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Israel Folau is running on his injured ankle at the Wallabies’ Gold Coast training base but isn’t confident he’ll be able to prove his fitness to play South Africa. The …

NRL boss Todd Greenberg says player welfare had to triumph over avoiding a clash with the AFL in the opening weekend of both codes’ finals. The premier sporting competitions will …

West Coast coach Adam Simpson says he’s been talking about football – not contracts – with ruckman Scott Lycett in the lead-up to this year’s AFL finals series. Rumours are …

Dual premiership coach Denis Pagan reckons Richmond are vulnerable heading into the AFL finals. Pagan, who will present the Jock McHale Medal to this year’s premiership-winning coach, believes the Tigers …

Now he’s achieved his long-term goal of making the AFL All-Australian team, Brodie Grundy is aiming big. The Collingwood ruckman wants to help break their premiership drought, make multiple All-Australian …

A mystery illness which hospitalised Collingwood’s Scott Pendlebury has helped convert him as a fan of the AFL’s pre-finals bye. The Magpies captain still doesn’t know what hit him for …

James Maloney will become just the fourth playmaker to play finals football at four different clubs, but insists he and Penrith are still on track to create bigger NRL history. …

Melbourne must become the first team to win a premiership without a settled halfback in three decades if they are to defend their NRL title this year. The Storm’s halfback …

Daniel Ricciardo has flamed out of the Italian grand prix as his frustrating patch of the Formula One season continued. The Red Bull star’s race ended on lap 25 of …

This time last year Greg Inglis was out of the finals, out of luck, and significantly out of shape. But now the South Sydney captain is arguably in career-best form …

NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg has declared that this month’s highly-anticipated finals series will be better for the early-season crackdown that engulfed the code. After one of the most unpredictable …

St George Illawarra star Ben Hunt has thick enough skin to handle the spotlight set to descend on him in his first return to Brisbane this week, according to his …

Serena Williams’ yells of “Come on!” crescendoed right along with the tension in a fourth-round US Open match that began as a rout and suddenly became riveting. When she ripped …

It’s a far cry from the bright lights of New York but Bernard Tomic is celebrating a small breakthrough elsewhere after winning the inaugural Rafa Nadal Open. Tomic collected a …

Gold Coast coach Garth Brennan is committed to future-proofing the club, even if it costs him his job. The Titans finished 14th in Brennan’s first year as an NRL head …

The Sydney Roosters may be minor NRL premiers but they’ve been here before and know all too well the pain of falling short. The Roosters locked up top spot with …

Tim Mannah has seen the worst of times at his NRL club Parramatta. So when the prop describes their 2018 season as one of the toughest in his time at …

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has equalled Michael Schumacher’s record of five Italian Grand Prix wins and left Ferrari feeling the pain yet again in their own backyard. The …