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Hawthorn have confirmed star small forward Cyril Rioli will miss Friday night’s AFL qualifying final against Sydney with an ankle injury. Rioli missed last Friday night’s clash with the Swans …

Richmond have dropped midfielder Nathan Foley for Sunday’s historic AFL elimination final against Carlton. While there were no surprises about the inclusions for the two teams, Foley is the glaring …

The Brisbane Lions say a club investigation has found there is no evidence to support claims a high profile player assaulted a wheelchair-bound man on the eve of Mad Monday …

Not even the prospect of his father arriving as a pumped up Wests Tigers’ fan could upset North Queensland forward Ashton Sims ahead of their must-win NRL clash in Townsville …

Quade Cooper makes his long-awaited return to the Wallabies No.10 jersey on Saturday night a changed man. But the mercurial five-eighth insists he’s still the player who took the rugby …

The finals equation is simple for the Warriors – do something the club hasn’t achieved in almost 20 years – and then hope for at least two NRL rivals can …

Not everyone gets the fairytale. But departing Wests Tigers playmaker Benji Marshall might just get the last laugh. Eight years after stunning the rugby league world with “that” inside pass …

The All Blacks are eager to avoid letting their Rugby Championship clash against Argentina in Hamilton become a stop-start affair. Skipper Richie McCaw says allowing Saturday night’s Test to get …

A day after parting ways with coach John Worsfold, West Coast have announced they will move their training and administration base from Subiaco Oval to Lathlain Park in a $50 …

Canberra won’t stand in the way of Blake Ferguson being picked up by another NRL club in 2014 after he became the third high-profile star to be sacked by the …

The Wallabies’ under-pressure greenhorn pack is primed for a “David vs Goliath” result over the powerhouse South Africans in Saturday night’s Rugby Championship rumble. Without James Horwill, David Pocock, Scott …

Fremantle have picked apart their round-14 AFL shocker against Geelong and are confident they will have the answers in Saturday’s qualifying final. The Dockers only managed nine scoring shots when …

The injury cloud hovers uncomfortably over Collingwood big men Nathan Brown and Quinten Lynch on the eve of their sudden-death AFL final. Both Brown, who has a knee problem, and …

Opposition coaches, rival sporting codes and business leaders have all long marvelled at the culture of AFL side Sydney, a club-first ethos that is credited in whole to Paul Roos. …

St Kilda players have made a video, apologising to club members for Clint Jones’ appalling AFL Mad Monday prank earlier this week. Captain Nick Riewoldt, vice-captain Lenny Hayes and young …

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal must quell a double-edged assault from masters of the dying art of the single-handed backhand if they are to set up a blockbuster US Open …

Canberra have confirmed the sacking of Blake Ferguson after the NSW Origin winger failed to front a Raiders board meeting on Friday to explain his erratic behaviour. Having gone AWOL …

Blake Ferguson has had his contract with Canberra terminated by the NRL club. MORE TO COME