Tennis

One step closer to an all-Williams final

Serena and Venus Williams close in on a fifth all-sister Wimbledon final while beaten quarter-finalist Dominika Cibulkova prepares to rush back to Slovakia to get ready for her wedding.
5 July 2016, 23:08 PM

Cibulkova mulls wedding postponement, Williamses march on

Dominika Cibulkova could be forced to postpone her wedding after a shock Wimbledon win over world number three Agnieszka Radwanska, while Serena and Venus Williams march into the quarter-finals.
4 July 2016, 20:20 PM

No Kyrgios, Tomic in Australia's Olympics tennis team

Australian Olympic officials name their tennis line-up for Rio on Monday with the nation's top male stars Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic notably absent.
4 July 2016, 09:10 AM

Djokovic vows to 'emerge stronger'

Novak Djokovic insists he will come back stronger than ever after Sam Querrey ended the world number one's bid for tennis immortality in one of Wimbledon's greatest upsets.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Bernard Tomic told to apologise for 'retard' comment

Controversial Australian Bernard Tomic is ordered to apologise on Thursday after he uses the word "retard" in a Wimbledon press conference.
30 June 2016, 11:29 AM

Maria's return pending CAS decision

Maria Sharapova will be returned to the national Olympic entry list for the 2016 Rio Games in case the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issues a positive ruling on her appeal.
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Serena, Murray breeze through

Williams, Murray and Wawrinka go through to the second round at Wimbledon while Nick Kyrgios has yet another fallout with the chair umpire.
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Banned Sharapova to sharpen business skills at Harvard

Maria Sharapova plans to make good use of the time on her hands thanks to a two-year doping ban from tennis.
28 June 2016, 09:08 AM

Wimbledon 2016 - all you need to know

One hundred and forty thousand punnets of strawberries ripened to perfection, 256 players dreaming of singles glory, 19 courts trimmed with precision - all for two weeks and one tournament. Wimbledon is here.
25 June 2016, 10:56 AM

Federer reaches crossroads at Wimbledon

Fifteen years after famously stunning Pete Sampras at Wimbledon, seven-time champion Roger Federer returns to the All England Club with his career at a crossroads and his confidence at crisis point.
23 June 2016, 05:55 AM

Sharapova lawyer blasts WADA chief over income comment

Maria Sharapova's attorney John Haggerty hit out at World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) head Craig Reedie for comments he made about the Russian tennis star's earnings.
21 June 2016, 07:06 AM

Lendl says Murray can end Djokovic's 'golden slam' dream

Andy Murray has what it takes to ruin Novak Djokovic's dreams of sweeping to a 'golden slam', coach Ivan Lendl has said as the Scot prepares for another tilt at the Wimbledon title.
16 June 2016, 09:49 AM

Thiem stuns Federer

Roger Federer uncharacteristically fails to nail two match points as Dominic Thiem stun the top seed on the grass in the rain-disrupted Stuttgart semifinals on Saturday.
11 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Nadal out of Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal will miss Wimbledon after failing to recover from the wrist injury which forced his withdrawal from the French Open, he announced on Facebook.
9 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Sharapova suspended for 2 years for doping

Maria Sharapova is suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open.
8 June 2016, 15:10 PM

Serena passes Sharapova

Serena Williams may have been second best at the French Open on Saturday but the American has moved ahead of fellow tennis player Maria Sharapova to top the women's earnings list in sports, according to Forbes Magazine.
7 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Serena Williams tops Sharapova as world's highest paid sportswoman

Two days after her stunning loss to Garbine Muguruza in the French Open final, Serena Williams scores a different win when Forbes Magazine reported she has overtaken Maria Sharapova as the world's highest-paid sportswoman.
7 June 2016, 06:03 AM

Being part of the Federer/Nadal era a career booster, says Djokovic

The moment Novak Djokovic accepted that being part of the Roger Federer/Rafael Nadal era was a chance, not a curse, everything improved for him. After winning his first French Open title, world's number one tennis player holds all four grand slams at the same time.
6 June 2016, 07:32 AM

Andy ends Stan's reign

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will meet in a Grand Slam title clash for a seventh time on Sunday after comprehensive semi-final triumphs swept the world's top two players into the French Open final.
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Kyrgios pulls out of Rio, blasts AOC

Fiery Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios pulls out of the Rio Olympics, blaming "unwarranted attacks" on him by Australian Olympic chiefs after he was warned to behave.
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM