Rory McIlroy has been voted US PGA Tour player of the year after winning four times. McIlroy sure didn’t feel like a player of the year when he arrived at …

England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) have rejected a proposal from their Welsh counterparts that the 2015 Rugby World Cup match between England and Wales be played in Cardiff. Hosts England …

QPR’s Ryan Nelsen says it is time for the players to take responsibility and drag themselves away from a “horrible position” at the foot of the Premier League. Few could …

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger insists the team are playing better than 12 months ago even if the statistics do not back up his assertion. After 15 matches of the season …

Shane Warne says he’d consider an Ashes comeback – but only if asked by Australian captain Michael Clarke. Australia’s record wicket-taker, who is preparing for another season of the Big …

Test great Shane Warne says Australia skipper Michael Clarke is clearly the best player in the side and should bat wherever he pleases. Cricket Australia’s national talent manager and former …

Usman Khawaja says he is mentally stronger and better prepared for Test cricket than when he was dumped 12 months ago from the national team. But Khawaja, favoured in some …

The NRL stands accused of gifting Australian rugby union its biggest signing coup in a decade after Israel Folau opted to tackle his third professional football code with the NSW …

Banned ex-Adelaide forward Kurt Tippett’s manager is under investigation by the AFL players’ association (AFLPA). Tippett, Adelaide and past and present Crows officials were last week sanctioned for breaching draft …

Three months after first discussing it with Israel Folau, Wallabies great Tim Horan celebrated the sport hopper’s move to rugby union – but league legends weren’t as ecstatic. Parramatta great …

Ricky Ponting is swapping the cricket bat for a pen and writing his autobiography. A day after Ponting retired from Test cricket, HarperCollins Publishers Australia announced on Tuesday his end-of-career …

Golfing great Tom Watson says the abolition of Qualifying School in America from next season is robbing young players of their “dream”. Australians Steven Bowditch and Matt Jones were among …

By Ricky Ponting’s own admission, his days of being a leading contributor with the bat for Australia were long gone. Age might have caught up with Ponting’s eye, but the …

Australian selectors will give inconsistent opening batsmen David Warner and Ed Cowan every chance to form a reliable partnership before the Ashes. The pair have just one century partnership to …

Coach Mickey Arthur has revealed Australia’s likely post-Ricky Ponting batting line-up, with Michael Clarke set to stay put and Shane Watson to move down to the vacant No.4 spot. Phil …

John Hastings faces the prospect of becoming a one-Test wonder, with Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc and Ben Hilfenhaus set for a selection showdown for the series opener against Sri Lanka …

Australia need to take their medicine from South Africa and start again from scratch. It seems inconceivable that a team could come so close to being crowned the best team …