February 12, 2021

Tournament boss Craig Tiley played down fears Saturday that injured defending champion Novak Djokovic could pull out of the Australian Open, calling the world number one "resilient and tough".

Rafael Nadal will continue his chase for a record 21st Grand Slam title with his shots and grunts echoing around an empty Rod Laver Arena on Saturday after the Australian Open was forced into a biosecure coronavirus "bubble".

Australia's second most populous state Victoria entered a five-day lockdown on Saturday as authorities raced to prevent a third wave of COVID-19 cases sparked by the highly infections UK variant.

Liverpool will be without have makeshift centre back Fabinho for Saturday's crunch Premier League clash at Leicester City, but despite their injury crisis this season manager Juergen Klopp expected them to be closer to leaders Manchester…

Former world number one Karolina Pliskova was docked a point for smashing her racquet off the court and then slumped out of the Australian Open to Karolina Muchova on Saturday.