World champion Sebastian Loeb, in a Citroen, clinched a seventh Monte Carlo Rally title on Saturday after heavy snow and driving rain caused the race’s last two stages to be …
Continue reading Loeb wins seventh Monte Carlo titleManchester City cut Manchester United’s Premier League lead to four points by beating Fulham 2-0 on Saturday thanks to a brace of goals from Spanish midfielder David Silva. United are …
Continue reading City trim United lead, Liverpool hit fiveMontpellier defeated Toulon 23-3 in an emotionally-draining European Cup clash on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals for the first time and leave defending champions Leinster’s hopes on a knife-edge. Montpellier, …
Continue reading Montpellier win piles pressure on LeinsterJames Franklin batted skillfully with the tail to secure a tense one-wicket upset win for New Zealand in the first one-day international against South Africa at Boland Park on Saturday. …
Continue reading Franklin steers to New Zealand victoryJustin Rose consolidated his lead in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on Saturday firing a 68 to take a two-stroke advantage into the final round. The 32-year-old English world No.5 …
Continue reading Rose on top in Abu DhabiFrenchman Gilles Simon will limp into a fourth round Australian Open showdown with third seed Andy Murray after barely making it through a near five-hour endurance test against flamboyant countryman …
Continue reading Simon limps into Open clash with MurrayTennis great Roger Federer says athletes in all sports have been hurt by the Lance Armstrong drugs scandal. The Swiss 17-time grand slam champion said the disgraced cyclist’s long-term performance-enhancing …
Continue reading Armstrong has hurt all sports: FedererThe Brisbane Heat are the new kings of Australian Twenty20 cricket after beating the Perth Scorchers by 34 runs in Saturday’s Big Bash final at the WACA Ground. Chasing 168 …
Continue reading Heat beat Scorchers to claim T20 crownJapanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm’s Australian Open run has ended at the hands of a woman half her age. The 42-year-old became the tournament’s oldest singles winner in the professional era …
Continue reading Date-Krumm’s Australian Open run endsLleyton Hewitt believes Bernard Tomic’s ability to handle the hometown pressure is great news for him and the Australian Open. Hewitt said the 20-year-old Australian No.1, who was on a …
Continue reading Tomic’s hometown form great sign: HewittLuke Pomersbach struggled to get going but the Brisbane Heat still posted a competitive 5-167 in their Twenty20 Big Bash League final against the Perth Scorchers at the WACA Ground …
Continue reading Heat make 5-167 in BBL T20 finalIt was billed as Roger’s Weekend at Bernie’s but Rod Laver Arena remains very much Federer’s house. No man has won more Open crowns at Melbourne Park than Federer and …
Continue reading Federer ends Tomic’s Open campaignAndy Murray has backed a tougher anti-doping regime for tennis, including biological passports and more blood tests, to keep the sport drug-free after the Lance Armstrong scandal. As Serena Williams …
Continue reading Murray backs anti-doping passportTalented but wayward newcomer Marseille Roulette has survived a protest to win the lucrative Inglis Classic at Rosehill on Saturday. The colt’s outward shift inside the 100m mark gave James …
Continue reading Marseille Roulette wins Inglis Classic 2013In golf, as in other sports, money talks, but money cannot guarantee results. Proof of that came in Abu Dhabi when the two biggest and best paid names in the …
Continue reading Grief in the Gulf as stars fadeThe NSW Breakers confirmed their status as the most powerful team in Australian women’s cricket with a five-wicket victory over the Western Fury in Saturday’s Twenty20 final at the WACA …
Continue reading NSW win women’s T20 title against FuryThe Chardy was flowing at the Australian Open. And little-known Jeremy Chardy’s upset win over sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro on Saturday means there’ll be no shortage of French …
Continue reading Chardy bursts del Potro’s Open bubbleIt will be an all-Lee affair in the Australian Women’s Amateur final over 36 holes at Melbourne’s Commonwealth Golf Club. West Australian Minjee Lee will play South Australian Jenny Lee …
Continue reading Minjee Lee gets second crack at golf title


