of the World Match Play …
Continue reading McDowell wins World Match Play titleChampionship leader Jamie Whincup’s dominance of the V8 Supercars’ American debut shows no signs of slowing down. After winning both races on Sunday, Holden’s Whincup will start from pole for …
Continue reading Whincup takes V8 pole again in TexasSpain’s Rafael Nadal dominated his 30th meeting with Swiss rival Roger Federer to secure his seventh title in nine years at the Rome Masters on Sunday. Nadal’s 6-1 6-3 triumph …
Continue reading Nadal crushes Federer to win Rome MastersWorld No.1 Serena Williams swept Belarusian Victoria Azarenka aside 6-1 6-3 to win the Rome Open WTA title on Sunday. Williams broke Azarenka’s serve three times in a one-sided first …
Continue reading Serena thrashes Azarenka to win Rome title

