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Despite a text message trail that suggests he set out to test players with a new protein used only on horses, Stephen Dank is maintaining his innocence in the scandal …

Samantha Stosur’s Australian Open hopes have soared after the resurgent former grand slam champion stormed into the Sydney International quarter-finals for the first time in 11 years. Stosur plundered eight …

Eugenie Bouchard’s comeback from injury continues on a positive note with the Canadian making the quarter-finals of the Hobart International. But it was a far from polished former world No.5 …

Swiss young gun Belinda Bencic has no doubts the world’s tennis aces will recover in time to line up for the Australian Open on Monday. In-form German Angelique Kerber on …

Jarryd Hayne has laughed off conjecture he had a secret meeting with Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson. Speculation was rife that Hayne was contemplating an NRL return after a photo …

Essendon president Lindsay Tanner says the AFL club needs to accept “collective blame” for the controversial 2012 supplements program which led to one-year suspensions for 34 past and present players. …

While Nick Kyrgios is the Kooyong drawcard, Omar Jasika is another young local hoping to make a name for himself in the Australian Open warm-up tournament. Fresh from his Hopman …

A revitalised Rafael Nadal insists he’s carrying no psychological scarring and is ready to contend for a second Australian Open crown. Nadal will spend the week recovering and honing his …

KEY POINTS FROM THE CAS DECISION Stephen Dank set out to test players with a new polymer used on horses in North America with compounding pharmacist Nima Alavi. In August …

ASADA boss Ben McDevitt feels for the AFL players banned for anti-doping violations, but says they only have themselves to blame. The chief executive said the 34 past and present …

Victoria Azarenka is the player to watch at the Australian Open after injuries to a number of rivals, former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli says. The former world No.1 last week …

Samantha Stosur has swept into the Sydney International quarter-finals for the first time in 11 years. Australia’s 2005 runner-up cast aside Slovakian veteran Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 6-2 in 85 minutes …

ASADA boss Ben McDevitt feels for the AFL players banned for anti-doping violations, but says they only have themselves to blame. The chief executive said the 34 past and present …

It’s not just the soaring summer temperatures in western Sydney putting the heat on Penrith playmakers Jamie Soward and Peter Wallace this pre-season. New Zealand whiz kid Te’Maire Martin is …

Czech Karolina Pliskova is looking ominous ahead of next week’s Australian Open after breezing into the quarter-finals of the Sydney International with a 6-3 6-0 win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The …

Port Adelaide have urged the AFL to ensure banned duo Paddy Ryder and Angus Monfries aren’t lost to the game during their stint on the sidelines. Ryder and Monfries are …

Promising Australian tennis player Omar Jasika says he wakes up pinching himself that he’s about to play in his first grand slam tournament. The 18-year-old from Melbourne was granted a …

Former French Open runner-up Sara Errani is the second woman through to the quarter-finals of the Sydney International with a tight twin-tiebreaker win over former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic. Down …