Brad Haddin could play in the Australian Test team against South Africa as a specialist batsman if he isn’t chosen as the wicketkeeper, says Steve Waugh. The selectors have acknowledged …
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It’s attracted only a handful of global bigwigs for its debut, but the Perth International has set its sights on significantly boosting its starpower in coming years. Last year’s Masters …
Continue reading Perth International eyes bright futureProp Ben Alexander is the latest player to succumb to the Wallabies’ injury curse, forced out of Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup Test against New Zealand by a wrist injury in Brisbane. …
Continue reading Alexander forced out of Wallabies squadFormer New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe says his recently diagnosed cancer is very treatable and he blames illnesses picked up during his career for weakening his immune system. The …
Continue reading Crowe positive about cancer fightJason Day says his form lull is over and he’s ready to push back up golf’s world rankings. The 24-year-old Australian returned to the US PGA Tour limelight two weeks …
Continue reading Jason Day ready to climb golf rankingsAustralia’s Jason Day and triumphant European Ryder Cup players Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell are among 18 players who will take part in the World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods. …
Continue reading Jason Day among 18 at Tiger’s eventLiverpool’s Italian striker Fabio Borini is to undergo surgery on a fractured bone in his foot and could face three months out of action, the club has confirmed. Borini first …
Continue reading Liverpool’s Borini faces three months outTop seed Juan Martin Del Potro marked his return to tennis after a month-long injury absence with a three-hour victory over German qualifier Daniel Brands to reach the third round …
Continue reading Del Potro wins Vienna openerFrance’s Marion Bartoli saw her slender hopes of sneaking into the season-ending WTA Championships by the back door suffer another setback when she was sent crashing out of the Kremlin …
Continue reading Beaten Bartoli sees Istanbul hopes slipLleyton Hewitt has won his second round match at the Swedish Open tennis tournament, beating Jarkko Nieminen of Finland. The 31-year-old Australian wildcard entry, who is back at the Swedish …
Continue reading Hewitt wins Swedish Open second roundPakistan’s recent batting failures at the World Twenty20 tournament have forced the country’s cricket board to search for a full-time batting coach. In an advertisement posted on its website, the …
Continue reading Pakistan look for batting coachThe Auckland Aces were brought down to earth with a jolt at the Champions League Twenty20 after their first loss of the tournament, by 59 runs. The Aces, who had …
Continue reading Auckland Aces lose unbeaten T20 recordRain has put a dampener on Perth Scorchers prospects of making the Champions Trophy T20 cricket semi-finals, with their match against India’s Kolkata Knight Riders in Durban failing to produce …
Continue reading Rain frustrates Perth in T20Luis Suarez is finding out just how hard it is to rehabilitate a damaged reputation. Arriving at Liverpool with the tag Cannibal of Ajax after a biting incident in the …
Continue reading Suarez deals with a damaged reputationThe International Cricket Council (ICC) is fighting a “war” against corruption, which even includes educating groundsmen as well as players and officials, its chief executive says. “It is a war …
Continue reading ICC fighting a ‘war’ on corruptionSusie Wolff has become just the fourth woman in a decade to drive a Formula One car. She dedicated her first experience to Maria de Villota, who lost the sight …
Continue reading Wolff fourth woman to drive an F1 carThe organiser of two Twenty20 matches between an international XI and a Pakistan All Stars side insists they will go ahead despite the game’s governing body objecting to the name …
Continue reading Pakistan T20s on despite name rowHooker Keven Mealamu will mark his 100th Test for the All Blacks by running on in the starting line-up against Australia in the year’s final Bledisloe Cup rugby match. He …
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