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The linchpin of the Sydney’s stingy defence isn’t the slightest bit concerned the Swans’ back half isn’t getting the plaudits of their much publicised forward line. Sydney booked their second …

Lille will host the November 21-23 Davis Cup final between France and Switzerland with a near-record crowd of around 27,000 expected to see Roger Federer compete in his first championship …

Sydney gave North Melbourne a punishing lesson in what it takes to be an AFL grand finalist, but that has left Andrew Swallow confident they will be primed to challenge …

Sydney’s Ben McGlynn and Gary Rohan were the hard-luck stories of the 2012 AFL grand final. Now they loom as the feel-good yarns of the 2014 grand final and Sydney …

South Africa’s Ashwell Prince indicated Friday he did not feel there had been a racist element to the verbal abuse he had received from Yorkshire’s Andrew Gale. Yorkshire captain Gale …

Fresh from his victory in the Italian Grand Prix two weekends ago, Lewis Hamilton secured first advantage at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix on Friday when he topped the times …

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in practice for the Singapore Grand Prix on Friday while Australian rival Daniel Ricciardo was third in his Red Bull. Hamilton’s teammate …

England’s governing Rugby Football Union (RFU) and the country’s top-flight Premiership clubs have agreed a STG13 million ($A23.73 million) compensation deal covering next year’s World Cup, it was announced Friday. …

Anthony Minichiello will become the greatest survivor in Sydney Roosters history in next Friday night’s heavyweight NRL grand final qualifier against South Sydney. But the veteran fullback briefly feared his …

Formula One has significantly altered its proposed ban on pit-to-car radio communications after teams raised concerns, with information on car performance allowed for the rest of the season. F1 initially …

Lance Franklin fired as Sydney dispatched North Melbourne with ruthless efficiency on Friday night, steamrolling their way to the AFL grand final with a 71-point win at ANZ Stadium. The …

Revered Sydney Swans veteran Adam Goodes has the chance to become the club’s first three-time AFL premiership winner, after supplying some team-lifting inspiration in their 71-point preliminary final thumping of …

A devastated Johnathan Thurston struggled to contain his emotions after the North Queensland Cowboys were knocked out of the NRL finals for a third consecutive year amid extraordinary controversy. Calls …

The Sydney Roosters have survived an almighty scare to end North Queensland’s NRL season with an extraordinary 31-30 semi-final triumph at Allianz Stadium. A 76th-minute field goal from five-eighth James …

Commercial ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone said Friday that Formula One may start next season with eight three-car teams instead of the current set-up with 11 two-car outfits. “We’ll know after the …

Melbourne utility Jack Watts says coach Paul Roos has given him confidence not just in his AFL football, but as a person. Watts, who has one been of the more …

Casey Dellacqua has failed to capitalise on her quarter-final opponent’s dismal serving to be eliminated from the WTA Tour’s Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Australian lost to Spain’s Garbine …

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have welcomed increased radio silence for the final six races of their dramatic duel for the drivers’ world championship. But the airwave clampdown was criticised …