Almost four years after he announced international retirement, 40-year-old left-arm spinner Brad Hogg on Monday stunningly returned to the Australian team by getting picked in the 14-member Twenty20 s

Russia's Ekaterina Makarova seized on a listless performance from Serena Williams to send the five-time champion crashing out in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Monday.

Makarova recorded a

Uncapped George Bailey was Monday named skipper of a revamped Australian squad for next month's Twenty20 internationals against India as selectors looked towards September's T20 world cup.

Bailey rep

Sania Mirza had a productive day at the Australian Open omn Monday as the Indian ace reached the quarter-finals of both the women's doubles and the mixed doubles events with Elena Vesnina and Mahesh B

Russia's Maria Sharapova battled back from a set down to beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki Monday and reach the Australian Open quarter-finals, her best performance since lifting the title in 2008.

The f

Roger Federer will have no time for ceremony when he walks out for his 1,000th match on Tuesday, with dangerman Juan Martin del Potro posing his first real test of the Australian Open.

While all the

Struggling India are desperate to avoid the ignominy of another 4-0 series wipeout in the fourth and final Test against Australia starting at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

It has been a tour from hel

India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the Australian Open men's double while Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek cruised into the quarterfinals here on Sunday.

Bhupat

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova reached the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday when opponent Maria Kirilenko of Russia retired injured at the beginning of the second set.

Kvitova was le

Former Australian batsman Dean Jones believes that the Indian cricket team needs a fresh batch of fast bowlers if it wants to rebuild its reputation as world cricket’s top side in all formats of the g