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The pressure valve on Ross Lyon has been released, and now the veteran coach has the chance to make his critics blush by leading the Dockers to an unlikely finals …

Bitter anti-referee sentiment lingers in Auckland, even after the Warriors clung on for the best win of their NRL campaign. Halfback Blake Green and coach Stephen Kearney both proclaimed they’d …

Bianca Andreescu became the first local Canadian Open semi-finalist since 1979, overcoming a groin injury to beat third-seeded Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 in windy conditions. The …

Top seeds Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem have both been knocked out of the Canadian Open at the quarter-final stage in Montreal. Third seed Zverev, of Germany, made eight double-faults …

Russian Daniil Medvedev has crushed second seed Dominic Thiem of Austria in straight sets as the eighth seed powered his way into the Canadian Open semi-finals in Montreal. The French-speaking …

Former world No.1 Andy Murray will make his singles return next week at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. The news, announced by the Scot on his Facebook page …

They may have breathed life into their finals aspirations, but Penrith also had a glimpse of the future in their inspired six-point win over Cronulla. With their finals chances on …

GWS coach Leon Cameron is confident he will keep star midfielder Stephen Coniglio who is off-contract and being courted by several AFL clubs. Cameron admits he wishes Coniglio had re-signed …

Adelaide skipper Taylor Walker will have the chance to bury some of his early-season demons when he fronts up against West Coast at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Walker has copped …

Hawthorn coach Alistair Clarkson insists his team are exactly where they’re supposed to be – halfway down the AFL ladder and just about out of finals contention. Clarkson described the …

The Wallabies feel they’ve got the fitness and finesse to go toe-to-toe with the All Blacks and set themselves up for a crack at the Bledisloe Cup with a victory …

Manly are writing off their shock loss to the Warriors as a mental lapse and relish the prospect of four tough contests to rediscover their best ahead of the NRL …

Cronulla will nervously wait on the diagnosis of a suspected rib injury to key prop Matt Prior following gut-wrenching six-point loss to Penrith. Prior played just six minutes at Panthers …

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But Harris Andrews says a screen shot of Luke Hodge’s nonchalant reaction to Cameron Rayner poleaxing an opponent that has emerged …

With a free and fit Mitch McGovern headlining several big inclusions, could this be the week David Teague’s rejuvenated Carlton finally get one over Richmond? Not since Chris Judd led …

It was billed as the coldest AFL game of the season and the forecast delivered with snow falling as Hawthorn thrashed GWS by 56 points in Canberra on Friday night. …

Star halfback Nathan Cleary has guided an inexperienced Penrith team back into the NRL top eight with a stirring 26-20 ambush of Cronulla. Cleary produced arguably the best game of …

It was billed as the coldest AFL game of the season and the forecast delivered with snow falling in the match between GWS and Hawthorn in Canberra on Friday night. …