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Cronulla players are all too aware they must fix their first-half woes for Saturday’s blockbuster NRL clash with the Sydney Roosters. They’re just not sure how to do it. The …

Canberra’s NRL season is teetering on the brink of ruin, but the players insist they can still make the finals. A 30-20 loss to Brisbane last week was the Raiders’ …

Adelaide coach Don Pyke has scoffed at suggestions his AFL team is not tough enough to be premiership contenders. The second-placed Crows have lost four of their past seven games, …

As the AFL continues to look overseas in an attempt to grow the game, West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui hopes Fiji is not forgotten. Port Adelaide and Gold Coast travelled …

Queensland greats Mal Meninga and Justin Hodges have urged Maroons coach Kevin Walters to pick Daly Cherry-Evans to replace Johnathan Thurston in the State of Origin decider. Manly’s star halfback …

Richmond’s Bachar Houli is set to learn his fate as the AFL appeals against his “manifestly inadequate” suspension for knocking out Carlton’s Jed Lamb. The unprecedented challenge, to be heard …

Waisake Naholo will slot in on the All Blacks’ right edge for Saturday’s second Test against the British and Irish Lions, with Israel Dagg moving to fullback to replace the …

Former NSW and Newcastle skipper Kurt Gidley has announced he’ll retire at the end of the Super League season. Gidley, 35, who joined Warrington last year having spent his entire …

Three-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic beat Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-3 in his first grasscourt match of the season to reach the quarter-finals at Eastbourne. Having played only 13 points …

Novak Djokovic made a successful transition to grass ahead of Wimbledon by beating Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-3 in the second round of the Eastbourne International on Tuesday. The top-seeded Djokovic …

Australia’s Sam Groth has led the early backlash after the International Tennis Federation announced plans to hold the Davis and Fed Cup finals as a combined event in Geneva for …

Nick Kyrgios will have to do it the hard way if he’s to progress to the second week of Wimbledon after missing an all-important top 16 seeding for the grasscourt …

The AFL will mount an unprecedented appeal against the “manifestly inadequate” two-week suspension handed to Richmond’s Bachar Houli for knocking out Carlton’s Jed Lamb. In a ruling on Tuesday night, …

He’s no Johnathan Thurston but North Queensland are confident New Zealand international Te Maire Martin will make a big difference at his new NRL club. Martin will make his Cowboys …

The last time Russell Ingall missed the Bathurst 1000 Paul Keating was prime minister, Meat Loaf was topping the charts and Larry Perkins won the Great Race. But for the …

West Coast are unlikely to have superstar ruckman Nic Naitanui back this season, coach Adam Simpson says. The Eagles had been hoping for Naitanui to make a late-season AFL return, …

Holden veteran Craig Lowndes is intent on pushing into the Supercars top five with a win in Townsville, one of two tracks where he is yet to taste success. Buoyed …

The Wallaroos will head to the Rugby World Cup with two Olympic rugby champions in their squad but up against it to match the feats of their gold medal-winning sevens …