Brisbane News

The world number three was upset in his first match of the season and now has no chance this week of gaining ranking ground on Roger Federer, who is competing in Doha. But while Djokovic admitted his arrival only last...

A rusty-looking Ana Ivanovic overcame a poor service game and some patchy groundstrokes to beat unheralded Czech Petra Kvitova 6-4, 6-2 in round one of the Brisbane International on Monday. The top seed and former world number one got only...

Wotton was today handed a seven-year sentence, reduced to six years for time already served, for inciting a riot on Palm Island off north Queensland in 2004 following the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee. The sentence was handed down...

A jury has retired to consider the fate of a Queensland high school teacher accused of pursuing an illegal sexual relationship with her female student. Amanda Louise Thompson, 28, has pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane District Court to maintaining...

A tense World Cup rugby league semifinal week in Brisbane looms after Kiwis captain Benji Marshall labelled England disrespectful and coach Stephen Kearney took aim at referee Tony Archer. The Kiwis were far from happy despite storming back from 8-24...

Seventh-seeded Richard Gasquet of France rallied to beat countryman Marc Gicquel 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Sunday in the first round of the Brisbane International tennis tournament. The joint ATP-WTA tournament is being played for the first time at the new Queensland...

Australian No.1 Sam Stosur has scored a confidence-boosting win over Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama at the Brisbane International. The unseeded Stosur entertained a packed centre court crowd, winning 6-2 6-3 after breaking early. It was her first win against Sugiyama...