Local hero Thanasi Kokkinakis has crashed out of his hometown Adelaide International after suffering a first-round loss to Serbian party-crasher Dusan Lajovic. Lajovic overcame an indifferent start to elevate his play as the night wore on and leave the Memorial Drive crowd disappointed after winning 3-6 6-1 6-4. The defeat means Kokkinakis will enter the […]
Ricky Ponting has lashed the Sydney Showground wicket as “substandard” and questioned if the Thunder should consider abandoning the stadium for Canberra after a low-scoring loss to Perth. The Scorchers returned to the BBL’s top two with the seven-wicket win on Monday night, chasing down the Thunder’s 8-137 with five balls to spare. The result […]
Arina Rodionova’s bid to scrap her way into the Australian Open has been put on hold after the first day of qualifiers at Melbourne Park were washed out. Monday’s matches were delayed multiple times then ultimately abandoned in the afternoon amid heavy rain. Watch every Australian Open match ad-free, live & on demand with centre […]
Brisbane Broncos coach Kevin Walters will move Selwyn Cobbo to starting left centre after Herbie Farnworth’s exit from the club. The 21-year-old Queensland representative, who has played most of his 49 NRL games as a winger, trained on Monday in the centre position Farnworth made his own before joining the Dolphins at the end of […]
Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell is still in New York after being struck down by pneumonia and will have his workload cut after returning to Australia later this week. Mitchell spent Christmas in a New York hospital after being diagnosed with a serious case of pneumonia during his overseas holiday with family. The 41-year-old has since […]
