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Men’s draw for the US Open, the year’s final Grand Slam tournament that begins Monday on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts (x denotes seed): Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) v Joao Souza …

NSW coach Laurie Daley says he would have no problem selecting Robbie Farah for State of Origin from reserve grade. The unwanted Wests Tigers skipper is considering his future after …

Canterbury coach Des Hasler says Newcastle caretaker coach Danny Buderus would be embarrassed by claims the Knights have turned their NRL form around solely because the club legend is now …

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug 27 AP – Steve Johnson reached the ATP Tour’s Winston-Salem Open semi-finals when Taiwan’s Yen-Hsun Lu withdrew because of a back injury. Lu was hurt late …

HOW THE LEADING WOMEN SHAPE UP FOR THE 2015 US OPEN SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) Age: 33 Ranking: 1 Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money: $US72,798,424 ($A99.82 million) Career titles: …

Top-ranked Serena Williams has played down the history at stake for her in this year’s US Open but admits she’s on the verge of realising her childhood dream. The 34-year-old …

Israel Folau cheerfully admits he hasn’t paid much attention to previous Rugby World Cups, but is excited at the prospect of participating in the upcoming tournament, as he continues building …

Winger Matt Allwood wants to ensure he gets the basics done well as the Warriors try to repair their leaky edge defence against Wests Tigers in Sydney. The Warriors go …

South Sydney’s premiership defence is on the verge of collapse with John Sutton and Issac Luke set to join Greg Inglis on the sidelines for the Rabbitohs’ must-win final round …

Nick Kyrgios has been handed a nightmare opening round draw at the US Open with the Australian to once again face World No.3 and 2012 champion Andy Murray in a …

Less than 12 months after helping South Sydney to a first NRL premiership in over four decades, Sam Burgess has played his way into England’s Rugby World Cup squad. Burgess, …

George North is set to make his first appearance for five months after being named on Thursday in the Wales team for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup warm-up match away to …

John Barclay will make his first Scotland start in nearly two years after being given another chance to press his claims for a Rugby World Cup spot after being included …

Castleford have suspended Australian winger Justin Carney pending an internal investigation. In a brief statement on the club’s website, the Tigers say the 27-year-old Australian has been suspended with immediate …

Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has added to an already bulging portfolio of accolades and awards by becoming the first player to win the John Eales Medal in successive years. NSW …

South Sydney’s hopes of back-to-back premierships copped a hammering on Thursday night in an Anthony Milford and Ben Hunt-engineered 47-12 thrashing by Brisbane at Allianz Stadium. An injury to John …

Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova will defend their Brisbane International titles in January. Federer notched his 1000th career win when he claimed this year’s Brisbane title by downing big-serving Canadian …

Lance Franklin, Matthew Pavlich and Jeremy McGovern are key inclusions this weekend but Richmond captain Trent Cotchin is a surprise omission from side to face Essendon. Cotchin will sit out …