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Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has made his three wildcard picks for Gleneagles, selecting Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Stephen Gallacher. But there was no place for former world …

World No.7 Tomas Berdych returns to the Czech Republic’s Davis Cup side to face France in this month’s semi-finals after missing out on the quarter-final win against Japan. He joins …

Explosive allrounder Mitchell Marsh turned on the fireworks but Australia’s bowlers will still have their work cut out defending a total of 7-282 against South Africa in Harare. All eyes …

Brisbane forward Sam Thaiday will miss Friday’s crucial final round clash with Melbourne after being found guilty of a grade one dangerous contact charge at the NRL judiciary on Tuesday …

Fremantle Dockers tagger Ryan Crowley is renowned for shutting down the best midfielders the AFL has to offer, but Sydney Swans co-captain Kieren Jack is relishing the potential of a …

Melbourne coach Paul Roos has apologised over the “unacceptable” costumes Dean Terlich and Alex Georgiou donned at the AFL club’s Mad Monday. Terlich dressed as convicted child sex offender Rolf …

Hawthorn expect key defender Brian Lake will be ready for his battle with Geelong behemoth Tom Hawkins on Friday night. Lake suffered a corked hip in the Hawks’ last-start win …

South Sydney hooker Issac Luke is free to play in Thursday’s final round clash against the Sydney Roosters after being found not guilty of a grade one dangerous contact charge …

Michael Clarke says he won’t be gagged from speaking his mind on team selections, even though his coach would prefer such conversations remained private. Selection tension has bubbled to the …

Wallabies flyhalf Bernard Foley admits his surprise Bledisloe benching was a bitter pill to swallow, but believes it will only drive him to be a better Test player in the …

Gary Ablett Jnr is set to draw level with his legendary father and bag an incredible eighth All Australian selection. Ablett was on Tuesday named in the AFL’s 40-man All …

NRL head of football Todd Greenberg says Sunday’s timekeeping bungle at Brookvale Oval shows why big games need to be moved away from suburban grounds. The NRL has made no …

Referee Ben Cummins has been retained for the final round of the NRL despite his major blunder in Brisbane’s win over St George Illawarra on Friday. Cummins’ decision to erroneously …

Andy Murray was too smart, too respectful to say he was finally returning to championship-winning form ahead of his US Open quarter-final showdown on Wednesday with Novak Djokovic. But Murray …

Pat Rafter has rewarded Sam Groth for his dramatic rise with a spot in Australia’s Davis Cup team for next week’s World Group playoff against Uzbekistan. With Bernard Tomic unavailable …

Michael Clarke has brushed aside any suggestion of retirement, declaring himself as fit as he’s ever been despite suffering a tour-ending hamstring injury in Zimbabwe. The Test and one-day cricket …

Port Adelaide midfielder Brad Ebert expects Matt White will avoid suffering more AFL finals heartbreak. White injured his hamstring in the last round of the 2013 season, missing Richmond’s elimination …

South Sydney skipper John Sutton returns from a knee injury to lead the Rabbitohs against Sydney Roosters on Thursday at Allianz Stadium. Sutton has been named at five-eighth with Luke …