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• Novak Djokovic: I am not anti-vax, I am pro-freedom

  09-01-2025 21:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Djokovic says he was deported from Australia in 2022 because “the politicians could not stand me being there”.
  
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• Adelaide International Highlights: Madison Keys v Liudmila Samsonova

  10-01-2025 07:28 via smh.com.au
  
  Watch the match highlights between Madison Keys & Liudmila Samsonova on Day 5 of the 2025 Adelaide International Tennis.
  
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• Australian Open 2025: Djokovic won’t back down from poisoning claims, says focus is now on-court

  10-01-2025 07:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Take a look back at what the biggest names in tennis said as the first round of the Australian Open draws closer.
  
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• Australian Open 2025 LIVE: Djokovic won’t back down from poisoning claims, says focus is now on-court

  10-01-2025 07:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Hear from the biggest names in tennis today with the countdown on to the Australian Open. Get all the latest from Melbourne Park here.
  
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• Australian Open 2025 LIVE: Swiatek opens up on ‘the worst time’ in her life; Djokovic’s surprise question for Zverev

  10-01-2025 06:35 via theage.com.au
  
  Hear from the biggest names in tennis today with the countdown on to the Australian Open. Get all the latest from Melbourne Park here.
  
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• The bold move that saved spinner’s Test career in fight to succeed Lyon

  10-01-2025 06:24 via smh.com.au
  
  A three-way fight has seemingly emerged to one day replace ‘the GOAT’, and one man’s bold move has put himself firmly in that frame.
  
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• Adelaide International Highlights: Heliovaara & Patten v Krawietz & Puetz

  10-01-2025 06:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Watch the match highlights between Heliovaara & Patten & Krawietz & Puetz on Day 5 of the 2025 Adelaide International Tennis.
  
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• Adelaide International Highlights: Haddad Maia & Siegemund v Guo & Panova

  10-01-2025 06:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Watch the match highlights between Haddad Maia & Siegemund & Guo & Panova on Day 5 of the 2025 Adelaide International Tennis.
  
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• Australian Open 2025 LIVE: ‘The worst time in my life’, Swiatek opens up on doping scandal

  10-01-2025 06:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Hear from the biggest names in tennis today with the countdown on to the Australian Open. Get all the latest from Melbourne Park here.
  
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• World Sports Photography Awards 2025 winners revealed – in pictures

  10-01-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  The World Sports Photography Awards are the only global awards for sport photography and are designed to recognise and celebrate incredible sports images and the photographers who take them. More than 2,200 professional sports photographers from over 96 countries submitted more than 13,000 images across the 24 categories to this year’s competition, which all tell compelling stories of the emotion, passion, athleticism and focus that are at the heart of sport Continue reading...
  
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• ‘They can say what they want’: Smith excited with Test captaincy return

  10-01-2025 05:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Steve Smith is ready to again take on the second most important job in Australia.
  
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• Why Jannik Sinner won’t bite back at Nick Kyrgios’ barbs

  10-01-2025 05:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Daniil Medvedev, who lost last year’s Australian Open final to Jannik Sinner, said it would be interesting to see “the energy” if Sinner and the Australian crossed paths.
  
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• Nervous 9999s: Steve Smith rues milestone miss as he backs teenage tyro to be a hit

  10-01-2025 05:48 via theguardian.com
  
  35-year-old one run short of 10,000 Test runs ahead of Sri Lanka tourAustralia stand-in captain to guide Sam Konstas to play his own waySteve Smith has conceded he thought “too much” about reaching the 10,000 Test runs milestone against India before falling one run short in the fifth Test. The stand-in captain will head to Sri Lanka needing a single to join Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and Steve Waugh in an exclusive Australian cricket club.Smith, famously fidgety and a poor sleeper d
  
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• If Russell Crowe wants to sell the Rabbitohs, are they worth buying?

  10-01-2025 05:40 via smh.com.au
  
  How do you become a millionaire? Be a billionaire and buy a sporting club.
  
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• Clark, Perry, Sutherland: The evolution of a record-breaking Ashes star

  10-01-2025 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Annabel Sutherland wears No.14 for a reason, and the powerful Australian is a key to Australia’s hopes in the big series against England.
  
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• Notre Dame pip Penn State in Orange Bowl thriller to reach CFP title game

  10-01-2025 05:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Notre Dame beat Penn State 27-24 in national semi-finalFighting Irish will play Texas-Ohio State winner for titleUND seek 12th national championship and first since 1988A diving interception off an ill-advised pass set up Notre Dame’s trip to play for the program’s 12th national title after a thrill-a-minute 27-24 victory over Penn State on Thursday night in the Orange Bowl.Fighting Irish defensive back Christian Gray snared Drew Allar’s pass across the middle at the Nittany Li
  
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• Kyrgios steps up Australian Open preparation in a positive sign

  10-01-2025 04:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Nick Kyrgios gives the strongest indication he will be fit to play in the Australian Open, declaring his abdominal injury "manageable" two days out from the first grand slam of the year.
  
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• Australian Open 2025 LIVE: ‘I haven’t done anything wrong – that’s why I’m here’, Sinner speaks on doping drama

  10-01-2025 04:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Hear from the biggest names in tennis today with the countdown on to the Australian Open. Get all the latest from Melbourne Park here.
  
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• Berry keen to replicate late brother’s Magic win with Baker in Classic

  10-01-2025 04:08 via theage.com.au
  
  Nathan Berry’s last major winner before his shock death in 2014 was on the Bjorn Baker-trained Unencumbered in the Magic Millions Classic. His twin, Tommy, will ride Baker’s O’ Ole from the same barrier in the race on Saturday.
  
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• Australian Open 2025 LIVE: ‘Cocky’ Sabalenka vying for hat-trick, Sinner to face media amid WADA appeal

  10-01-2025 04:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Hear from the biggest names in tennis today with the countdown on to the Australian Open. Get all the latest from Melbourne Park here.
  
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• Smith says 'little chat' was behind Connolly Test call-up in Sri Lanka

  10-01-2025 03:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Steve Smith says he pushed for Cooper Connolly's inclusion on Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.
  
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• Kyrgios says Djokovic treated badly in Australia

  10-01-2025 02:16 via theage.com.au
  
  Nick Kyrgios says Novak Djokovic was "treated like shit" after the tennis legend claimed he was "poisoned" by food while in detention in Melbourne.
  
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• Sobering series loss leaves Kohli staring squarely at cricketing mortality

  10-01-2025 02:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Virat Kohli unsuccessfully did everything in his power to recapture his previous glory in the loss to Australia and it leaves him and India needing answers to some tough questions.
  
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• Bright future for Australian women’s tennis adds colour to Open hopes

  10-01-2025 02:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Teenagers Joint and Jones land tough draws at Melbourne ParkDestanee Aiava has eye for fashion as well as top-100 rankingOne is giving tennis a last shot before a potential pivot to fashion design. Two veterans, desperate to prove they still belong. Then there is a pair of the most promising young female Australian players in recent memory.The local contingent contesting the Australian Open women’s singles are full of colour, rich in stories. The same could be said of the cupboard of quali
  
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• Kyrgios explains photographer ban

  10-01-2025 02:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Nick Kygrios believes a misunderstanding was to blame after media and photographers were kicked out of a practice session on Friday morning.
  
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• Nick Kyrgios says he’s ‘smart as’, and he might just be right

  10-01-2025 01:45 via smh.com.au
  
  OnlyFans, NBL, pickleball entrepreneur and TV’s nascent voice of tennis – Nick Kyrgios will be in your face for a long time to come, no matter how long he keeps playing.
  
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• You might hate it, but T20 saved Test cricket this summer

  10-01-2025 01:40 via smh.com.au
  
  The pink ball game was the reason behind the enthralling Test series this summer - but not in the way you think.
  
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• Australian Open 2025 LIVE: Lowdown from Nick Kyrgios as stars make final preparation

  10-01-2025 01:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Hear from the biggest names in tennis today with the countdown on to the Australian Open. Get all the latest from Melbourne Park here.
  
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• Lakers postpone Hornets game as coach JJ Redick loses home in LA wildfires

  09-01-2025 23:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Wildfires are burning fiercely across Los Angeles regionLA Rams playoff game still expected to go aheadThe NBA has postponed Thursday’s game between the Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets in Los Angeles due to the wildfires in the region, but the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams still expect their home playoff game on Monday to go ahead.At least five people have been killed, thousands of structures have been incinerated and nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes during t
  
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• Why a rookie was picked to tour Sri Lanka – but Glenn Maxwell wasn’t

  09-01-2025 23:15 via smh.com.au
  
  This squad is less about next summer’s Ashes series and more about India in two years’ time.
  
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