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It was round four last year when Trent Cotchin was battered from pocket to post, prompting yet another round of debates on tagging in the AFL. A year on and …

Luckless Chris Knights faces another three months on the sidelines, with Richmond teammate Anthony Miles saying his hamstring injury has hit the AFL side hard. Knights returned against Brisbane last …

Geelong champion Jimmy Bartel will miss at least two months of AFL football after scans revealed a torn medial ligament in a knee. Bartel, 31, will on Thursday go under …

Marc Leishman will never fear anything on a golf course again after coming perilously close to losing wife Audrey to illness. Leishman, who missed his place in the Masters to …

Jarryd Roughead makes no apologies for Hawthorn’s hard-nosed approach ahead of this week’s much-anticipated preliminary final rematch against Port Adelaide. On Monday, Power onballer Hamish Hartlett said that the imposing …

Veteran Michael Ennis has rated Cronulla’s upset 18-10 win over South Sydney in atrocious conditions at Remondis Stadium as one of the bravest in his 200-plus NRL game career. In …

The lack of a coach hasn’t stopped South Australian cricketers Callum Ferguson and Adam Zampa re-signing with the Redbacks. While both Ferguson and Zampa will continue their Big Bash League …

Gold Coast captain Gary Ablett says he can’t wait to see what the future holds for the Suns after signing a three-year contract extension with the AFL club. The dual …

Newcastle Knights forward Robbie Rochow has successfully undergone surgery on a bulging disc in his lower back. Rochow hasn’t played a game since he sat out the Knights’ round-four win …

Gold Coast have re-signed Gary Ablett to a three-year contract extension, keeping the dual Brownlow Medallist at the club until the end of the 2018 AFL season. Ablett, currently sidelined …

Australia wing Peter Betham will leave the NSW Waratahs at the end of the Super Rugby season to join English club Leicester. The powerful 26-year-old has played twice for the …

A year after his rugby union experiment fizzled out, Benji Marshall is lining up to wear the Kiwis jersey again. The drums are beating for the in-form Marshall’s Test career …

Mark Thompson is in the midst of a testy separation with Essendon, saying he will support Geelong when the two AFL clubs play this season. Thompson left the Bombers in …

Manly’s Jorge Taufua has vowed to keep himself out of trouble following his wild night out with Canterbury’s Jacob Loko. The powerful winger, who is yet to play this season …

When barnstorming backrower Wycliff Palu leads, his NSW Waratahs teammates have no option but to follow. Wallaby stalwart Palu was at his block-busting best in the Tahs Super Rugby win …

Australian cricket great Steve Waugh has told England to forget about an international recall for Kevin Pietersen, saying he is no longer a great player. South Africa-born batsman Pietersen has …

Mark Thompson emphatically denies that his much-publicised speech last October was a pitch to become Essendon’s full-time AFL senior coach. In fact, Thompson says he never thought he would stay …

Luckless Collingwood star Ben Reid has suffered another injury setback as he tries to return to the AFL. Coach Nathan Buckley revealed on Monday night that the 2011 All-Australian key …