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Carlton superstar Chris Judd’s recovery from a torn hamstring is tracking a week behind the AFL club’s expectation. Judd’s return from off-season Achilles tendon surgery lasted just five minutes in …

Luke Braid returns from injury to captain the Blues against the Sharks in Auckland on Friday. The openside flanker missed the past two games against the Chiefs and Queensland with …

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an urgent inquiry into how Brendon McCullum’s testimony to a match-fixing investigation was leaked, while clearing the New Zealand captain of any involvement …

Carlton coach Mick Malthouse has called on the AFL to scrap its cost-of-living allowance (COLA) now, rather than wait until 2017. A Fairfax Media report on Tuesday suggested the league …

Thisara Perera starred with the bat and ball as Sri Lanka gained revenge for their World Twenty20 defeat by England with a nine-run win at The Oval on Tuesday. Man …

Two seasons ago Daniel Tupou was plying his trade in the NSW Cup and less than three weeks ago he played his first ever representative match. In this era of …

Australia’s Bernard Tomic has crashed out of the second round of the Nice Cote d’Azur, going down 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Slovakia’s Martin Klizan. Tomic looked good in the first …

World Cup winning fly-half Stephen Larkham has urged the Wallabies to pick his understudy Matt Toomua in the No.10 jumper for the June internationals against France. With incumbent Test and …

NSW star Michael Jennings is adamant his Sydney Roosters teammate Mitchell Pearce will bounce back from his Blues axing a better player. Jennings has retained his spot in the Blues …

Fernando Alonso may hold few hopes of winning this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix for Ferrari, but he does believe that champions Red Bull can mount a challenge to runaway leaders …

A last start failure at Flemington by stakes-placed Hill Spy left Robert Smerdon scratching his head. The trainer has since lowered his sights and is looking for the gelding to …

Victorian filly Khutulun will get her chance in the Queensland Oaks with connections paying the late entry fee to put her in the Classic at Eagle Farm. Trainer Luke Oliver …

Having Alzora on firmer ground for the first time since she joined his stable has Anthony Cummings expecting a sharp turnaround in the mare’s fortunes. Cummings is adamant Alzora’s form …

The 2009 Golden Slipper winner Phelan Ready showed he may yet break one of racing’s longest run of outs with a slashing barrier trial win at the Sunshine Coast on …

Red faces look set to be averted after a new, cheaper ticket category boosted sales and confidence that next week’s historic opening State of Origin game will sell out. Wally …

Canterbury coach Des Hasler has called upon rookie superstar Moses Mbye and NRL stalwart Reni Maitua to fill the void left at the NRL competition leaders by halves Trent Hodkinson’s …

The road to the Doomben 10,000 has been rough in more ways than one for the favourite Rebel Dane. The four-year-old put in a below-par run when fifth in the …

The Brumbies are chasing former coach Jake White for a claimed $25,000 after the South African broke his contract with the Super Rugby franchise last year. A Brumbies spokesman on …