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The Blues are persisting with Tana Umaga as their Super Rugby head coach despite three seasons of struggle. Former All Blacks captain Umaga has extended his contract with the under-performing …

AFL football boss Steve Hocking has appealed the decision by the tribunal to fine rather than suspend Carlton duo Ed and Charlie Curnow for making contact with an umpire. The …

Essendon coach John Worsfold has slammed reports suggesting that defender Mark Baguley sledged Carlton forward Jed Lamb about his father knowing that he had been murdered. Baguley and Lamb were …

Newcastle wunderkind Kalyn Ponga has risen in Queensland State of Origin calculations following Cameron Smith’s representative retirement. With Smith joining Johnathan Thurston in making himself unavailable for his state and …

Essendon coach John Worsfold has denied that his departed lieutenant Mark Neeld was made the scapegoat for the Bombers’ disastrous start to the AFL season. Neeld, who was the Bombers’ …

Just when their injury crisis appeared to be slowing down, Penrith have suffered another injury blow after skipper Peter Wallace was ruled out for two weeks with a shoulder injury. …

Greater Western Sydney’s injury woes have worsened with concussed co-captain Phil Davis ruled out of Saturday’s AFL clash with North Melbourne. Davis was collected by an errant elbow from West …

Wests Tigers coach Ivan Cleary predicts son Nathan will hit the ground running as he attempts to prove his fitness to NSW mentor Brad Fittler over the next two weeks. …

Six years after the boldest of bold claims about what the Warriors can achieve, the perennial NRL strugglers are firing again. Chief executive Cameron George raised more than a few …

Adelaide coach Don Pyke is accepting his AFL club’s spate of injuries as just a fact of football. The Crows have 14 players on their injury list leading into Friday …

Wests Tigers coach Ivan Cleary has predicted son Nathan will hit the ground running as he attempts to prove his fitness to NSW mentor Brad Fittler over the next two …

Unseeded Denis Shapovalov has defeated Tomas Berdych in the Italian Open first round, with the victory ensuring he will become the top-ranked Canadian in the world when the revised ATP …

Romania has lost its spot at the 2019 Rugby World Cup after it was docked qualifying points for repeatedly using ineligible players. World Rugby said it has modified the qualification …

Australian No.1 Ashleigh Barty has been knocked out in the first round of the Italian Open by three-time champion Maria Sharapova. Making her debut in the main draw in Rome, …

The meteoric rise of Chris Waller will be acknowledged when the champion Sydney trainer is inducted into Australian Racing Hall of Fame. In the decade since he trained his first …

Former Sydney premiership-winning jockey James McDonald embarks on a busy return to racing at Warwick Farm following an 18-month disqualification. McDonald had his final hit-out during barrier trials at Randwick …

Trainer Mark Newnham will give impressive mare Anatola one more fitness-building run in Brisbane to sharpen a campaign targeting the Group One Tatt’s Tiara. The classy mare has never been …

Brad Widdup is looking forward to gauging recent acquisition Chauffeur’s future when the colt embarks on the latest phase of his racing career. Hawkesbury-based Widdup is the third trainer to …