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Canterbury recruit Will Hopoate limped off with an ankle injury in his side’s 24-20 defeat by Penrith in a trial at Pepper Stadium. In his first appearance in Bulldogs colours, …

New faces Damien Cook, Paul Carter and Cody Walker have given South Sydney coach Michael Maguire food for thought after their 18-14 victory over St George Illawarra in the Charity …

Top-seeded Venus Williams beat Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 7-5 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Taiwan Open. Despite serving 12 double faults, Williams improved to 3-0 …

Second-rower Raymond Faitala-Mariner grabbed a hat-trick of tries as the Warriors cruised to a 40-18 win over the Gold Coast Titans in an NRL trial in Whangarei. Faitala-Mariner, who made …

Roberta Vinci survived a scare from Timea Babos of Hungary to reach the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy semi-finals on Friday. Vinci broke Babos when the latter was serving for the …

Top seed Kei Nishikori has marched into the semi-finals of the Memphis Open as he looks for a fourth straight title at the event. Japanese world No.7 Nishikori breezed past …

Teenager Taylor Fritz beat Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-4 5-7 7-6 (7-5) on Friday at the Memphis Open, becoming the youngest American to reach an ATP semi-final since 1989. Fritz, …

Brumbies boss Stephen Larkham says David Pocock and the franchise were both upset with the player’s future being put in the spotlight this week, but backed the Wallabies star to …

Martin Klizan of Slovakia saved five match points against sixth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut to set up a semi-final with French qualifier Nicolas Mahut at the World Tennis Tournament on Friday. …

England went back to basics at the start of the Six Nations, using its traditional strength in the forwards and a domination of the set piece to clinch a tight …

Former New Zealand international Frank Pritchard is a man on a mission as he seeks to make his mark in Super League. At 32, the former Penrith and Canterbury Bulldogs …

A war dance may be adopted by the Kangaroos sooner rather than later after captain Cameron Smith threw his weight behind the “lost” pre-match ritual’s return. The Australian rugby league …

In prime condition and winning the battle against his mental demons – Lance Franklin is back. Franklin was the centre of attention after a standout effort in Sydney’s intraclub match …

New St George-Illawarra recruit Kurt Mann has just one fortnight to prove to coach Paul McGregor that he can move his best player out of position for the upcoming NRL …

A harrowing one-time-only video review of last year’s heartbreaking NRL grand final loss has helped Brisbane’s shattered players move on and ready themselves to go one better in 2016. Brisbane …

Shaun Edwards claims Wales’ long run of unbroken success against Scotland “means nothing” going into Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash at the Principality Stadium. Wales have not lost to the …

The future of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza remains uncertain after this year with Formula One’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone saying on Friday that a deal had become more …

Injuries to Queensland flankers Liam Gill and Lolo Fakaosilea overshadowed a 31-18 loss to the Brumbies in their Super Rugby trial at Ballymore on Friday night, but the Reds are …