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(Adds details) May 14 (Reuters) - Caleb Ewan claimed his second stage win at this year's Giro d'Italia as he again showed his sprinting prowess at the end of the 181km seventh...

May 14 (Reuters) - Caleb Ewan claimed his second stage win at this year's Giro d'Italia as he again showed his sprinting prowess at the end of the 181km seventh stage on...

CAPE TOWN, May 14 (Reuters) - South Africa will play two tests and five Twenty20 Internationals in the West Indies from next month, the start of a busy home schedule for the hosts,...

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - The Otago Highlanders outmuscled Australian champions the Queensland Reds 40-19 before the Wellington Hurricanes beat the New South...

CAPE TOWN, May 14 (Reuters) - The British and Irish Lions have scrapped plans to play matches all around South Africa and will instead utilise two bio-secure bubbles in Cape Town...

MELBOURNE, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian swimmers Emma McKeon and Kaylee McKeown posted year-best times at the Sydney Open meet on Friday to lay down markers for the Tokyo...

MELBOURNE, May 14 (Reuters) - Wallabies centre Matt Toomua has extended his national contract through to the 2023 World Cup in France in a deal that keeps the 31-year-old at Super...

(Adds quotes, background) By Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that the United States would...

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, May 13 (Reuters) - Ten weeks before the start of the Olympics, Tokyo remains in a state of emergency, 60% of the Japanese people do not want the Olympics...

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, May 13 (Reuters) - Mack Horton is unconcerned whether Sun Yang escapes a ban and races at the Tokyo Games and more worried about getting through the...

MELBOURNE, May 13 (Reuters) - The Australian Football League (AFL) will delay expanding its professional women's competition until 2022 but is committed to matching the 18 teams in...

MELBOURNE, May 13 (Reuters) - Australia skipper Tim Paine has thrown his support behind Steve Smith replacing him as captain of the test team when the time comes for a leadership...

(Adds details of Landa injury) MODENA, Italy, May 12 (Reuters) - Australian Caleb Ewan sprinted to victory but one of the main GC favourites Mikel Landa's race is over after a...

May 12 (Reuters) - Former world number one Jason Day has not missed a major championship since the 2012 British Open but he could sit out the next two due to the impending arrival...

MODENA, Italy, May 12 (Reuters) - Australian Caleb Ewan sprinted to victory but two favourites saw their GC hopes go up in smoke in a crash-hit climax to stage five of the Giro...

May 12 (Reuters) - Former Ireland striker Simon Cox has cut short his stint with Western Sydney Wanderers to reunite with his family in Britain, the A-League team said on...

May 12 (Reuters) - All Blacks loose forward Shannon Frizell has been omitted from the Otago Highlanders' Super Rugby Trans-Tasman opener against Australian champions Queensland on...

May 11 (Reuters) - The postponed women's 2021 Rugby World Cup will now be held in New Zealand from Oct. 8 to Nov. 12 next year, the sport's global governing body said in a...

LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - The International Swimming League (ISL) said it remained committed to paying outstanding debts after announcing on Tuesday that season three will start...

(Corrects spelling of "advocate" in third-last paragraph) MELBOURNE, May 11 (Reuters) - Basketballer Liz Cambage has confirmed she will play at the Tokyo Games, backtracking on a...

May 10 (Reuters) - Serena Williams (NYSE:WMB) will this week play her first match since her Australian Open semi-final exit in February but the American does not feel unprepared...

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, May 10 (Reuters) - While debate has raged over whether the Tokyo Olympics should go ahead this year, the Australian city of Brisbane has been moving...

May 10 (Reuters) - Chelsea striker Sam Kerr added the Women's Super League Golden Boot to her collection on Sunday and the Australian said the award would take pride of place among...

May 10 (Reuters) - Ash Barty was feeling fatigued after losing to Aryna Sabalenka in the Madrid Open final at the weekend but the world number one said it was a "good problem" to...

SYDNEY, May 10 (Reuters) - Australia started administering COVID-19 vaccines to athletes around the country on Monday to give them "comfort and certainty" for their final...

MELBOURNE, May 10 (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand have agreed to retain replacements for red-carded players and goal-line drop-outs in the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman...

May 9 (Reuters) - Team by team analysis of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, round four of the 2021 Formula One season (teams listed in championship...

(Updates with Hertha Berlin result) FRANKFURT, Germany May 9 (Reuters) - Eintracht Frankfurt's Ajdin Hrustic scored an 86th-minute goal to rescue a 1-1 draw against visiting Mainz...

* Hamilton wins in Spain for fifth year in a row * Mercedes driver now has 98 wins, three this year * Verstappen second with fastest lap, slips 14 points behind * Bottas third for...

FRANKFURT, Germany May 9 (Reuters) - Eintracht Frankfurt's Ajdin Hrustic scored an 86th-minute goal to rescue a 1-1 draw against visiting Mainz 05 on Sunday and retain some hope of...

May 9 (Reuters) - Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix for a record-equalling fifth year in a row for Mercedes on Sunday. The Briton's...

(Adds detail , quotes) May 9 (Reuters) - Ariya Jutanugarn finally got her hands on the Honda LPGA Thailand title after 14 years of trying on Sunday, beating compatriot Atthaya...

May 9 (Reuters) - Former world number one Ariya Jutanugarn hit a flawless nine-under-par 63 in the final round of the Honda LPGA Thailand on Sunday to become the first local winner...

May 9 (Reuters) - Western Sydney Wanderers' coach Carl Robinson defended his decision to bring ready-made talent into his squad and called on his young players to toughen up if...

May 9 (Reuters) - Queensland Reds' coach Brad Thorn hailed his team's thrilling late win over the ACT Brumbies at a packed Brisbane Stadium in the Super Rugby AU final on Sunday,...