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American John Isner has rained down 16 aces in an opening victory at the Austria Open to keep up a long-odds bid for an ATP year-end finals spot. One of …

Anthony Griffin is expected to be officially announced as Penrith’s new NRL coach at the side’s Pepper Stadium base on Wednesday. The Panthers have called a 10am press conference, at …

John Hopoate’s proposed move into coaching could hit a snag at Rugby League Central. The NRL badboy, whose rap sheet makes Todd Carney almost look like a choirboy, has been …

After admitting they carried a hangover from the Rugby World Cup “Pool of Death” into the knockout stages, the Wallabies are determined to cut all ties with their near-terminal slip-up …

Essendon and St Kilda continue to haggle over the proposed Jake Carlisle deal with less than 48 hours remaining in the AFL trade period. The Bombers have demanded the Saints’ …

Critics bagged Dave Smith for his perceived lack of rugby league smarts. But Queensland Rugby League boss Rob Moore hopes the next NRL CEO follows Smith’s example and has a …

The All Blacks are being coy about what they may have up their sleeves to surprise the Springboks in their World Cup semi-final at Twickenham on Saturday. When they last …

Wallabies boss Michael Cheika has turned the blowtorch on World Rugby for its handling of the controversial finish in their World Cup quarter-final win over Scotland. Referee Craig Joubert was …

World Cup-winning lock Ben Kay and former British and Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan are on a five-man panel undertaking a review of England’s failure at the Rugby World Cup. …

A Serbian fitness expert has joined the high performance unit at AFL club Port Adelaide. Mladen Jovanovic, who has worked with soccer teams in Sweden and Belgrade and most recently …

Port Adelaide have secured prized trade target Charlie Dixon with the AFL club finalising a three-way deal for the Gold Coast key forward. Dixon, 25, flagged his desire to join …

ARLC CHAIRMAN JOHN GRANT AND OUTGOING NRL CEO DAVE SMITH ON RUGBY LEAGUE’S BIG ISSUES: SMITH ON WHY HE’S LEAVING: “I’ve decided the time is right for me to move …

A defiant Michael Cheika says the Wallabies absolutely deserve their place in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals, despite getting lucky in a game where he admits they started to believe …

The Wallabies acknowledge it’s an emotional week for scrum guru Mario Ledesma as he helps them to derail the Rugby World Cup campaign of his countrymen. Argentina loom as a …

Controversial Cronulla NRL forward Andrew Fifita has thrown his support behind Matthew Lodge, after the former Wests Tigers’ player was hit with a string of charges in New York. Lodge …

Former Richmond captain Chris Newman has had the ideal start to his AFL coaching career, joining Hawthorn in a development role. Alastair Clarkson’s dynasty at the Hawks has become famous …

He’s been watching, but former NRL chief executive David Gallop isn’t interested in talking about his successor’s departure from the role. Rugby league boss Dave Smith announced his resignation on …

France’s World Cup was a “total failure”, the country’s rugby federation chief said on Monday after a crushing 62-13 quarter-final defeat to New Zealand. “We had fixed important targets, so …