Nadal wins US Open for 16th major title
It is the No.1-ranked Spaniard's second grand slam title of the year and 16th overall. Among men, only longtime rival Roger Federer has more, with 19.
Star athletes to launch PlayersVoice platform
Big name sports figures tennis star Nick Kyrgios, Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith and surfer Sally Fitzgibbons will help launch an athlete direct publishing platform on Thursday.
Tech giants, telcos may face anti-siphoning rules
The government has left the door open to broadening the anti-siphoning list to include digital players.
Can Twiggy pull off a rugby union miracle?
Andrew Forrest's mooted rugby competition is a big experiment: so what are the challenges and who is rumoured to be involved?
Aussie eSports site gets funds to go global
The popularity of eSports is booming and Australian online community GAMURS has closed a $3.5m capital raise to fund wider content and international growth.
Goyder's national AFL game plan
For the first time since 2003 only three Melbourne teams have made the AFL finals. AFR chairman Richard Goyder can't believe his luck.
Forrest, Ma discuss a rugby rebellion
Billionaires Andrew Forrest and Jack Ma could join forces to bankroll a rebel rugby union competition.
Andrew Forrest bankrolls rival rugby competition
The billionaire will set up a rebel sports league after the Western Force lost a court appeal to stay in Super Rugby.
Serve like Serena and win: Why women need to learn to serve
As the US open draws to a close, one expert argues it's time for women tennis players to truly learn from Venus and Serena Williams
Eels' finals surge gives rise to off-field revival
September looms as a huge month for Parramatta on and off the field.
Crude rant gets Italian tennis player the boot
Fabio Fognini was provisionally suspended from playing in the US Open after an X-rated rant against a female chair umpire.
Bankers take to surfing in Chile
This new generation of Chilean bankers doesn't care for such sedate, leisurely pastimes as golf.
Hunt's sports lotto push dying a quiet death
Are Greg Hunt plans for a new national sports lotto to fund the Olympics already dead in the water?
Mayweather tried to bet $504,000 he'd beat McGregor
The bet would have paid off in a fight won with a TKO in the 10th round. Sounds like a man with a plan, right?
Pugilist beats cage-fighter
The fight between boxing great Floyd Mayweather jnr and Irish cage-fighter Conor McGregor certainly lived up to its billing.
No surprise, this fight is a mismatch
In the fourth round Mayweather began pounding and didn't stop, pounding and charging and pounding some more until he finally beat McGregor into a bruised and swollen submission with a 10th-round technical knockout to win a fight that wasn't.
How Richmond became Victoria's biggest AFL club
Richmond have had more than 1 million fans watch their matches this season.
Sex, drugs and AFL: Goyder's game plan
Will the AFL Commission boss get his hands dirty as the head of Australia's wealthiest sports organisation?
Gerry Ryan takes his grand cycling tour to big screen
A movie about Orica-Scott's first five years as a pro cycling team has been released.
Optus runs the ruler over cricket rights
Optus is believed to be mulling over expanding its cricket broadcast rights.
Modernity catches up with the Olympics
A skilled political player, Olympic leader John Coates doesn't understand how the modern office works.
Stanford's college football tour is all business
Inside the business of bringing American college football to Sydney.
Boxing hits its $1b big time
The WBC "money belt" is expected to break pay-per-view records with $1 billion in revenue, mint two of the best paid athletes on earth, and possibly deliver the greatest upset ever.
Nine pushes to wrap up cricket deal
Nine Entertainment CEO Hugh Marks wants to wrap up the next cricket broadcast rights deal by the end of October.
Olympic committee a failed workplace
The Australian Olympic Committee is beset by infighting between its leaders, favouritism and poor communication, according to its own staff.
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