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The AFL will attempt to get its messaging about making contact with umpires back on track when Carlton’s Curnow brothers front the appeal board. Charlie and Ed Curnow successfully argued …

Penrith veteran James Maloney says he’s ready to hand back the attacking keys to Nathan Cleary when the halfback makes his anticipated NRL return against the Wests Tigers on Thursday. …

Adelaide coach Don Pyke is considering bucking his coaching trend and deploying a tagger on in-form Western Bulldog Jack Macrae in Friday night’s AFL match. Macrae has been in stunning …

Fresh from dismissing a report of his retirement, Supercars veteran Craig Lowndes has an eye on 700 race starts. The Holden legend hit back an article, suggesting he was pulling …

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has delivered Quade Cooper an ultimatum: leave the Queensland Reds or forget playing for Australia again on his watch. Reds coach Brad Thorn has already slammed …

Greater Western Sydney have drafted in their academy director to get to the bottom of the AFL club’s increasing injury toll. As the Giants’ woes worsened with concussed co-captain Phil …

Holding two world team tennis events within a short time is an insane idea, according to ATP president Chris Kermode. The Association of Tennis Professionals has proposed a revamped World …

Billy Slater says he’s never aspired to be Queensland captain but isn’t ruling out taking up the role after the representative retirement of his Melbourne teammate Cameron Smith. The veteran …

French tennis player Alize Cornet has avoided a doping ban after an independent tribunal cleared her of missing a third test within 12 months, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has …

With Nathan Cleary set to make his anticipated return for Penrith, Anthony Griffin hopes referees follow through on this week’s memo to NRL coaches about defenders hitting kickers late. Cleary, …

Canberra’s Blake Austin could play for the Raiders just seven days after suffering a game-ending ankle injury. The five-eighth trained with the NRL club on Wednesday in a bid to …

Newcastle are well in the fight to lure Queensland representative Tim Glasby to the NRL club next season, according to coach Nathan Brown. Glasby is believed to have all but …

Vince Aso’s Super Rugby season is over as the Hurricanes received some rare bad injury news in the lead-up to their clash with the Queensland Reds. Lightning-quick outside back Aso …

Gold Coast have announced their second major signature in three days after agreeing to terms with former Kangaroos prop Shannon Boyd from Canberra on a four-year NRL deal. Boyd’s deal …

Veteran North Melbourne forward Jarrad Waite will be given until the last minute to prove he is fit to take on GWS in Hobart. The 35-year-old suffered a corked hip …

Johnathan Thurston opened a bottle of wine when the call from Cameron Smith came through to inform him he was retiring from representative rugby league. The North Queensland legend has …

The NSW Waratahs have lost Test forward Ned Hanigan for at least month in an injury blow that all but rules the 23-year-old out of Wallabies selection for next month’s …

Cameron Smith could become the next Queensland rugby league great to be immortalised with a bronze statue at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium. Smith is among the leading contenders after Premier Annastacia …