Japan's four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka made global front and backpage headlines after emerging for her first match in Melbourne this week holding a white parasol complete with matching wide-brimmed hat and gauzy veil. She took those off for th...

Play will start in Melbourne at 10:30 am on the main arenas, compared to the normal 11:00 or 11:30 am. Other courts will start match action as early as 10:00 am, with organisers warning spectators to take precautions against the extreme heat and su...

In just 17 months as party chief, he has swept aside rivals and centralised authority in an aggressive reform drive officials describe as a "revolution". The Southeast Asian nation of 100 million people is both a repressive one-party state and a re...

The 18-year-old was undaunted against the Italian, storming home 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) to make the last 16 at a major for the first time. She will play Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva for a place in the quarter-finals. "It feels amazing," said Jovic of bea...

Investors were also preparing for next week's Federal Reserve meeting following data broadly in line with forecasts and after US prosecutors took aim at boss Jerome Powell, raising fears over the bank's independence. Sentiment has picked up over th...

The unseeded Kazakh came through the drama 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3 but had to put up with fans screaming and coughing at crunch moments. At the end of the match in Melbourne she was booed during her entire on-court interview. "Today I think was really...

The third seed won 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 and will face 19th seed Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic for a place in the quarter-finals. The 21-year-old Gauff is a two-time major champion but she has never gone beyond the last four at Melbourne Park. "...

The death of Renee Good, a 37-year-old American woman killed by a federal agent while protesting Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, has prompted harsh comments against her by numerous conservative commentators. Radio host Erick Erickson co...

Ryan's outfit were beaten by Harlequins on Sunday to prematurely end their hopes of claiming a third Champions Cup title, having lifted the crown in 2022 and 2023. La Rochelle have not won at Clermont's Stade Marcel-Michelin since rugby turned pro...

After chalking up the best opening half of a campaign in Bundesliga history, Kane's Bayern host Bavarian rivals Augsburg on Saturday. With just one loss in 29 games, Bayern have their sights set on a historic third treble, more than any other team...

Second-placed Madrid can move top of the table with a victory before leaders Barcelona host Real Oviedo on Sunday and crush the threat of another title contender at the same time as they head to Spain's east coast. Marcelino Garcia Toral's Villarre...

Welsford looked out of contention back in the pack as the dash to the finish line developed in Nairne at the end of the 140.8km third stage. But Welsford was shepherded to the front by Ineos Grenadiers teammate Sam Watson before surging clear in t...

The 19-year-old came through a gripping battle with Denmark's Clara Tauson 7-6 (7/5), 5-7, 6-3 on Friday to make the last 16 on her Australian Open debut. It set up a blockbuster showdown on Sunday with top seed and world number one Aryna Sabalenka...

The Spanish top seed wasted little energy in his 100th Grand Slam match with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 mauling of French showman Corentin Moutet. It thrust him into a clash for a place in the quarter-finals with American 19th seed Tommy Paul, who progressed ...

Russia's Medvedev booked the Melbourne clash after battling through 6-7 (5/7), 4-6, 7-5, 6-0, 6-3 in 3hr 43min against Fabian Marozsan of Hungary. The American 25th seed Tien kept up his end of the bargain by beating Nuno Borges of Portugal in stra...