David Ferrer says it’s taken him two days to get used to faster tennis courts than he expected in Auckland. The top seeded Spaniard was pushed to three sets by …
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New South Wales will enter the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) semi-finals on Friday spurred by a rare reminder of what defeat tastes like. Victoria snapped the Breakers’ 23-game WNCL …
Continue reading NSW up for WNCL semi after rare lossMatignon has bounced back well from a bout of colic and trainer Guy Walter is looking for the mare to get her campaign back on track at Rosehill on Saturday. …
Continue reading Matignon to bounce back in Cloudy Bay SprintAustralia’s acting captain George Bailey has rejected claims he will lead a second-string one-day international (ODI) side against Sri Lanka and accused the Nine Network of talking them down as …
Continue reading Aussie ODI team not B-graders: BaileyTall timber Kevin Anderson will be looking to cut down a few big names at next week’s Australian Open after the unseeded South African continued his run of good form …
Continue reading Anderson, Benneteau into Sydney semiControlled aggression on key points helped Philipp Kohlschreiber into his fourth Auckland Open tennis semi-final, setting up a clash with American Sam Querrey. Kohlschreiber didn’t have much to spare on …
Continue reading Ferrer, Kohlschreiber, Querrey in NZ semisLleyton Hewitt breezed into the final of the Kooyong Classic then said he felt he would be competitive against anyone at next week’s Australian Open. Defying his world ranking of …
Continue reading Hewitt beats Berdych, into Kooyong finalHaving claimed six prized scalps already this summer, in-form local hopes Bernard Tomic and Lleyton Hewitt are the unseeded players to avoid at the Australian Open draw on Friday. Every …
Continue reading Tomic, Hewitt the unseeded Open dangersTennis Australia and former Davis Cup captains are rallying behind frustrated skipper Pat Rafter as his frosty relationship with Bernard Tomic shows no sign of thawing. Rafter’s decision to suspend …
Continue reading Former Davis Cup captains back RafterDefending champion Lindsey Wright credits her victory in the New Zealand Women’s Open with getting her golf career back on track. The Australian, who reached her best world ranking of …
Continue reading Wright says NZ win revived golf careerSydney Sixers allrounder Steve O’Keefe believes the table-topping Melbourne Renegades will fire in the Big Bash League finals despite the absence of their two key players. Some have suggested the …
Continue reading Renegades hard to beat in BBL: O’KeefeAlex Hales delivered some of the Big Bash League’s most memorable fireworks on Wednesday night, but also a sobering reminder of England’s batting depth ahead of the two Ashes series. …
Continue reading England’s Hales a long way off AshesTennis Australia’s administration says it’s up to Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter to decide the best way to handle Bernard Tomic as the pair’s frosty relations show no signs of …
Continue reading Rafter the man to deal with Tomic, says TADebutants will fill the top three batting spots for Australia in Friday’s one-day international (ODI) series-opener against Sri Lanka at the MCG. Acting captain George Bailey confirmed on Thursday that …
Continue reading Australia’s ODI top three all debutantsWorld No.13 John Isner has withdrawn from the Australian Open starting next week due to a knee injury. The big-serving Isner injured his right knee at the Hopman Cup in …
Continue reading Isner out of Australian Open with injuryAustralian wildcard Jarmila Gajdosova again suffered for her inconsistency on Thursday, crashing out in the quarter-finals of the Hobart International tennis tournament. Gajdosova, who hadn’t lost a set in the …
Continue reading Jarmila falls to Vesnina in Hobart tennisGerman tennis star Philipp Kohlschreiber continued his love affair with the Auckland Open on Thursday by reaching the semi-finals for the fourth time. The tournament second seed, had a comfortable …
Continue reading Kohlschreiber into Auckland semis againYoung swing bowler Trent Boult’s big-match temperament will be put challenged again when he leads the New Zealand bowling attack against South Africa in the second Test beginning on Friday …
Continue reading Big wickets push NZ’s Boult v Sth Africa
