Quicks must counteract flat Bangalore wicket‘We’ve got a series to win,’ says Pat CumminsPat Cummins expects Australia to stick with their first-choice bowling attack for the series decider against India as they try to counteract Bangalore’s flat wicke…
In its ninth season, the competition remains conscious that it cannot rely solely on on-field successWhen the Big Bash League is on in Melbourne nobody pays closer attention than Jarrah Whyte. Not the players, most of whom will only be on the field aro…
India 340-6; Australia 304; India win by 36 runsSeries heads for decider in Bengaluru on SundayIndia’s rejigged batting order fired on Friday as the hosts beat Australia by 36 runs in the second one-day international at Rajkot to level the three-match …
Djokovic was near perfect against Nadal in last year’s Australian Open final and, before his bid for a record-extending eighth title, he knows he has the measure of the world No 1 and FedererDan Evans, whose rebirth as one of the wiliest operators on t…
Djokovic was near perfect against Nadal in last year’s Australian Open final and, before his bid for a record-extending eighth title, he knows he has the measure of the world No 1 and FedererDan Evans, whose rebirth as one of the wiliest operators on t…
• British No 1 managing a knee injury as Melbourne looms• GB hopes in Fed Cup dealt a blow as Konta rules herself outJohanna Konta will be fit to play in the Australian Open but has dealt a massive blow to Great Britain’s Fed Cup chances by announcing …
Updates from the match in RajkotAny thoughts? Email or tweet @JPHowcroft 7.28am GMT How about a really tortured musical segue to kick us off? Ok, ok, well, David Warner’s ton in Mumbai was his 18th in ODIs. He’s only two away from becoming a 20th Centu…
Masoe suffered injury during pre-season game at Wakefield30-year-old recovering after undergoing emergency surgeryHull KR prop Mose Masoe suffered a “career-ending” spinal injury in Sunday’s pre-season game against Wakefield, head coach Tony Smith has …
Our cartoonist looks Marco Kurz’s dismissal and who may replace him in the long termTake a look through David’s archive of cartoons Continue reading…
Tennis Australia says tournament will go on‘It boils my blood,’ says Britain’s Liam BroadyThe troubled 2020 Australian Open will start and finish on time, even if matches have to be moved from the exposed outside courts under the cover of the three mai…
Abdominal injury rules out Australia’s top-ranked manDaily treatment since ATP Cup not enough Top-ranked local hope Alex de Minaur has pulled out of the Australian Open after he was unable to overcome an abdominal injury that flared during the ATP Cup….
Ten years since their creation, the Australian cycling team is intent on becoming a World Tour forceAs origin stories go, it is elegant for its simplicity. In July 2010, Gerry Ryan was at the Tour de France. A cycling fan since childhood, the wealthy b…
The usually polarising player aced the national mood during the bushfire crisis and has spent a few heady weeks in unfamiliar territoryOf all the immediate outcomes of Australia’s bushfire crisis, perhaps the least predictable, if not the most perverse…
• Heat and smoke from bushfires lessened by thunder and rain• World No103 claims Roger Federer does not care about qualifiersLike farmers in a drought peering into an unforgiving sky, tennis turned to the heavens – and Roger Federer – to break the iron…
How long can sport, like Hollywood, continue to wave away the contradictions between its activities and its supposed ideals?Someone once told me about a film actor who had developed a powerful ecological conscience, and in this spirit he bought every c…
The match at the SCG comes in the wake of recent homophobic slurs made by high-profile playersIn the lead up to the Big Bash League’s pride game this week, the same questions are being heard. Why do we still need to keep doing this? Isn’t inclusion jus…
German pays price for winning just four gamesKevin Muscat’s replacement leaves with club in sixthThe unhappy reign of Marco Kurz at Melbourne Victory has reportedly come to an end just 13 A-League games into his tenure.Kurz took over at the traditional…
Stifling air quality marked qualifying for 2020’s first slam, ending hopes for some of a season-changing, main-draw placeThe year’s grand slam action got under way on Tuesday at a Melbourne Park wreathed in noxious fog. Organisers of the Australian Ope…
