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Queensland coach Kevin Walters insists Daly Cherry-Evans isn’t on the nose with team officials and senior players and will play State of Origin in 2018. The Manly halfback and captain …

The Sydney Roosters have admitted they must ease the load on workhorse Jake Friend or risk burning out their captain. The Tri-colours No.9 was forced to make 62 tackles in …

Melbourne’s Tom Bugg faces the heaviest AFL suspension in more than a year when he fronts the tribunal on Tuesday night. The Demons forward is widely expected to cop a …

Cameron Munster’s established combination with Melbourne Storm teammates Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk may convince Maroons coach Kevin Walters to start the Storm playmaker at five-eighth in State …

Laurie Daley’s decision to name an unchanged NSW line up for next week’s State of Origin decider could be the perfect tonic for the battered Blues. Assuming captain Boyd Cordner …

West Coast veteran Mark LeCras is no guarantee to earn a recall for Sunday’s AFL clash with Port Adelaide despite recovering from his recent hip injury. LeCras’ form dropped off …

It was the moment that convinced Queensland coach Kevin Walters that Ben Hunt could be a State of Origin star. In just his second game back from reserve grade, Hunt …

A distraught Venus Williams has broken down in tears during a remarkable press conference at Wimbledon. The five-time champion eased through her first-round clash against young Belgian Elise Mertens on …

Melbourne recruit Jordan Lewis is adamant the Demons won’t be hanging their heads after a horror week in the AFL. Injuries, discipline issues and a comprehensive loss to Sydney have …

Australian qualifier Andrew Whittington has vowed to build on a memorable two weeks after crashing out of the first round at Wimbledon. Whittington, who battled through three rounds of qualifying …

Australian John Millman has played a bit-part role in Rafael Nadal’s rampant return to Wimbledon. After missing last year’s edition with a career-threatening wrist injury, Nadal brutally brushed aside Millman …

First-round casualty Ashleigh Barty admits she pressed too hard in search of an elusive maiden main-draw Wimbledon win. A former junior champion at The All England club, Barty saved five …

A smiling Petra Kvitova skipped into the second round of Wimbledon with ease, the two-time champion beating Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-3 6-4 on a sun-bathed Centre Court. Playing only her …

Refusing to consider “scary” surgery, Nick Kyrgios will have scans before hopefully pressing ahead with his 2017 season after a chronic hip injury once again cruelled his grand slam hopes …

NSW lock Tyson Frizell will likely spend the first week of State of Origin camp under the close supervision of Blues medical staff after scans revealed a fresh rib cartilage …

NSW coach Laurie Daley has hatched a plan to unleash Andrew Fifita in the State of Origin decider after the Blues prop was reined in by Queensland in game two. …

Nick Kyrgios’s Wimbledon campaign has lasted less than an hour after the shattered Australian retired from his first-round match with a hip injury while trailing 6-3 6-4. Kyrgios conceded pre-tournament …

Flyhalf Jono Lance has become the latest player to re-sign with the Western Force, committing to the Perth-based franchise for the 2018 Super Rugby season. Lance’s two years at the …