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Nadal and Djokovic are Australian Open favourites: Federer

A 36-year-old, argued Roger Federer, should not be favourite to win the Australian Open. Yet making a case for any other man in the draw is almost impossible. R... read more

Bernard Tomic set to miss out on Australian Open

Bernard Tomic was beaten in three sets by Lorenzo Sonego in qualifying Australian set to miss out on home Grand Slam for first time since 2009 World No 142 coul... read more

Konta can cash in with Williams absent at Australian Open

Margaret Court can go on her crabbing holiday away from the Australian Open unburdened by the worry that the world’s leading tennis players might boycott the ... read more

Simona Halep targets first Slam title at Australian Open

Having finally ticked the world No 1 box, Simona Halep is focusing all her energy on trying to break her Grand Slam duck at the Australian Open. The Romanian wa... read more

Roger Federer and Milos Raonic team up with superheroes

Roger Federer and Milos Raonic practice on ‘Kids Day’ ahead of Australian Open The two tennis stars were joined by Marvel’s Spider-Man and Tho... read more

Margaret Court Arena should be renamed – Billie Jean King

American tennis legend Billie Jean King has called for the Margaret Court Arena at the Australian Open to have its name changed due to the former great’s ... read more

Jo Konta draws Madison Brengle in Australian Open and more

The women’s draw for the Australian Open was made on the Rod Laver Arena Maria Sharapova was chosen to bring the trophy on court beforehand The Russian mi... read more

Australian Open first round draw: Federer faces Bedene

Roger Federer will face former British player Aljaz Bedene as he next week begins the defence of his Australian Open title from last year. Bedene, who has rever... read more

Naomi Broady keeps Australian Open hopes alive

Naomi Broady battled past Kathinka von Deichmann in Melbourne Seventh seed dropped second set in second round qualifying win British No 3 will face Bibiane Sch... read more

Australian Open 2018 Guide: Date, TV, draw, rules and more

The opening Grand Slam of the 2018 season gets underway on Monday with Melbourne all set to host the Australian Open. Roger Federer is favourite to defend his t... read more

Manchester United to charge Sevilla fans EXTRA £35

Further to our recent confirmation that you were successful for the Sevilla away game, we wanted to inform you of a change in what you will be charged for this ... read more

Juan Martin del Potro beats Shapovalov in straight sets

Juan Martin del Potro beat Denis Shapovalov 6-2 6-4 in Auckland on Wednesday Argentine Del Potro hit eight aces to breeze past the 18-year-old Canadian  The 29... read more

Novak Djokovic beats Dominic Thiem on return from injury

Novak Djokovic returned to competitive tennis with a bang on Wednesday, bringing a six-month spell on the sidelines to an end with a thumping 6-1, 6-4 win over ... read more

Sydney International: Agnieszka Radwanska beats Jo Konta

Jo Konta fell to a 6-3, 7-5 defeat by Agnieszka Radwanska in Sydney on Tuesday The British No 1 had been hoping to defend the title she won in style last year... read more

Victoria Azarenka withdraws from Australian Open

Victoria Azarenka has become latest high profile player to withdraw from Slam Australian Open organisers said two-time winner ‘unable to travel to Austral... read more

Nick Kyrgios beats Harrison to win Brisbane International

Nick Kyrgios secures maiden tour title as he wins Brisbane International The Australian saw off America’s Ryan Harrison to win his first title on home soi... read more

‘Andy Murray has a problem in both hips’: Pat Cash

Andy Murray could have a problem in both of his hips, claims Pat Cash The British No 1 has withdrawn from the Australian Open with the injury issue Murray is no... read more

Man City boss Pep Guardiola says quadruple is unrealistic

Pep Guardiola insists that winning the quadruple remains ‘an illusion’ for Manchester City. The runaway Premier League leaders face Burnley in the F... read more

Dominic Thiem pulls out of Doha Open semi-final with cold

Top-seeded Dominic Thiem withdraws from Qatar Open due to illness The fifth-ranked Thiem was set to face Gael Monfils in the semi-final on Friday The Austrian h... read more

Kyle Edmund suffers injury scare as Dimitrov advances

Britain’s Kyle Edmund suffered an injury scare in his defeat to Grigor Dimitrov Edmund let out a cry of pain and collapsed to the floor after catching his... read more

Thomaz Bellucci handed five-month back-dated doping ban

Thomaz Bellucci was given a five-month back-dated doping suspension But the Brazilian was considered not guilty of any ‘significant fault or negligence... read more

Serena Williams withdraws from the Australian Open

Serena Williams has postponed her highly-anticipated tennis comeback The American deemed she was still not ready to compete at the Australian Open The defending... read more

Margaret Court boycotts Australian Open after gay marriage

Tennis legend Margaret Court will not be in attendance at this year’s Australian Open – despite having one of the arenas named in her honour. Court... read more

Murray flies home after pulling out of Australian Open

Andy Murray has long said he sees his long-term future in, among other things, the business of management and mentorship of athletes. That has an ironic feel to... read more