Maro Itoje issues rallying cry to Lions ahead of second Test: ‘Not all games are equal’
Maro Itoje has warned the British and Irish Lions not to take the Wallabies lightly as they bid to “do something special” in the second...
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Melbourne’s rugby landscape opened up with Rebels’ demise – Storm are pouncing on the opportunity
In a city accustomed to sporting crossovers, Wallabies captain Harry Wilson and winger Harry Potter obligingly kicked a Sherrin in front of news cameras at...
Can Melbourne learn to love the Wallabies? Inside Australian rugby union’s fight for eyeballs in AFL heartland
The British and Irish Lions are training this week at a plush private school in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, the boarding boys returning to...
Australian Open: ATP Cup among six warm-up events at Melbourne Park this week
After two weeks of quarantine it is time for players like Petra Kvitova (right) to test themselves at warm-up events before the Australian Open starts...
Australian Open 2021: ‘No special treatment’ for tennis players in Melbourne
Novak Djokovic – the men’s world number one – is quarantining with other top players in Adelaide, where they are allowed out of their hotel...
Australian Open: More players to quarantine after another positive Covid test on Melbourne flight
Australia’s Bernard Tomic is one of several players to have been seen exercising in their hotel room More Australian Open players will be confined to...
Australian Open: Heather Watson among 47 players to quarantine in Melbourne after Covid cases on flights
Watson’s best performance at the Australian Open was a run to the third round in 2013 Heather Watson is among 47 players to be confined...
Big Bash League: Adam Zampa takes 5-17 as Melbourne Stars thrash Adelaide Strikers
Adam Zampa has taken 17 wickets at 11.88 in this season’s Big Bash Big Bash League, Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Stars 179-2 (20 overs): Fletcher...
Big Bash League: Sydney Sixers captain Daniel Hughes hits 96 to beat Melbourne Stars in thriller
Daniel Hughes’ knock included six fours and seven sixes Big Bash League, Carrara Melbourne Stars 193-5 (20.0 overs): Maxwell 71*, Pooran 65 Sydney Sixers 194-9...
WBBL Final: Sydney Thunder thrash Melbourne Stars by seven wickets to win title
Shabnim Ismail (right) bowled a sublime opening spell for Sydney Thunder Melbourne Stars 86-9 (20.0 overs): Brunt 22*; Johnson 2-11, Ismail 2-12 Sydney Thunder 87-3...