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Canberra coach Ricky Stuart can handle losing, but not seeing his players shoot themselves in the foot – repeatedly. The Raiders chances of playing NRL finals this year slipped further …

Star St George Illawarra playmaker Benji Marshall is set to sit out Friday’s crucial NRL round 23 clash with Brisbane due to a leg injury. Marshall suffered a grade one …

Rory McIlroy says he’s 100 per cent and his game appears to be in order. He was talking about golf, not soccer. McIlroy played another practice round on Monday for …

Italy’s Flavia Pennetta breezed past Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski 6-4 6-1 on Monday at the WTA Rogers Cup, booking a second-round date with world No.1 Serena Williams. Williams, who like all …

Adam Scott insists his window for winning major championships remains wide open despite this week’s US PGA Championship being his last with an anchored long putter. In fact, he believes …

Former Australian national coach John Buchanan says the team’s famed `Baggy Green’ culture deteriorated under captain Michael Clarke’s watch. Clarke announced his retirement from cricket at the end of the …

Australia’s Bernard Tomic has cast aside his Washington disappointment to advance to the next round of the ATP Masters in Montreal. The world No.26 beat Portugal’s Joao Sousa 6-3 6-3 …

Wallabies lock Dean Mumm has confirmed English players and fans are dismissive of Australia’s scrummaging capabilities, but he’s convinced things are looking up in that area ahead of next month’s …

A hurting All Blacks side believe it’s a case of doing the little things better rather than making drastic changes as they battle to keep hold of the Bledisloe Cup. …

South Sydney’s premiership defence hinges on their ability to make a statement against the NRL’s heavyweights over the next month according to hooker Issac Luke. Finals-intensity football has come a …

Essendon veteran Adam Cooney must front the AFL tribunal after cannoning into GWS midfielder Stephen Coniglio. Cooney came off the square at a centre bounce and collected Coniglio high in …

Wests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah has described David Shillington’s alleged headbutt on teammate Aaron Woods as “pretty poor” behaviour for an NRL veteran. The Canberra prop was sent off in …

Settling on Australia’s next ODI spinner looms as selectors’ toughest ask when they name a squad for the series that follows the Ashes. The vast majority of the Test squad …

Code-hopping superstar Sam Burgess will have a chance to book his place in the England rugby union side’s World Cup squad after being handed a Test debut by coach Stuart …

Geelong defender Jackson Thurlow has done the hard yards on the way to earning his AFL Rising Star nomination. The 21-year-old made his debut two years ago and played four …

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is determined to support banned players Lachie Keefe and Josh Thomas, saying he hopes they play in the AFL again. Buckley added their anti-doping cases again …

Canberra’s hopes of an NRL finals berth are hanging by a thread, after going down 20-18 to Wests Tigers at GIO Stadium on Monday night. Needing to win at least …

Essendon chairman Paul Little has hit back at former coach Mark Thompson, who blasted the struggling AFL club at the weekend. Thompson says that the Bombers are “drowning” as a …