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England have confirmed lock Maro Itoje will miss their upcoming Six Nations clash with Wales because of knee ligament damage. Itoje sustained the injury in England’s opening weekend victory over …

World No.1 Naomi Osaka has been beaten in her opening match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, losing to France’s Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-3 after winning last month’s Australian …

Kalyn Ponga’s Maori All-Stars showing is irrelevant to the style of football he’ll play for Newcastle at five-eighth this year, Knights coach Nathan Brown insists. Ponga played in the No.6 …

West Coast premiership midfielder Elliot Yeo has revealed he struggled to walk at times last year as he battled a toe injury, but is confident he’ll hit the ground running …

Incumbent Wallabies prop Scott Sio thinks his demotion to the Brumbies’ Super Rugby bench will help him become a better player. The 27-year-old is locked in fierce competition with former …

Daniel Ricciardo has taken heart from the performance of his Renault in Formula One testing, even if his time in the car was cut short by the rear wing flying …

Broncos prop Payne Haas has been fined $10,000 and will be stood down for the start of the premiership for refusing to co-operate with the NRL integrity unit, it has …

France coach Jacques Brunel dropped halfback Morgan Parra and five-eighth Camille Lopez for their Six Nations clash against Scotland but denied it had anything to do with their criticism of …

West Coast defender Jeremy McGovern revealed he tried to skip last year’s grand final parade, but quickly had to catch an Uber there after the AFL refused his request. McGovern …

KEY POINTS FROM NRL TRIAL SIDES * MELBOURNE (vs Warriors) Scott Drinkwater gets the retired Billy Slater’s fullback spot ahead of Jahrome Hughes, who is named on the bench. Brodie …

Curtis Sironen harbours no fear of the Lottoland turf despite having his 2018 NRL season ended amid a spate of injuries on the beleaguered surface. Sironen will make a big …

Ruck mastery will be more important than ever under fresh AFL rules, Adelaide’s Sam Jacobs says. Jacobs, one of the league’s leading rucks, believes the new rule designating starting zones …

Hawthorn’s Luke Breust and Isaac Smith have become the latest players to bail on the AFLX mini-tournament, with further withdrawals likely before the four squads are finalised. The premiership duo …

Robert Jennings looks set to sign with the Wests Tigers after the joint venture was reportedly told they could fit him under their salary cap. The Tigers’ salary cap for …

Jack de Belin’s return to the NRL field has been delayed for at least a week after he was ruled out of St George Illawarra’s trial against Newcastle with the …

Joe Daniher’s solid training in the last few weeks is raising hopes that the Essendon star will return during the AFL pre-season. Daniher is one of the Bombers’ most important …

Shaun Fensom still sees a place for himself in Brisbane’s best side despite the wealth of emerging NRL forwards he’s found himself competing with for a spot. The former Canberra …

He was one of the forgotten heroes of the Sydney Roosters’ NRL premiership campaign but Paul Momirovski denies being stuck behind Latrell Mitchell was the catalyst for his decision to …