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WALLABIES COACH’S REALITY CHEIKA After guiding the NSW Waratahs to a drought-breaking Super Rugby title in 2014, then steering Australia to the Rugby World Cup final in 2015, the honeymoon …

Adelaide midfielder Rory Atkins says there’s a sense of solidarity among players who want a wage dispute with the AFL settled as soon as possible. The AFL Players’ Association and …

Troubled Australian star Nick Kyrgios rates his rollercoaster year a successful one, despite his 2016 ATP season ending in an on-court meltdown that earned him a tour ban. As he …

Technical head Paddy Lowe could be about to follow newly-retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg out the door at Mercedes. Motorsport.com reports multiple sources “with good knowledge” indicating Lowe, …

The organisers of the party after which Sydney Roosters forward Dylan Napa was alleged to have been knocked out have distanced themselves from the incident. Napa was struck with a …

Kurtley Beale has produced a man-of-the-match performance in his return from a seven-month injury lay-off, helping Wasps to a European Champions Cup win on debut for the English rugby club. …

England have upset home favourite South Africa 19-17 in the final of Cape Town’s rugby sevens, with the hosts missing a last-second conversion to force extra time. Werner Kok scored …

Wallabies back rower Ben McCalman and hooker Heath Tessmann are the new co-captains of the Western Force after Matt Hodgson decided to stand down from the role. Hodgson announced in …

Trainer Kelly Schweida is noted for taking a low-key attitude to his horses but he is upbeat about Miss Cover Girl as she heads to Doomben for her second start …

After a knee operation and a change of stables, multiple stakes-placed Wolf Cry is set to return to racing at Flemington. Wolf Cry won one of his eight starts when …

A rain-affected return to Randwick has forced John O’Shea to reconsider the depth of Godolphin’s challenge on the Group Two Villiers Stakes. O’Shea was expecting to have last-start ATC Cup …

Gary Portelli will wait to see what an improving Sydney weather forecast brings before giving up the chance to win a restricted race worth as much as some Group Ones. …

Talented Man Of His Word returns to stakes racing at Doomben but trainer Bruce Hill still regards him as a work in progress. Man Of His Word will miss the …

Police have arrested St Kilda midfielder Luke Dunstan after the AFL player was found asleep in a public place. He was fined for being intoxicated in public early on Saturday …

South Africa’s rugby union announced major changes to the structure of the game in the country on Friday, but resisted the immediate temptation to dismiss embattled coach Allister Coetzee. SA …

England captain Dylan Hartley was sent off just six minutes after coming on as a replacement as Leinster thumped Northampton Saints 37-10 in the European Rugby Champions Cup at Franklin’s …

A State of Origin ban on Valentine Holmes has finally been lifted by Queensland coach Kevin Walters. Now Walters wants Holmes to show him how much a Maroons jersey means …

A group of Newcastle businessmen have put forward a proposal for the Knights to become community-owned by raising at least $15 million in a share offering in the NRL club. …