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McLaren officials have confirmed they are open to the shock return of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in what would be one of Formula One’s most sensational coups. Team boss Martin Whitmarsh …

Hawthorn president Andrew Newbold has total belief in his players, not some much-hyped curse. So when he was inevitably asked about the breaking of the 11-game losing streak against Geelong, …

Learning quickly from the heartbreak of letting an AFL grand final berth slip away must be the next step for Geelong’s new generation, says skipper Joel Selwood. The Cats’ 11-match …

A week after saving Cronulla, John Morris turned Sharks’ villain with a brain snap that cost his side dearly as Manly held on for a 24-18 win to book an …

Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge has defended star team-mates Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead and Cyril Rioli after their quiet AFL preliminary final performances. Hodge also was well off his best form …

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton led the way in a fast first free practice for the Singapore Grand Prix Friday which indicated the five-year-old lap record will fall this weekend. Hamilton …

In an AFL preliminary final which didn’t deserve a loser, no one deserved defeat less than Geelong’s Steve Johnson. Few do September as well as the Cats midfielder, who loves …

Hawthorn have turned the tables on Geelong in fitting fashion, coming back from a seemingly hopeless position to beat the Cats for the first time since the 2008 AFL grand …

Hero to zero inside six days – Cronulla veteran John Morris can now spend a whole summer asking himself ‘why?’ With Manly out on their feet, feeling the effect of …

Manly have earned a third crack at taking down South Sydney after a Daly Cherry-Evans masterclass and John Morris brain snap lifted the Sea Eagles to a 24-18 win over …

Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the semi-finals of the Korea Open tennis tournament on Friday with a 6-2 6-0 win over Vera Dushevina of Russia. Radwanska, making her debut in …

South African hooker Bismarck du Plessis says there are no hard feelings over the error by referee Romain Poite that led to last weekend’s sending off against New Zealand. Du …

Hawthorn fought back from a poor start to take a 7.8 (50) to 7.4 (46) lead over Geelong at halftime of Friday night’s AFL preliminary final at the MCG. The …

Former ACCC boss Graeme Samuel has been appointed to the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC). Samuel will start his new role in November in place of Gary Pemberton, who is …

Come, take a stroll the Fremantle way. For a start, it’s not Friday in these parts of Western Australia: it’s Purple Friday. And it’s fair to say on the eve …

Narainswamy Srinivasan plans to seek an extension to his term as president of the Indian cricket board despite being sidelined while his son-in-law is under investigation in the wake of …

A German court says it has delayed until next year a decision on whether to try Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone on bribery charges. Munich prosecutors in July filed charges …

James O’Connor has been stood down from the Wallabies squad by coach Ewen McKenzie for at least two Tests after finding the Australian back had behaved unacceptably in Perth last …