South African fast bowler Dale Steyn and batsman Jacques Kallis both achieved significant milestones as their team dominated the first day of the first Test against New Zealand at Newlands. …
Continue reading Steyn, Kallis achieve milestonesSouth Africa are firmly in control after New Zealand crashed to 45 all out on the first morning of the first Test at Newlands. South Africa needed only 12 overs …
Continue reading South Africa in charge after NZ crashSwansea manager Michael Laudrup has been left to rue his side’s profligacy in front of goal as they failed to turn dominance into victory in their 2-2 draw with Aston …
Continue reading Laudrup frustrated by wasteful SwansAdelaide Strikers’ coach Darren Berry refused to comment on Wednesday night on what sparked his verbal clash with Melbourne Renegades’ allrounder Marlon Samuels. Berry and the West Indian import exchanged …
Continue reading Berry in angry clash with SamuelsAustralian Bernard Tomic feels he has taken an important step in his fledgling tennis career after beating world No.1 Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 in their Hopman Cup clash at Perth …
Continue reading New-look Tomic beats Djokovic in PerthImports Marlon Samuels and Muttiah Muralitharan claimed three wickets each as Melbourne Renegades thumped Adelaide Strikers by 48 runs in their Big Bash League (BBL) clash at Etihad Stadium on …
Continue reading Renegades beat Strikers in BBLAustralian Bernard Tomic secured a massive upset by beating world No.1 Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 in their Hopman Cup tennis clash in Perth on Wednesday night. Tomic was at his …
Continue reading Tomic beats Djokovic at Hopman CupWorld No.1 Victoria Azarenka has continued her Down Under love affair by warming up impressively for her Australian Open tennis defence. In her first match of the 2013 season, Azarenka …
Continue reading Tennis No.1 Azarenka starts 2013 in styleSouth African fast bowler Dale Steyn captured his 300th Test wicket on Wednesday when he bowled Doug Bracewell on the first morning of the first Test against New Zealand at …
Continue reading Steyn’s 300th Test wicket as NZ all out 45Crowd favourite Marina Erakovic blamed her sluggish movement for a disappointing straight-sets defeat that ended her singles campaign at the ASB Classic tennis tournament. Erakovic, the world No.66, fell to …
Continue reading Sluggish Erakovic out of Auckland tennisDutch international Tom Cooper hit his highest Big Bash League score of 59 to guide Melbourne Renegades to a total of 6-155 in their clash with Adelaide Strikers at Etihad …
Continue reading Cooper hits 59 for Renegades in BBLThe seeds continued to fall at the season-opening Brisbane International tennis event on Wednesday with German Florian Mayer toppled by former Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis. The 71-minute upset meant …
Continue reading Baghdatis upsets Mayer in Brisbane tennisFormer French Open tennis champion Francesca Schiavone showed her fighting qualities on Wednesday as Italy beat Germany 2-1 at the Hopman Cup. Needing to win her singles match to keep …
Continue reading Schiavone lifts Italy to Hopman Cup winJust when Sri Lanka thought their miserable Australian tour couldn’t get any worse, it reached an incredible new low on Wednesday. Promising fast bowler Shaminda Eranga suffered a freak ankle …
Continue reading No respite for Sri Lanka as Eranga injuredThird-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon won through to the Brisbane International quarter-finals after a straight sets second-round win on Wednesday over Colombia’s Alejandro Falla. World No.16 Simon, 28, triumphed 7-6 (7-5) …
Continue reading Simon through to Brisbane quarter-finalsAustralia are so intent on crushing Sri Lanka into the SCG grass with the first genuine four-pronged pace attack seen in Sydney in almost half a century, they’ve overlooked a …
Continue reading Australia go with all-out pace attackShe might have dodged a bullet thanks to world No.2 Maria Sharapova’s withdrawal, but Australia’s Jarmila Gajdosova was still shot down on Wednesday in the second round of the Brisbane …
Continue reading Last Aussie woman out of Brisbane tennisA cavalcade of Australian greats has farewelled Test cricket at the SCG, and Michael Hussey will be looking to follow in their footsteps and produce a match-winning performance. Australian skipper …
Continue reading Memorable SCG farewell beckons Hussey

