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GWS Giants looked every inch a potential AFL finalist with a stunning and record-breaking 75-point home thrashing of premiers Hawthorn on Saturday. The Giants kicked a club record 24.14 (158) …

The Brumbies’ chances of playing in this year’s Super Rugby finals are slowly slipping away after going down to the defending champion Highlanders 23-10. The defeat at a wet Rugby …

Mitchell Pearce has breathed fresh life into the Sydney Roosters’ NRL season with an inspired return from his drunken Australia Day antics. Playing his first match of the year following …

Having won just one of their last 24 AFL matches at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne coach Paul Roos admits they might have to look at not picking certain players for matches …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon concedes he’s facing a delicate balancing act after collecting an unwanted AFL record. The Dockers slipped to a 33-point loss to Adelaide on Saturday – their …

The way Nick Riewoldt is playing, AFL retirement will have to wait at least another year. Four games after his 300 milestone, the 33-year-old legend led St Kilda to a …

Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has blown up about the NRL bunker failing to penalise Penrith for setting up a wall that led to Peter Wallace’s game-winning field goal. Wallace nailed …

Melbourne coach Tony McGahan says the Rebels’ Super Rugby loss to the Blues is indicative of the patchy form of Australian teams compared to the New Zealand sides. In a …

Essendon have suffered a major blow ahead of Sunday’s AFL clash against arch-rivals Carlton, with Mark Baguley a late withdrawal. The Bombers announced on Saturday that Martin Gleeson, originally dropped …

A 79th-minute field goal to Peter Wallace has given Penrith a thrilling 19-18 NRL win over Canberra, continuing their remarkable recent run of close contests. The Panthers looked headed for …

Melbourne returned to their bad old ways on Saturday, with flimsy defence handing the Blues a 36-30 win in their Super Rugby clash in Auckland. In a game that pitted …

South Sydney star Greg Inglis has scoffed at suggestions he needs to move out of fullback to prolong his NRL career. The Rabbitohs skipper had a slow start to the …

The Western Bulldogs are angry about a Lindsay Thomas tackle that is certain to attract AFL match review panel attention. Thomas’s crude tackle caught Lachie Hunter high in the last …

The Brisbane Lions are chalking up their heavy loss last week as a “bad day” but face a huge task in reversing their AFL fortunes against Sydney on Sunday. It’s …

Serena Williams will not compete in next week’s Madrid Open, the WTA Tour’s third Premier Mandatory tournament of the season, after coming down with a fever in recent days. “Unfortunately, …

Essendon have suffered a major blow ahead of Sunday’s AFL match against arch-rivals Carlton, with Mark Baguley a late withdrawal. The Bombers announced on Saturday that Martin Gleeson, originally dropped …

After years of being there or thereabouts, Cronulla are being touted as the real deal in 2016 but are set to receive an acid test on Sunday against ladder leaders …

Don’t fear failure. It’s the new motto of the Western Force, and hopes are high it will help the team salvage something out of their train-wreck Super Rugby season. The …