Ricky Ponting faced Stuart Clark's bowling in the Johannesburg nets on Thursday and it felt just like old times.

Melbourne Demons coach Dean Bailey expects his sides to break their winless run to the AFL season on their own merit against fellow strugglers Richmond.

The damage from another loss won't be restricted to the Super 14 points table for Queensland Reds.

South Sydney halfback Chris Sandow is on track to become just the eighth player in NRL history to chalk up more than 100 missed tackles in a season.

Australian Joel Parkinson has beaten local wildcard Adam Robertson to win his second Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach and increase his world surfing title lead.

Australian rugby's most-capped prop forward Al Baxter said he was likely to play in Europe next season following a breakdown in contract negotiations with the Australian Rugby Union.

Australia midfielder Tim Cahill has warned Manchester United that Everton have hit peak form just in time for their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley this weekend.

Three Australians have started strongly on the opening day of the Verizon Heritage golf tournament in South Carolina.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Rod Laver's 1969 grand slam, the last time a man won all four of the major tournaments in the same year.