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Federer Fights Off Wawrinka To Reach Australian Open Final

Four-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer has survived a mid-match scare to grind out a place in the Australian...

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Jamaica Considering Appeal After Bolt Loses Olympic Gold

Jamaica may appeal against the decision to strip the rest of its Beijing 4x100m relay squad of their gold medals after...

Politics

Williams Sisters To Meet In Australian Open Finals

Venus and Serena Williams will meet in a Grand Slam final for the ninth time after the American sisters came through...

International

Grand Slam 18 On Course. Roger Federer Beats Wawrinka To Reach Australian Open Finals

Roger Federer beat fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka 7-5 6-3 1-6 4-6 6-3 to reach the Australian Open final and stay on course...

International

Venus Williams & Coco Vandeweghe Through To Semi-Finals

Venus Williams reached the Australian Open semi-finals for the first time in 14 years with a straight-set win over...

International

Roger Federer Wins To Set Up Stan Wawrinka Semi-Final

Four-time champion Roger Federer coasted into the Australian Open semi-finals with a straight-set defeat of unseeded...

International

Serena Williams Beats Barbora Strycova

Williams did not have it all her own way against the 16th seed Six-time champion Serena Williams overcame stern...

International

World No. 1s Murray, Kerber Lose On Historic Day

History was made at the Australian Open on Sunday but if you are Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber, look away now....

International

Serena Williams Beats Nicole Gibbs To Reach Fourth Round

Six-time champion Serena Williams eased past fellow American Nicole Gibbs to reach the fourth round of the Australian...

International

Djokovic Knocked Out of Australian Open

Defending champion Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat by world number 117 Denis Istomin in the second round of the...

International

Nick Kyrgios Beaten By Andreas Seppi, Roger Federer Through

Nick Kyrgios was knocked out of his home Grand Slam as he blew a two-set lead and a match point in losing to Andrea...

International

Second Seed Serena Williams Beats Belinda Bencic

Six-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams progressed to the second round with a straight-set win over Swiss...

International

Roger Federer Hits 46 Winners In Slam Comeback

Roger Federer glided around the court as if he had never been away, each shot eroding any hopes Jurgen Melzer had of...

International

Andy Murray Reaches Second Round

Britain's Andy Murray won his first Grand Slam match since becoming world number one but was given a stern test by...

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105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles In An Hour To Break World Record

Nearly a century ago, Robert Marchand was told by a coach that he should give up cycling because he would never achieve...

International

Auckland Wants Serena Back Despite Stormy Exit

Auckland Classic organisers have appealed for Serena Williams to return next year despite the world number two lashing...

International

Tour de France Winner Wiggins Retires From Professional Cycling

Bradley Wiggins announced his retirement from professional cycling on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a career...

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Serena Williams Is Engaged To Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian

In what seems like the perfect fairytale end to her year, Tennis star Serena Williams is engaged to Reddit co-founder...

International

Sir Bradley Wiggins, Tour de France Winner & Five-Time Olympic Champion Retires

Five-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling aged 36. The 2012 Tour de...