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Maroons great Ben Ikin wants North Queensland coach Paul Green to pull the trigger and unleash Cowboys enforcer Matt Scott on the Sydney Roosters in their NRL grand final qualifier …

Memories of Wests Tigers’ unlikely 2005 NRL premiership triumph have come flooding back for Brisbane veteran Benji Marshall ahead of the Broncos’ preliminary final against runaway favourites Melbourne. And now …

Former tennis star James Blake has testified that a plain-clothed police officer never identified himself before throwing him to the ground and handcuffing him outside in 2015 outside his Manhattan …

Former top-ranked Australian Samantha Stosur has slumped to yet another first-round exit after blowing a one-set lead against China’s Han Xinyun at the Guangzhou International. The 2011 US Open champion …

Ireland want to help rugby crack the United States by hosting World Cup 2023. Irish rugby chiefs will present their World Cup bid to the voting unions in London on …

Widnes are releasing Australian forward Jack Buchanan at the end of the season after failing to agree terms on a new deal. The 25-year-old prop has made 39 appearances for …

Skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has been named the Warriors’ player of the year, just the fifth back in the NRL club’s 23 seasons to receive the award. The 24-year-old fullback has …

Australian Daria Gavrilova has made an early exit from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, bundled out in the first round by Magda Linette. The world No.21 endured a topsy-turvy …

Brisbane hooker Ben Hunt says play should not have been stopped despite teammate Corey Oates’ sickening collision in their NRL elimination final, admitting he would be pretty dirty if he …

Essendon have declared their intent to land Western Bulldogs fallen star Jake Stringer at this year’s AFL trade period. Stringer, a premiership player last year and an All-Australian in 2015, …

Des Hasler’s six-year tenure at Canterbury is over after his sacking by the NRL club. The Bulldogs ended months of speculation on Tuesday when chairman Ray Dib informed Hasler of …

Mitchell Pearce has declared opposition halfback Michael Morgan the form No.7 of the NRL, ahead of the Sydney Roosters’ preliminary final against North Queensland. The Roosters insist they won’t be …

Britain’s world No.3 Andy Murray has stressed the importance of gender equality in tennis, saying the work ethic required to succeed is the same for both men and women. Murray, …

The jury is out on whether Corey Oates will return from a horror head knock, despite Brisbane naming the recovering winger for Friday night’s NRL preliminary final against an unchanged …

Italian great Valentino Rossi has not ruled out a return to MotoGP in Spain this weekend, three weeks after breaking his right leg, after getting back on a bike for …

North Queensland have dropped a bombshell by naming co-captain Matt Scott on an extended bench for Saturday night’s NRL preliminary final against the Sydney Roosters. But Cowboys coach Paul Green …

Matt Scott could make a stunning return from a knee reconstruction after being included in North Queensland’s 21-man squad for Saturday’s preliminary NRL final. Scott was on Tuesday named on …

Simply stepping up to replace injured Brisbane NRL hooker Andrew McCullough had rattled Ben Hunt. But it pales in comparison to the assignment facing the fill-in Broncos’ rake in Friday …