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Star midfielder Jack Billings believes St Kilda have the talent to take the next step to being a title force after inking a new two-year deal with the AFL club. …

ADELAIDE V SYDNEY TALE OF THE TAPE * Adelaide 1st 15 wins 4 losses 1 draw 62pts 142.1%. Assured top-two slot. * Sydney: 5th 12 wins 8 losses 48pts 123.7%. …

Adelaide coach Don Pyke knows his AFL pacesetters have come a long way. But just how far, he says, will be revealed by Sydney in Friday night’s AFL heavyweight stoush …

Western Bulldogs will urge the AFL to remove the rigid classification of on-field offences by its match review panel (MRP) after being stung by Jack Redpath’s three-game ban. Bulldogs president …

Mark Winterbottom admits he’s running out of time to avoid a career Supercars low. The 2015 series winner is running sixth in the championship and while that’s not ideal, it’s …

Ashleigh Barty has found form ahead of the US Open to claim the biggest scalp of her tennis career, beating seven-time grand slam champion Venus Williams at the Cincinnati Open. …

All Blacks boss Steve Hansen admits he had one eye on the future when selecting Liam Squire for Saturday’s trans-Tasman Test in Sydney. The 26-year-old Squire will line up at …

Nick Kyrgios has fought back to beat Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov andd advance to the third round of the Cincinnati Masters. Kyrgios recovered from dropping an early break in the first …

Australia’s Ashleigh Barty has recorded the biggest win of her singles career, eliminating ninth seed Venus Williams from the Cincinnati Open. It was Barty’s first-ever win over a top 10 …

Daria Gavrilova’s Cincinnati Open tilt is over after the 23-year-old fell in three sets to Italy’s Camila Giorgi. Gavrilova, who upset 13th seed Kristina Mladenovic in the first round after …

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has sprung a major surprise ahead of the Bledisloe Cup and Rugby Championship opener against Australia in Sydney, opting for young gun Damian McKenzie at …

Don’t sack Jarryd Hayne – make him Gold Coast captain. That was Mal Meninga’s left-field solution to the reported feud between Hayne and embattled Titans coach Neil Henry. The Titans …

It stung to admit it but Shaun Johnson has conceded the Warriors’ questionable effort was “rightly addressed” after their infamous NRL loss to last-placed Newcastle. But the playmaker promises long-suffering …

Critics believe Andrew Fifita has not done enough since State of Origin but Australia coach Mal Meninga believes the maligned NSW prop is trying too hard. Meninga says Fifita is …

The man who lured James Tedesco to the Sydney Roosters – Anthony Minichiello – believes the Wests Tigers fullback will this weekend provide a glimpse of what the Tricolours can …

Kane Linnett has dared Cronulla to kick to North Queensland’s Kalyn Ponga in the NRL prodigy’s first game since April. Ponga will play on the wing in a reshuffled Cowboys …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has confirmed Zac Dawson won’t be given an AFL farewell match, saying there is no point chewing up an opportunity when the club needs to focus …

West Coast’s best football this year is on par with any AFL side, according to Greater Western Sydney midfielder Tom Scully. The gap between the Eagles’ most impressive and embarrassing …