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Rieko Ioane has been withdrawn from New Zealand’s squad for the second Bledisloe Cup Test with Australia in Auckland and replaced by Peter Umaga-Jensen. Ioane was dropped to the bench …

Cody Walker is back in the NSW State of Origin fold after being called into the Blues’ extended squad for this year’s series. Walker was one of three South Sydney …

Alexander Zverev has moved to one win away from a third title in his native Germany and will play Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final of the Cologne Indoors tournament. …

A decade after climbing out of the Championship, Exeter Chiefs have been crowned kings of Europe 90 miles from home on Saturday when earning a 31-27 victory over French side …

A drop goal five minutes from the end by Leeds captain Luke Gale secured a dramatic 17-16 victory for the Rhinos over surprise Challenge Cup finalists Salford in surreal circumstances …

Geelong have finally overcome their AFL preliminary final hurdle. Now they have to work out how to beat Richmond in Saturday’s grand final. The Cats, who gave Brisbane a 40-point …

Wayne Bennett insists South Sydney are edging closer to clearing the final hurdle after they became the first team in 20 years to lose three straight preliminary finals. The Rabbitohs’ …

Brisbane may never have a kinder journey to an AFL premiership but Chris Fagan is confident 2020 won’t be his Lions only shot at grand final glory. Saturday’s 40-point preliminary …

Brisbane coach Chris Fagan says Lachie Neale winning the Brownlow Medal would be a silver lining on the Lions’ season after their disappointing AFL preliminary final defeat. Fagan’s men bowed …

Holden’s last hurrah in the Supercars’ Bathurst 1000 is expected to be a wet one with showers and storms to hit Mount Panorama. Emotions are set to run high on …

Api Koroisau is expected to be fine to play the NRL grand final next Sunday despite coming off with a shoulder injury in Penrith’s 20-16 preliminary final win. The Panthers …

Penrith coach Ivan Cleary said it would be a “dream” to win an NRL premiership with son Nathan after the Panthers defeated South Sydney 20-16 to earn that chance. On …

Australia’s premier trainer Chris Waller and jockey Mark Zahra landed their first Caulfield Cup wins when outstanding five-year-old Verry Elleegant held off international raider Anthony Van Dyck. Waller, who watched …

Leaning against one of the balustrades that encircle the Theatre Of The Horse at Randwick, Les Bridge stood quiet and alone, watching the Everest unfold on the television screen. Away …

After all they’d done in the past months of this NRL season, South Sydney were never going to go down without a fight. Because as master coach Wayne Bennett put …

Geelong veteran Gary Ablett’s storied AFL career will end on the biggest stage with the Cats through to next Saturday’s grand final. The dual Brownlow Medallist was an influential figure …

Geelong have ended their run of AFL preliminary final outs with a 40-point win over Brisbane to book a date with Richmond in the season decider. Retiring champion Gary Ablett …

SNAPSHOT OF THE SECOND AFL PRELIMINARY FINAL * Result: Geelong 11.16 (82) bt Brisbane 6.6 (42) at the Gabba. * Key moment: Lions forward Eric Hipwood took a strong pack …