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Paul Gallen says Brad Fittler’s “rocks and diamonds” back line makes him nervous ahead of next week’s State of Origin series opener in Melbourne. Fittler confirmed on Monday night that …

Coaching great Kevin Sheedy is among the contenders to be elevated to AFL legend status at this year’s Hall of Fame gala event. Sheedy is the favourite ahead of fellow …

Canberra coach Ricky Stuart believes Brad Fittler made a mistake by leaving his Raiders winger Nick Cotric out of the NSW team. The teenager has been included in the Blues’ …

Gold Coast livewire Jack Martin anticipates the return of Tom Lynch will only help his bid to nail down a spot in the forward line alongside him. The AFL club …

All Australian ruckman Paddy Ryder knows he’s biased. But he reckons the rise of the ruckman in the AFL is a beautiful thing. “I’m pretty biased toward ruckmen,” Ryder said. …

Lewis Hamilton has poured cold water on Daniel Ricciardo’s hopes of moving to Mercedes next year. Ricciardo’s value has never been higher after he delivered the most dominant weekend of …

Jordan Thompson has followed fellow Australian Bernard Tomic out the French Open exit gates with another despairing five-set grand slam defeat. Thompson’s valiant fightback from two sets down proved fruitless …

The most recently minted grand slam champion in tennis has booked a second-round French Open slot as Caroline Wozniacki overcame a stuttering start to beat Danielle Collins 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 …

Journeyman Marco Trungelliti has revealed he not only beat Bernard Tomic on barely any sleep, but also without practising in more than three days. Having driven 10 hours and 1000km …

Still reeling from knee surgeries, former champion Stan Wawrinka has lost a five-set battle to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the first round of the French Open. Last year’s finalist lasted three …

Novak Djokovic has eased through to the second round of the French Open after a straight-sets win over Rogerio Dutra Silva. The Serbian, coming back from an injury absence which …

Bernard Tomic has shot down suggestions he was only playing tennis for financial reasons in a sour aftermath to his first-round French Open exit in Paris. Tomic’s promising run from …

Former champion Stan Wawrinka was knocked out of the French Open in the first round when he lost 6-2 3-6 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The Swiss, …

Petra Kvitova flirted with an early exit but did enough to overcome Paraguay’s Veronica Cepede Royg to move into the second round of the French Open. The two-time Wimbledon champion …

Bernard Tomic’s French Open adventure is over following a tough four-set first-round loss to Argentine battler Marco Trungelliti. Trungelliti snapped Tomic’s career-best seven-match clay-court winning streak with a spirited 6-4 …

NSW coach Brad Fittler has teased Queensland to try to target James Maloney’s left-edge defence in next week’s State of Origin series opener. A week after publicly criticising Maloney’s defence, …

Richmond spearhead Jack Riewoldt is likely to play in the AFL Dreamtime match but the prognosis isn’t so good for fellow premiership players Bachar Houli and Dion Prestia. The Tigers …

St Kilda look set to head to the AFL tribunal in the hopes of downgrading Jake Carlisle’s two-game suspension for striking. Richmond premiership forward Jack Riewoldt was concussed after Carlisle’s …