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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 …

Japan’s Kei Nishikori booked a US Open quarter-final berth on Tuesday morning with a five-set victory over Milos Raonic that equalled the latest-finishing contests in tournament history. Nishikori, the 10th …

Australia have made three changes to face South Africa in Harare from the team that was humiliated by Zimbabwe on Sunday. After being badly exposed by the No.10 team in …

Springboks star Bryan Habana is set to play his 100th Test when he lines up against Australia on Saturday, and the news couldn’t make Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie any happier. …

Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie refuses to blame Kurtley Beale for the Bledisloe Cup debacle in Auckland but can’t find a spot for him in the starting line-up to play South …

He won’t promise miracles but new Gold Coast coach Neil Henry is confident he’s the man to rebuild the battered Titans. The 53-year-old was confirmed as the man to replace …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon is on the lookout for an unlikely hero as he attempts to plug the hole left by injured defender Michael Johnson. Johnson will miss the entire …