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By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Dressed in black for her first Grand Slam final, Danielle Collins looked the part as she sought to play the villain and wreck local hero Ash Barty's coronation at t...

By Natalie Thomas and Yiming Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica's bobsleigh team are determined to overcome financial issues and challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic as their four-man line-up re...

By Courtney Walsh MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Open champion Ash Barty's coach believes her only chance of completing a career Grand Slam is if the organisers of the U.S. Open opt for a different ...

By Martyn Herman (Reuters) - For a country that does not even boast a skeleton track, Britain's record at producing Olympic medal winners in the high-speed sliding sport is phenomenal. Since skeleton ...

(Reuters) - The "Special Ks" show at the Australian Open ended on a high after Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis lifted the men's doubles titles by defeating compatriots Max Purcell and Matt Ebden i...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Activists made the most of the reversal of an earlier ban by giving away hundreds of T-shirts bearing the question "Where is Peng Shuai?" on women's final day at the Australian O...

(Reuters) - Corinne Suter boosted her confidence ahead of the winter Olympics in Beijing after a flawless run saw her win a World Cup downhill race in Germany's Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday. The...

(Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty said her dream came true after she ended Australia's 44-year wait for a home winner at the Australian Open by beating American Danielle Collins 6-3 7-6(2) in the...

By Courtney Walsh MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Open finalist Daniil Medvedev was fined for an outburst against the umpire in Friday's high-octane semifinal win over Stefanos Tsitsipas, who was him...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Factbox on Australia's Ash Barty, who won her first Australian Open title on Saturday, beating American Danielle Collins 6-3 7-6(2) in the final: Age: 25 Nation: Australia WTA ra...