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Midfielder Luke Tapscott is set to miss Melbourne’s AFL pre-season game on February 28 after injuring his right knee in Thursday’s intra-club hitout. “First reports are that he’s tweaked his …

Daniel Ricciardo hopes to give his Red Bull predecessor and compatriot Mark Webber something to cheer about at next month’s Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Webber will be watching the …

Former auditor Ian Schubert has cautioned the NRL about making dramatic changes to the salary cap he ruled over for 16 years. As the long-awaited review into the salary cap …

Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich is hopeful the AFL club can taste premiership success this year, but admits their effort will need to improve drastically over the next few weeks if …

Proof that Josh Hoffman was “loving it” at the Broncos was on display at the Auckland Nines, according to Brisbane teammate Jack Reed. Hoffman’s manager Paul Hogan claims the Kiwi …

Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich admits his team will get found out this AFL season if they repeat the lacklustre effort they displayed in their 84-point pre-season loss to West Coast. …

The AFL said on Thursday it had discussed with Essendon the introduction of a system which would provide players with independent medical advice. Essendon, the league and the AFL Players’ …

New South Wales have won the toss and will bat first in the Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at the WACA Ground with a potential final spot on the …

Trainer Robert Heathcote couldn’t have been happier with the effort of star galloper Buffering in his first serious hit-out heading to the Sydney autumn. Buffering had a jump-out at Doomben …

Cox Plate winner Shamus Award will return to the scene of his finest racing moment for an exhibition gallop at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Shamus Award is scheduled to …

There were times hard running Wallabies centre Pat McCabe doubted he’d ever reach his upcoming 50th Super Rugby match during the long road to recovery from successive broken necks. Yet …

For someone who was not annoyed by Essendon great Matthew Lloyd’s scathing pre-season assessment of Brisbane, the Lions’ Peter Schwab still couldn’t resist a couple of digs on Thursday. Lions …

Collingwood have named seven inclusions headed by Brownlow Medallist Dane Swan for Saturday’s AFL pre-season game against Richmond in Wangaratta. Five-time All-Australian Swan was rested from Collingwood’s opening clash against …

Nathan Hindmarsh is keen to follow in the footsteps of fellow NRL greats Brad Fittler and Steve Menzies and make an appearance at the Auckland Nines. Fittler and Menzies were …

Gold Coast’s rising crop of midfield stars won’t rush a move to push captain Gary Ablett into the forward line, at least as far as Suns coach Guy McKenna is …

The Western Force will be aiming to create a slice of history this Super Rugby season, but it doesn’t necessarily involve a finals finish. The Force are yet to secure …

Luckless Queensland fullback Aidan Toua’s patience and a step backwards in 2013 have paid off, making him the Reds’ new Super Rugby strike weapon. Toua will start just the sixth …

Jason Day’s plan to “just grind it out” paid off as he overcame a late rally from Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen to reach the second round of the WGC-Match Play Championship. …