A legal attempt to stop the Springboks from playing at the Rugby World Cup due a lack of black players in the squad has failed. More than 20 years after …
Defending US Open champion Marin Cilic and seventh seed David Ferrer moved closer to a fourth-round meeting with comfortable victories at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday. Croatian ninth seed Cilic, who’s …
For everyone else, Tuesday was a momentous night for women in football, but for Katie Patterson it was just another step. When Patterson began the FFA Cup match between Melbourne …
Less than a month ago Penrith players angrily baulked at suggestions they were wooden spoon contenders. Fast forward to this Saturday and the Panthers find themselves playing off against Newcastle …
South Sydney coach Michael Maguire admits he’s disappointed by the actions of Issac Luke after the star hooker picked up a two-game ban for a shoulder charge. The suspension, for …
BAD BLOOD: MEMORABLE BATTLES FROM THE NRL’S BIGGEST AND MOST BITTER RIVALRY, THE ROOSTERS AND THE RABBITOHS * Preliminary final 2014 – Rabbitohs 32 bt Roosters 22 at ANZ Stadium …
It was a deal that almost landed Justin Hodges on a Broncos blacklist. But Wayne Bennett now credits Hodges’ controversial Sydney Roosters move with placing the budding fullback on the …
Rugby league may be David Simmons’ consuming passion but he’s quitting for what he considers a higher calling – Jesus. The Penrith winger will play his 200th and final NRL …
The full extent of the AFL’s temporary player drain is about to be revealed as top-eight teams try to freshen up a week from the finals. Fremantle will lead the …
Hawthorn and Sydney are equal in their AFL win-loss but there’s a gulf between last year’s grand finalists against the teams that matter. Heading into the finals, a ladder that …
The NRL’s shot clock will get its first test in the top grade when it’s trialled on Sunday afternoon during the Parramatta-Canberra clash at Pirtek Stadium. Having been experimented on …
Hawthorn cult figure Matt Spangher has declared himself ready if the two-time reigning AFL premiers need him through the finals. Spangher was one of the great stories of last year’s …
Carlton defender Chris Yarran has left the door ajar for a return to the Blues next AFL season. Yarran, after spending time in the VFL this year despite Carlton’s onfield …
Parramatta NRL coach Brad Arthur has reportedly agreed to a new two-year contract extension but not before a last-minute link to the vacant Newcastle job. News Corp Australia reported on …
Greater Western Sydney forward Rhys Palmer has signed a new two-year contract to remain at the Giants until at least the end of the 2017 AFL season. Palmer has had …
Newcastle forward Korbin Sims is free to play in the Knights’ final regular-season game after successfully contesting a dangerous contact charge at the NRL judiciary. He fronted the judiciary on …
A four-match ban for a second strike is set to be a key feature in an overhaul of the AFL’s controversial illicit drugs policy. A working party involving the league …
Wayne Bennett’s rejuvenated Brisbane are the greatest Broncos team since the 2006 NRL premiers and one of the club’s best ever, Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy says. Brisbane will vie for …
