Hashim Amla’s unbeaten 69 guided South Africa to a relatively strong position at 3-191 at tea against New Zealand on the opening day of the second cricket Test on Friday. …
Continue reading Amla guides South Africa to 3-191 at teaPakistan on Friday included lanky paceman Mohammad Irfan in a 16-man cricket squad for next month’s three Tests against world number one side South Africa, but there was no place …
Continue reading Pakistan cricket squad for Sth AfricaRoberto Mancini has challenged Manchester City’s strikers to start firing in order to close the seven-point gap on Premier League leaders Manchester United. The reigning champions have not been as …
Continue reading Mancini calls on City strikers to fireFormer Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have dropped their legal action against the Premier League club after agreeing to an out-of-court settlement. The deal ends a bitter dispute …
Continue reading Liverpool reaches deal with former ownersLiverpool winger Raheem Sterling has paid tribute to Steven Gerrard describing the Reds captain as an “inspiration”. The 18-year-old has been a regular in Brendan Rodgers’ starting XI this season, …
Continue reading Sterling praises Liverpool captain GerrardThe Sri Lankan fans turned up in their thousands at the MCG on Friday and luckily for Cricket Australia they did. A crowd figure of 27,461 to watch stand-in Aussie …
Continue reading Sri Lanka fans boost numbersGraeme Smith survived an early blow on the batting helmet to lead a solid start by South Africa on the first day of the second and final Test against New …
Continue reading Smith leads steady start by South AfricaLock Pascal Pape will stay as captain of France for the Six Nations tournament despite the return to the squad of Thierry Dusautoir, coach Philippe Saint-Andre announced on Friday. The …
Continue reading Pape named France captain for Six NationsNo woman will head into the Australian Open in better form than Agnieszka Radwanska. At least on paper, after the Polish world No.4 collected her second straight WTA title in …
Continue reading Radwanska cruises to win Sydney titleThey may be Australia’s “B Team” but George Bailey’s men made a mockery of that moniker with a 107-run one-day win over Sri Lanka at the MCG on Friday. Man …
Continue reading Bailey’s ‘B-team’ beat up Sri Lanka at MCGCanny Russian Elena Vesnina has declared “this is my time” as she aims to end her long WTA title hoodoo in the final of the Hobart International against German Mona …
Continue reading Vesnina vows to end hoodoo against BarthelPoland’s Agnieszka Radwanska claimed back-to-back WTA titles in spectacular style with a 6-0 6-0 demolition of Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova to win the Sydney International on Friday night. A week after …
Continue reading Ruthless Radwanska captures Sydney titleThree days out from the Australian Open and Bernard Tomic has one eye on Roger Federer and the other on his maiden ATP trophy. Tomic on Friday night was trying …
Continue reading Tomic relishing Open showdown with FedererRicky Ponting, Tim Paine, Kemar Roach…um, Chris Sabburg? Club cricketer Sabburg is in line to make a fairytale Big Bash League debut alongside some of the game’s biggest names in …
Continue reading Club cricketer in line for BBL debutThe NSW Breakers will defend their Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) title in Sunday’s final against the Queensland Fire at the SCG. NSW qualified for their 17th straight WNCL decider …
Continue reading NSW v Qld in women’s cricket league finalSydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson admits it would be exciting to have Michael Jennings join the tricolours but he’s not sweating on which NRL club the Penrith star decides to …
Continue reading Roosters staying cool over JenningsAnthony Minichiello will lead the Sydney Roosters in 2013 but what position he does it from seems up in the air. The 32-year-old veteran fullback was unveiled on Friday as …
Continue reading Minichiello becomes Roosters NRL captainMaria Sharapova’s quest for a second Australian Open title was strengthened on Friday as she received a favourable draw and declared herself fully recovered from injury. The Russian world No.2 …
Continue reading Sharapova fit and ready for Open

