Tennis
Golden pair serves up another timeless exhibition
GREG BAUM The plink of Federer's racquet told of exquisite timing, the crump from Nadal's told of furious top-spin. Initially, they were mutually neutralised.
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Cricket
England finally win against Australia
MICHAEL CHAMMAS Ninety-two days after touching down in Perth, England have finally won a game of cricket against Australia.
The back-to-back blueprint
JON PIERIK How AFL premiers can join the short list of those who followed up with another flag.
Tennis
Sampras: Each decade has its great
LINDA PEARCE Pete Sampras says he had rejected several coaching approaches since his retirement.
Cricket
Cricket Australia wary of radical Test plan
CHLOE SALTAU A promotion and relegation system is a key planks of the position paper put before the BCCI.
Winter Olympics
Music keeps Ross cool
ANDREW WEBSTER Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown will dictate what slopestyle skier Russ Henshaw will be listening to as he goes for gold.
Tennis
Courting the line-ball decisions
TIM BOYLE The lot of an umpire at the tennis is all about precision and dedication, writes Tim Boyle.
Tennis
Top women ready to battle it out
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA The Australian Open final between Li Na and Dominika Cibulkova is probably not the one that many people would have predicted.
Football
Roar down Wellington Phoenix
PHIL LUTTON Since news broke on Wednesday that Besart Berisha was heading to Melbourne Victory, Roar coach Mike Mulvey had been telling anyone who would listen there was life beyond the Albanian striker.
Tennis
Federer still relishes Nadal rivalry
5:43am Roger Federer says he still believes he can beat Rafael Nadal again and relishes their clashes despite the increasingly lopsided record in the Spaniard’s favour.
Cricket
Cricket
Dan Christian is relishing one-day resurrection
Alex Nicholson All-rounder Dan Christian believes he has put the turmoil of last season behind him after being recalled to the Australian one-day team.
Cricket
Jury no longer out on Steve Smith
DANIEL LANE A selfless Steve Smith is learning about law and love as he realises the type of cricketing career predicted of him from an early age.
Cricket
Mitchell Starc says Mitchell Johnson is an inspiration to young pace aces
DANIEL LANE Mitchell Starc identified a rejuvenated Mitchell Johnson as his inspiration as he, and a battalion of other young fast bowlers on the comeback track, prepare to try and muscle their way into the pace attack ahead of the men who battered and broke the English batting line-up.
Fremantle Dockers
Zac Clarke to miss start of Dockers season after injury at music festival
Brad Elborough Fremantle ruckman Zac Clarke has injured his knee at a music festival in Victoria and will miss the start of the Dockers 2014 AFL season.
West Coast Eagles
AFL
West Coast's Beau Waters a 50-50 chance for surgery
Brad Elborough West Coast vice-captain Beau Waters is facing another lengthy stint on the sidelines after succumbing to a shoulder infection.
AFL
West Coast Eagles' vice-captain Beau Waters reinjures shoulder
West Coast vice-captain reportedly in doubt for the start of the AFL season.
Western Force
Rugby
Western Force sign Natal flanker Brynard Stander
The Western Force will have a distinct South African flavour next season with the Super Rugby franchise signing their eighth player from the Rainbow Nation.
Nick Cummins signs new deal with Western Force
Wallabies winger Nick Cummins is looking forward to helping the Western Force rebuild next Super Rugby season after signing a new deal.
Rugby
Former Red Morahan eyes off Wallabies
Justin Chadwick PERTH: One-Test Wallaby Luke Morahan hopes his move to the Western Force will help catapult him back onto the international stage.
More Sport
From the cheap seats: Leaping Larry's week
Leaping Larry Manchester City has treated itself to an 80 per cent stake in Melbourne Heart.
Motorsport
Dakar Rally: Stephane Peterhansel frustrated as Nani Roma handed hollow win
Peter McKay At the finish of this year's Dakar Rally, winning car driver Nani Roma declared emotionally: ''I'm going to revel in this - 10 years to the day after winning on a motorcycle, I've won in a car.'' It was indeed a great achievement, though one soured by controversy after the Spaniard's X-raid Mini team, worried that the all-out duel for victory between Roma and teammate Stephane Peterhansel might break their cars, ordered both men to ease off to reduce risks. Dakar legend Peterhansel, incredibly a 12-time winner of the world's greatest off-road event, admitted he was frustrated that he wasn't allowed to fight to the finish. After trouble in the first week, Peterhansel had gradually reduced a 40-minute margin to all but catch long-time leader Roma with three stages to go. Then came the team orders that virtually guaranteed victory to Roma. Annoyed to see Roma immediately extend his lead, an
Rugby
Benji Marshall grapples with his union re-education
Marc Hinton As Benji Marshall saunters out from the Blues' team room at their training headquarters, his easygoing disposition betrays an inner turmoil that does not take long to bubble to the surface. You might be able to take the boy out of the competition he became synonymous with but the competitor clearly still burns within.
Sport
Brett Lee makes a patriotic delivery
Daniel Lane and Michael Chammas Sydney Sixers paceman Brett Lee, fresh from captaining the PM's XI against England, has taken time out to say what he thinks it means to be an Aussie on Australia Day.
Football
Wanderer Aaron Mooy in Heart's sights
SEBASTIAN HASSETT Western Sydney Wanderers midfielder Aaron Mooy could become the first big name to join Melbourne Heart's radical transformation next season.
Football
Manchester City the Trojan horse to break open an insular culture
CRAIG FOSTER The purchase of an A-League club by the Abu Dhabi owners of Manchester City has come at a brilliant time.
Football
Pablo Contreras to hang up boots at end of A-League season with Melbourne Victory
SEBASTIAN HASSETT Melbourne Victory marquee Pablo Contreras has confirmed in an interview with a Chilean radio station that he will retire at the end of the year.
Football
Sydney FC's revolving door is holding the side back in the A-League
DOMINIC BOSSI When Milos Dimitrijevic made his debut for Sydney FC as a substitute against Central Coast Mariners last week, many thought the experienced midfielder would add some much needed distribution to their play. He didn't and, if anything, the Sky Blues' passing got worse.
Golf
Lindsey Wright sets course record at Women's NSW Open at Oatlands
ANDREW WU Lindsey Wright is well placed to end a two-year title drought after setting a course record at the Women's NSW Open at Oatlands on Saturday.
Multimedia
Australian Open Day 10: Dominika Cibulkova v Simona Halep
Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova celebrates after victory in her women's singles match against Romania's Simona Halep on day ten of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.
Australian Open Day 7: Casey Delllacqua v Eugenie Bouchard
Australia's Casey Delllacqua walked onto centre court to keep our national hopes alive but it was not be as she went down to Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 6-7 6-2 6-0 in the fourth round of The Australian Open.
Surfers take on 15m waves in France
Daring surfers descend on south-west France to attempt the 'Belharra Break' as weather conditions push the swell to 15 metres.
Vonn bows out of Sochi Olympics
American skier Lindsey Vonn announces that she will not be able to compete at the upcoming Games due to a knee injury.
Mitchell's mo to go?
Mitchell Johnson has revealed his plans for his facial hair now that the Ashes series is over.
Ashes whitewash sealed in Sydney
Australia completes a 5-0 destruction of England, fielding an unchanged team throughout the Ashes series.
Portuguese soccer star Eusebio dead at 71
Portuguese soccer star Eusebio, voted one of the 10 best players of all time, has died of heart failure aged 71.
2014 sporting calendar
Download PDF files with all the key dates for 2014.
Schumacher's fans celebrate birthday
RAW VISION: fans gather outside Grenoble hospital to mark Michael Schumacher's 45th birthday, five days after the former driver suffered a serious head injury whilst skiing.
Australia's top sporting individuals in 2013
Australia's top sporting individuals in 2013.
Victory steal last-gasp draw
Melbourne substitute Guilherme Finkler scores a stunning goal in the dying seconds of play to draw with the Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday's A-League match.
Who is Pat Cummins?
Background on the Australian cricket teams wunderkind recruit.
World mourns champ
The world of motor sport mourns Indy 500 champion Dan Wheldon.
Wallabies take defeat
Wallabies coach says his team will be better after the World Cup.
Stoner crows
Winning a world championship. Not a bad way to mark your birthday.
All Blacks fans
Crowd at Auckland's Queens Wharf celebrate the All Blacks win.
Streak continues
The Holden Netball Test Series between Australia & England.
Stoner takes title
Australian Casey Stoner took the Grand Prix World Championship.
All Blacks wallop
Wallabies suffer a 20-6 defeat at the semi-final at Eden Park.
