May 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Provisional starting grid for the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on … More »Monaco Formula One Grand Prix provisional starting …
MONACO (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher rolled back the years in electrifying fashion to … More »Schumacher hands Monaco pole to Webb …
(Reuters) - Winger Hosea Gear raised … More »Gear scores two tries as Highlanders …
(Reuters) - Winger Hosea Gear raised his hand for All Blacks selection with a brace of tries as the visiting Otago Highlanders withstood a late charge by the Auckland Blues to win their Super Rugby match 27-20 at Eden Park on Saturday. More »Gear scores two tries as Highlanders see off Blues
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Scrumhalf TJ Perenara emphatically stamped his future All Blacks credentials into the national consciousness on Saturday as the Wellington Hurricanes demolished the Melbourne Rebels 66-24 in their Super Rugby match. More »Perenara sparks Hurricanes' record-breaking win over Rebels
Australia has hailed a surprise decision giving it a role in a radio telescope project aimed at revolutionising astronomy, vowing to draw on its decades of experience in space science. More »Australia hails surprise super-telescope decision
Australia and South Africa will share the hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes which will help scientists better understand the make-up of the universe. More »Split hosts for giant telescope
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Indianapolis 500 will roar into its second century on Sunday with one eye on the future and another on the past. The emergence of a new and exotic crop of thrill-seeking drivers, representing the increasing globalization of … More »Wheldon's death lingers over Indy 500
A long-running joust to host a radio telescope that would give mankind its farthest peek into the Universe ended on Friday with a Solomon-like judgement to split the site between Australia and South Africa. More »Battle over SKA super-telescope leads to split site
PARIS (Reuters) - Six-times champion Rafa Nadal was given a smooth-looking path to the French Open final while world number one Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer looked set for a possible semi-final clash in the other half of the draw made on Friday. The … More »Nadal gets kind draw at French Open
(Reuters) - The Waikato Chiefs attacked with abandon in the second half to fell the visiting Bulls 28-22 in Hamilton on Friday and reclaim top spot in the Super Rugby standings. More »Chiefs charge down Bulls 28-22 in Hamilton
Australia said Friday it would "vigorously defend" itself against complaints about its plan for plain cigarette packaging made by Honduras and Ukraine to the World Trade Organisation. More »Australia defiant on WTO cigarette challenge
Australia moved to assure its meat export partners and domestic market that its beef was safe after it was linked to an E-coli contamination scare in the United States. More »Australia assures on beef after US E-coli scare
The famously private Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has been coaxed into giving a rare interview -- with an Australian accountant. More »Neil Armstrong gives rare interview - to accountant
(Reuters) - Novak Djokovic will arrive at Roland Garros seven wins away from becoming the first man for 43 years to hold all four grand slam titles concurrently - the only trouble is one of his victims will probably have to be claycourt king Rafa Nad … More »Nadal clouds Djokovic's bid to match Laver
(Reuters) - List of French Open women's singles champions: 2011 Li Na (China) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-4 7-6 2010 Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-4 7-6(2) 2009 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Dinara Safina (Russia) … More »List of French Open women's singles champions
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda were named among a full-strength Japan squad by coach Alberto Zaccheroni on Thursday for the final round of Asian 2014 World Cup qualifiers. More »Japan at full strength for 2014 qualifiers
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - China's Hanlong Mining has put back by six months a target date to seal a A$1.34 billion (832.7 million pounds) takeover of Australian iron ore group Sundance Resources , as Chinese investment in Australian resource projects … More »China nerves delay $1.3 billion Australian iron ore bid
Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has eclipsed Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton to become the world's wealthiest woman, according to an annual index by Business Review Weekly. More »Australian tycoon 'is world's richest woman'
An Australian trainee beauty therapist jailed for 20 years for smuggling cannabis into the holiday island of Bali has had her sentence cut by five years. More »Indonesia Cuts Oz Drug Trafficker's Jail Term
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India, traditionally poor tourists, will have an opportunity to improve their test rankings when they host New Zealand and current top-ranked test team England either side of the Twenty20 World Cup in September. More »India to host New Zealand, England this year
(Reuters) - A damaging global dry spell is wilting wheat crops in Kansas, threatening exports from Russia and slowing sowing in Australia, serving a timely reminder to hedge funds that a new era of surplus grain is far from assured. In their biggest surge … More »Analysis - World wheat bounty at risk as dry spell spooks market
Former Australia skipper Lucas Neill missed a penalty in a dramatic Asian Champions League quarter-final shoot-out that saw his Emirati Al-Jazira club crash out to Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia. More »Neill misses in penalty-kick drama as Al-Ahli advance
LONDON (Reuters)- When Malaysian cyclist Azizulhasni Awang opted to postpone his Ramadan fast until after the London Games, the decision was all about going for Olympic gold. Anything that might jeopardise the chance of a medal for the 24-year-old at … More »Ramadan sets Muslim athletes extra test at London Games
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's men's hockey team will play their opening match of the London Olympics against Argentina, one of whose players caused a controversy this month with a video filmed in the disputed Falkland islands. Games organisers announced … More »Britain draw Argentina in men's hockey opener
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global miner Xstrata is betting sluggish copper demand in China will pick up in the second half as it makes plans to boost production of the metal by 60 percent, shrugging off more cautious approaches by rivals. Xstrata is the world's … More »Xstrata sees China copper demand rebounding
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Qantas Airways is splitting its loss-making international operations from its profitable domestic business and putting it under the charge of the head of its second-biggest money spinner. As part of a five-year turnaround plan, the … More »Qantas to split international business in turnaround plan
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's top airline Qantas Airways said on Monday it is eliminating 500 jobs by merging maintenance facilities to save up to 62.2 million british pounds (A$100 million) annually, as high fuel costs and weak demand take a toll … More »Qantas to cut another 500 maintenance jobs
The Queen and the Prince of Wales have written personal messages in an official Diamond Jubilee souvenir programme. More »Queen message in Jubilee programme
PARIS (Reuters) - Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo climbed back to top spot in the world championship after claiming his second victory of the season at the French MotoGP in Le Mans on Sunday. The 2010 world champion, fourth on the grid, mastered the rainy conditions … More »Lorenzo on top after French win
A broken-down cargo ship is drifting out of control on the fringes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, with fears of major damage if it runs aground. More »Stricken Ship Drifts Towards Barrier Reef
LONDON (Reuters) - Leinster racked up the records by thrashing Ulster 42-14 at Twickenham on Saturday to win the Heineken Cup for the third time in four years as the first all-Irish final turned into a celebration for Europe's most dominant side. Their … More »Rampant Leinster crush Ulster to retain Cup
An Australian cricketer has fainted in an Indian court amid allegations he molested a woman and assaulted her fiance. More »Oz Cricketer Faints At Delhi Court Appearance
LONDON (Reuters) - The owners of Bristol Airport may have to stump up some cash to help with the refinancing of 515 million pounds ($814 million) of debt which falls due next year, banking sources said on Friday. The western England airport, owned 50 … More »Bristol Airport under pressure to refinance debt
SHANHGAI (Reuters) - High hurdler Liu Xiang takes centre stage in his home town of Shanghai on Saturday, ready once again to assume the burden of China's heavy Olympic expectations. The former Olympic and world champion will compete in a quality 110 metres … More »Liu assumes Olympic burden in home stop
PERTH (Reuters) - Workers at global miner BHP Billiton's Bowen Basin mines will strike for seven full days starting late next week after voting to reject a new employment contract proposed by BHP for the second time, the workers' union said Friday. The … More »Workers to strike at BHP Billiton Australia coal mines
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach has been arrested on molestation and assault charges, a senior Delhi Police official said on Friday. More »Australia's Pomersbach arrested on assault charges
Three members of The Wiggles - one of Australia's most successful entertainment acts - are quitting the children's band. More »Wiggles Shake-Up After Three Members Quit Band
(Reuters) - Twelve months after losing a playoff for the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, Ryan Palmer had redemption on his mind after taking control of the tournament in Thursday's opening round. More »Pacesetting Palmer eyes redemption in Texas
(Reuters) - Australian Marc Leishman soared into an early one-shot lead with a pair of eagles on the back nine in Thursday's opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas. The 28-year-old Leishman took advantage of relatively calm conditions … More »Leishman soars with two eagles at the Byron Nelson
(Reuters) - Twice MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner said on Thursday he had lost his love for the sport and would retire at the end of the 2012 season. More »Champion Stoner to retire at end of season
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Billiton , the world's biggest miner, is likely to delay signing off on at least two mega projects after its chairman put the brakes on an $80 billion (50.4 billion pounds) plan to grow the company's iron ore, copper and energy … More »BHP may delay at least two mega projects to rein in spending
Banksy has apparently created a new piece of artwork in a London street - as builders in Australia destroyed his iconic parachuting rat. More »New Banksy Graffiti Appears On London Street