Category: Sports

Australia has long been blessed with talented tennis players and the current generation is no different.  The Sporting News wraps up the best-ranked Australian players right now… ATP rankings: Highest ranked Australian tennis players Alex de Minaur is Australia’s highest-ranked male player at No. 11 after having a solid season to date. Eight Australian men...

NRL is the top-tier rugby league competition in Australia and New Zealand. The 2022 season will feature sixteen teams battling it out over 25 rounds to be crowned the premiership champion. For the first time since the Gold Coast Titans were introduced in 2007, the NRL confirmed that the Dolphins will enter the league, expanding...

Australian boxing is enjoying a renaissance on the world stage at the moment. It seems like every month in 2023 has featured an Aussie fighting for big honours in front of an international audience. Three Aussies can currently count themselves as major world champions – holding either a WBC, WBA, WBO or IBF belt, while one...

New South Wales v Western Australia – One-Day Cup 2022-23, Final – Cricket Score Centre – ABC News Mon, 8 Apr 4/133 132 → Tue, 9 Apr 6/270 0/23 → Wed, 10 Apr 3/230 199 → Thu, 11 Apr – – → Thu, 11 Apr 4/164 160 → Fri, 12 Apr 3/177 8/174 → Fri,...

Australian cycling star Jay Vine will not have to have surgery on the spine injuries he suffered when falling heavily in a horror crash at the Itzulia Basque Country race. His UAE Team Emirates medical director Dr Adrian Rotunno reported on Saturday that last year’s Tour Down Under winner Vine would remain in hospital and...

Bev Brock, the former long-term partner of Australian motorsport icon Peter Brock, has died at the age of 77. The Brock family has confirmed the tragic news, which comes two years after the popular motorsport figure was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. “Bev was a dedicated parent, always making time to make a costume for...

After an eventful race weekend in Melbourne, Formula 1 has moved on to its next stop – Suzuka, Japan. Daniel Ricciardo is under increasing pressure and will have to prove himself against RB teammate and local favourite Yuki Tsunoda. As for Oscar Piastri, he will be looking to build on a strong P4 performance in his home...

From what started with just a few pioneers in a fledgling sport, Australia and New Zealand can now be considered a hotbed of talent in a sporting juggernaut. Currently, 21 fighters from the two Pacific neighbours ply their trade in the UFC, including featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski, as well as former middleweight titleholders, Israel Adesanya...

The Sydney Roosters went close to creating history on Friday night, falling a few points short of recording the equal-largest comeback in the NRL era. Down to 12 players after Dom Young’s 26th-minute send-off, the Tricolours came within a single try of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, who held a 26-0 half-time lead. It wasn’t to be...

Nick Kyrgios promises he will be back hitting on a tennis court again next week and is adamant he’s got the fire in his belly to make a successful return to the big time after his nightmare year. The former Wimbledon finalist, who has only played one match on the ATP Tour since October 2022...

The vacant WBC featherweight title is set to go on the line when Skye Nicolson faces Sarah Mahfoud in Las Vegas on April 6. Nicolson already holds the interim title with the WBC at 126-pounds and will hope to upgrade it to the full strap when she faces the Dane at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, live...

The British and Irish Lions are returning to Australia for the first time since 2013 to play nine matches Down Under. Along with matches against Australia’s Super Rugby teams, the Lions will also take on the Wallabies three times and a Australian/New Zealand invitational XI. The Sporting News has all the details on the tour...