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Rory Best has won his fitness battle to captain Ireland in Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Scotland. The hooker has overcome a calf niggle in time for the final Six …

Roger Federer has confirmed he will make his ATP return after February knee surgery at the Miami Masters starting next week. The 17-time grand slam winner underwent a minor operation …

Former Canberra star Terry Campese has suffered another injury setback on his comeback from a knee reconstruction, with a hamstring injury to sideline the Hull KR captain for a month. …

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan’s apology to Adam Goodes has come far too late, according to Sydney defender Ted Richards. McLachlan acknowledged on Thursday that the AFL should have acted …

Yankee Rose

All the Golden Slipper talk is how the colts will be too good for the fillies and why horses rarely win the race first-up. Try telling that to Yankee Rose’s …

Under-siege Parramatta Eels chairman Steve Sharp has angrily rejected claims of foul play over his salary doubling in the past 12 months, saying his NRL club is the victim of …

Don’t expect to see Daniel Ricciardo vying for pole position when Saturday’s qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix gets underway. The Perth-born driver is holding out hope that he …

Parramatta forward Kenny Edwards will make his first run-on start in over 500 days when he lines up against Canterbury on Friday night. The Eels second-rower has made a quiet …

North Queensland back-rower Ethan Lowe says he has no recollection of touching referee Gerard Sutton during the NRL premiers’ crushing 40-0 win over Sydney Roosters. Injuries to Tricolours Dale Copley …

Playing as a tagger would be a startling AFL switch for Trent Cotchin, who may as well have a target monogrammed on the back of his Richmond guernsey. But the …

Warriors recruit Jeff Robson knows about slow starts to an NRL season. In his last year with Cronulla, the Sharks lost their first four games of 2015, but still made …

The loyalty card played so often by Queensland may be kept up new Maroons coach Kevin Walters’ sleeve this year. Walters insisted incumbent Maroons would need to prove their worth …

The Sydney Roosters suffered a further long-term injury and another player appeared to touch a referee as North Queensland kept the Tricolours winless after three rounds of the new NRL …

England have named Joe Marler on the bench for Saturday’s Six Nations rugby showdown with France in Paris after making two changes to their starting line-up. Mako Vunipola is preferred …

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has apologised to retired Sydney great Adam Goodes for last year’s racism controversy. McLachlan said in the league’s annual report that the game took too …

A dominant Serena Williams proved far too strong for defending champion Simona Halep as the American eased into the Indian Wells tennis semi-finals in California on Wednesday with a 6-4 …

Jamie Whincup will start from pole position at Albert Park’s Formula One circuit for the first time after qualifying fastest for the opening race of V8 Supercars’ non-championship round. The …

Third seed Stan Wawrinka was sent packing in the round of 16 at the Indian Wells tennis tournament in California on Wednesday and was very nearly joined by Rafael Nadal, …