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Wayne Bennett has begun the rugby league mind games in earnest ahead of the Four Nations, according to someone who knows the supercoach better than most, Sam Thaiday. Despite months …

Kangaroos star Sam Thaiday has urged Andrew Fifita not to give up on rugby league, amid claims from the controversial front-rower he is considering defecting to a rival code. Fifita …

ASADA boss Ben McDevitt has fired a shot at the Essendon players who have lost their last chance at having doping bans overturned. The Swiss Federal Tribunal decision, released on …

Rookie Queensland Reds coach Nick Stiles is ready to embrace heightened expectations after assembling arguably the best Super Rugby roster of any Australian side in years. The Reds unveiled their …

South Sydney have shored up their backline stocks by extending the contract of centre Hymel Hunt until the end of 2018 NRL season. Signed on a one-year deal from Melbourne …

Canterbury great Steve Mortimer has increased the pressure on under-siege Bulldogs coach Des Hasler by claiming the club is losing its DNA under the reign of the former Manly mentor. …

Scotland could boast an all-NRL centre combination, with North Queensland’s Kane Linnett and Euan Aitken from St George Illawarra picked in the Braveheart’s Four Nations squad. Linnett’s Cowboys teammate Lachlan …

The Queensland Reds have confirmed the addition of former Wallaby Scott Higginbotham to a stacked 38-man roster for next year’s Super Rugby season. Higginbotham, 30, returns to Ballymore on a …

World No.1 Angelique Kerber will play next year’s Sydney International for the fifth-straight year as she prepares her Australian Open title defence. The German will step onto Ken Rosewall Arena …

Cam McCarthy’s reputation as having the potential be one of the AFL’s best young forwards will mean nothing when he steps out for pre-season training at new club Fremantle. He …

The Queensland Reds are set to unveil one final coup for next season when they confirm the signing of former Wallaby back-rower Scott Higginbotham. Enforcer Higginbotham is understood to have …

KEY MOMENTS IN THE AFL’s ESSENDON SUPPLEMENTS DEBACLE August-September 2010: Essendon sack Matthew Knights as senior coach, replacing him with James Hird. Fellow former Bombers captain Mark Thompson is also …

England coach Wayne Bennett has pledged Brisbane’s backing for the 2017 World Club Series. Plans for the annual clash between the leading clubs from Super League and the NRL were …

Katelyn Mallyon is excited at the opportunity to ride in two of Australia’s biggest races in coming weeks. Mallyon rides Go Dreaming in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup and has been booked …

Ciaron Maher can’t fault Caulfield Cup favourite Jameka who has pleased her trainer in a course proper gallop heading into the $3 million race. Jameka, one of three Cup hopefuls …

Divine Prophet

The Cox Plate has been ruled out for Caulfield Guineas winner Divine Prophet who will head for a spell. Divine Prophet held nominations for the Cox Plate, Caulfield Classic and …

As a host of quality three-year-olds have been making their marks this spring, one of last season’s top juveniles has been waiting in the wings building towards his own racetrack …

A sharper piece of work from Exospheric at Werribee has champion jockey Damien Oliver thinking of a fifth Caulfield Cup. Oliver went to the Werribee quarantine centre on Tuesday to …