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Canberra coach Ricky Stuart says he has “massive concerns” about Lottoland’s surface before the Raiders’ NRL clash with Manly. The Raiders lost Dunamis Lui to a torn anterior cruciate ligament …

Stephen Kearney and Craig Bellamy agree that Blake Green will make an essential difference to the Warriors when they seek to end their lean NRL run of Anzac Day results …

Stuart Dew says Gold Coast are a different AFL team to that of last season and the coach will get a chance to prove it over the next few weeks. …

Essendon have been fined $20,000 by the AFL over Joe Daniher’s surprise late inclusion for their 58-point win over North Melbourne. The AFL confirmed the Bombers had been sanctioned for …

Brisbane coach Chris Fagan has run the rule over his misfiring Lions as they aim to rediscover their early-season form in Saturday’s QClash against Gold Coast. It will mark the …

Craig Bellamy is confident Melbourne’s shaky right side defence will rise to the challenge when the Storm host the Warriors in their annual Anzac Day NRL clash. The defensive combination …

Brisbane great Shane Webcke admits the Broncos pack is lacking an “old hard head” but refuses to blame Josh McGuire’s exit for the NRL club’s poor start. The battling Broncos …

In the cold light of day, trainer Anthony Cummings has decided not to run Agassi in the Hawkesbury Guineas with stablemate Glamour Cat his likely representative. Agassi won at Randwick …

Matt Laurie has taken the opportunity to give the promising Prince Of Sussex a familiarisation gallop at Caulfield ahead of the two-year-old’s bid to win the inaugural The Showdown. And …

The Gai Waterhouse team is once again targeting the VRC St Leger at Flemington, with Transact out to become the fourth horse from the stable in the past seven years …

Star Australian sprinter Santa Ana Lane has travelled well to Hong Kong in preparation for his first international start in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin. The Anthony Freedman-trained …

Australian John Millman has wasted little time in winning his first-round match at the ATP Tour’s Hungarian Open. The sixth-seeded Millman crushed Serbian teenager Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1 6-2 in just …

Two years ago, Matt Ikuvalu was running around for Wyong and had all but given up on ever playing in the NRL. A Central Coast junior who played under-20s for …

Belgium’s Elise Mertens and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko are among the first round exits at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart on a day where other high-profile players withdrew without …

Second-seeded Alexander Zverev lost to 81st-ranked Nicolas Jarry in the Barcelona Open after failing to convert a match point, while former champion Kei Nishikori and third-seeded Dominic Thiem easily advanced …

GWS will recall Toby Greene, one of their “best and most important players”, for Saturday’s local AFL derby against Sydney at the SCG. The Giants continue to sweat on the …

Newcastle coach Nathan Brown admits intense media attention was behind his decision to take 21-year-old NRL superstar Kalyn Ponga out of the halves. Ponga lit up the competition as the …

Rebuild remains a dirty word at the SCG, with Sydney Swans chief executive Tom Harley insisting his AFL club can continue to buck the trend and avoid bottoming out. The …