Adrian Mannarino isn't your typical professional tennis player, as his laid-back approach to how he's preparing at the Australian Open suggests.

The Big Bash reports a 27 per cent increase in crowd numbers but puts fixing slow pitches on its agenda to keep fans coming back.

As the Diamonds prepare to face Uganda for the very first time in netball at the Nations Cup, there are two players from opposite teams — Sunday Aryang and Mary Cholhok — that have a lot in common.

Ashleigh Barty's fourth-round match was overlooked for Wimbledon's Centre Court despite her billing as women's world number one, as 18-time major winner Rafael Nadal says he deserves to play on the showpiece court.

Kamila Valieva's ban for doping has led to the Court for Arbitration for Sport stripping Russia of its 2022 Winter Olympics gold for team figure-skating. So who gets the medal now?