Run-hungry Shane Watson says Brisbane Heat’s last-minute recruit Thisara Perera will thrill Gabba fans with his explosive hitting in Sunday’s Twenty20 Big Bash League clash with the Hobart Hurricanes. Heat …

V8 Supercars has unleashed its version of cricket’s Twenty20 format, with the motorsport championship announcing a dramatic change to its race formats for next year. Six of the 16 events …

Tillakaratne Dilshan posted a timely century to restore some pride for Sri Lanka in their tour match against the Chairman’s XI in Canberra on Friday. Chasing the Chairman’s XI’s monster …

Melbourne Rebels hooker Shota Horie has an advantage in his race to become the first Japanese player to play in the Super Rugby competition. While Horie has joined the Rebels, …

West Australia-born Wakefield forward Justin Poore says he would consider playing for England in next year’s rugby league World Cup. Poore, 27, only signed a two-year deal for the Wildcats …

West Australia-born Wakefield forward Justin Poore says he would consider playing for England in next year’s rugby league World Cup. Poore, 27, only signed a two-year deal for the Wildcats …

Captain Michael Clarke is open to shifting up from No.5 but says no firm decision has been made on what Phillip Hughes’ selection means for the Australian batting order in …

US PGA Tour star Marc Leishman insists James Nitties’ bagman is squarely to blame for the ‘caddie whack’ incident that has rocked the Australian Open. Leishman, Australia’s only winner on …

Quade Cooper has expressed his relief after ending a six-month standoff with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and signing a two-year deal reportedly worth $800,000 a season. At one stage, …

Five new Twenty20 caps and a recall for in-form batsman Peter Fulton in place of Ross Taylor highlight the New Zealand cricket squads named on Friday for the tour of …

The way the captaincy saga was played out in public was regrettable, New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White says, but he wanted to be back in the country to …

Alex Ferguson lit the fuse on a potentially explosive showdown with Manchester City in the English Premier League, with the Manchester United manager claiming victory would be one of his …

Sri Lanka attempted to regain control of their Australian tour on Friday, surviving a testing 19-over period before lunch as they set about chasing the Chairman’s XI’s first innings total …

New Zealand Cricket boss David White has rejected player agitation as the catalyst for the events that have resulted in Ross Taylor being relieved of the Black Caps’ captaincy. Taylor’s …

American great Tom Watson wowed the morning galleries as Marcus Fraser rode the momentum of his magical first-day hole-in-one all the way to the clubhouse lead during the second round …