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Green and gold and pink would make a style-conscious Italian feel nauseous. It has also become a beautiful theme for Australian cycling at this year’s Giro d’Italia. Between race leader …

He is back to his electric best, but Jarryd Hayne has warned Blues fans he can’t win the State of Origin series for NSW on his own. “I know the …

Warrior Kevin Locke is set to make his first starting appearance of the NRL season against Gold Coast at Robina on Saturday. Locke has been selected on the wing in …

A degenerative ankle injury has forced Carlton midfielder Heath Scotland to end his AFL career. Scotland had been placed on the Blues’ long-term injury list for the rest of the …

Complacency may finally become a problem for all-conquering State of Origin champions Queensland, frank Maroons captain Cameron Smith says. But the Maroons skipper hoped the depleted New Zealand Test team’s …

Clearance machine Anthony Miles is set to play his first AFL match for Richmond against his former club Greater Western Sydney on Saturday. After showing excellent signs in the VFL, …

You know it’s State of Origin time when NSW captain Paul Gallen starts dubbing abusive Queensland fans “two heads”. It was a light-hearted jibe, made in front of NSW Premier …

Axed NSW State of Origin halfback Mitchell Pearce has been made a “scapegoat” by a success-starved Blues, Queensland pivot Johnathan Thurston says. Pearce paid the price for a wild night …

Wallabies No.8 Wycliff Palu has revealed the unglamorous secret behind the NSW Waratahs’ transformation from perennial under-achievers to Super Rugby title contenders. Palu says coach Michael Cheika is training the …

As coach of an AFL side set to confront the Cats in Geelong, Brad Scott was happy enough to learn of Steve Johnson’s one-match ban. But as a fan who …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon reckons Hawthorn are simply too classy to allow a worrying injury toll to kill off their premiership chances. Lyon rates the Hawks, Swans and Power as …

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has praised Sydney’s Dan Hannebery for a contentious AFL bumping incident that attracted match review panel scrutiny. Buckley said Essendon opponent Michael Hurley had used incorrect …

Queensland fullback Billy Slater never felt his position in the Maroons’ line-up was under threat despite Greg Inglis’s stellar form in the No.1 jersey for South Sydney. The Melbourne custodian …

The Melbourne Rebels are putting their contentious Super Rugby win over the Queensland Reds behind them to focus on fast-tracking new halfback Ben Meehan to meet the NSW Waratahs. The …

NSW coach Laurie Daley accepts throwing rookie halves combination Trent Hodkinson and Josh Reynolds into the State of Origin cauldron at Suncorp Stadium next week is a selection gamble. On …

Geelong star Steve Johnson will miss Friday night’s AFL home clash with North Melbourne after accepting a one-match ban for headbutting Fremantle tagger Ryan Crowley. Even though the incident was …

Within moments of Justin Hodges suffering the second serious achilles injury of his career, his thoughts turned to this year’s State of Origin campaign. The 31-year-old, sidelined for the entire …

West Coast coach Adam Simpson believes his team’s slow starts might be the reason behind their sluggish finishes. The Eagles sit 4-4 heading into Saturday’s AFL clash with Collingwood at …