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Cricket, the international game of bats and balls that isn’t baseball, is enjoying a surge of popularity in America, with the debut of a national league this spring and higher …

Srikandi has been joined by Hucklebuck at the head of markets for the Stradbroke Handicap after drawing barrier 17 of 23 for Brisbane’s signature race at Eagle Farm on Saturday. …

West Coast coach Adam Simpson admits his side is carrying too many passengers, and says “dirty” delivery into the forward line is another aspect cruelling their AFL finals hopes. The …

Defender Jackson Trengove admits Port Adelaide were boring and hard to watch a couple of AFL seasons ago. Now, they’re ladder-leaders and crowd-pleasers – but far from their peak, he …

Struggling Carlton are set to be confronted on Friday night by a much more imposing Geelong defence than the makeshift one which leaked 22 goals to rampaging Sydney. Fullback Tom …

Milestone man Wycliff Palu admits he feared he would be another big name Wallaby that Ewen McKenzie was dumping from Saturday night’s opening Test against France. Palu will play his …

Josh Bootsma’s former AFL teammates have not raised any objection to his shock sacking, according to Carlton coach Mick Malthouse. The Blues announced on Tuesday they had terminated the contract …

Srikandi has been joined by Hucklebuck at the head of markets for the Stradbroke Handicap after drawing barrier 17 of 23 for Brisbane’s signature race at Eagle Farm on Saturday. …

Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna has given his strongest hint yet that Karmichael Hunt is poised to make his AFL return. The former rugby league star is yet to play …

Parramatta have re-signed boom winger Semi Radradra to a four-year NRL contract extension. The deal will keep the Fijian flyer at the club until the end of the 2018 season. …

Race 8 – 3:40PM AAMI STRADBROKE (1400 METRES) Of $1,360,000.1st $1,000,000, 2nd $200,000, 3rd $100,000, 4th $40,000, 5th $20,000 GROUP 1 Handicap, Minimum Weight 51kg, Weight Raised 0.5kg, Apprentices cannot …

Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard will bid for a first ever appearance in a Grand Slam final when she takes on childhood idol Maria Sharapova in the French Open semi-finals on Thursday. …

England captain Alastair Cook said he expected the controversial run out of Jos Buttler during the fifth one-day international against Sri Lanka to “spice up” the forthcoming Test series between …

Warriors centre Ngani Laumape has been an ever-present under new coach Andrew McFadden, but experience has taught him to take nothing for granted. After a strong defensive display in the …

Sri Lanka beat England by six wickets to win the fifth and final one-day international at Edgbaston on Tuesday and take the series 3-2. Sri Lanka, after losing the toss, …

Hull KR’s Australian prop Michael Weyman has been handed a second two-match ban in his first season in the Super League. The 29-year-old former St George Illawarra forward, who was …

Australian Samuel Groth and Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan on Tuesday reached the men’s doubles semifinals at the French Open in Paris. The unseeded pair easily accounted for ninth-seeded Lukasz Kubot …

Six-time Grand Slam title winner Novak Djokovic and big-hitting, free-thinking giantkiller Ernests Gulbis will clash for a French Open final place after both completed straight-sets quarterfinal triumphs. World number two …