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Laurie Daley isn’t yet ready to pin his debut State of Origin coaching series on rookie halfback Adam Reynolds, warning the young South Sydney star he will be targeted more …

He may have played his last Test six years ago, but Queensland Reds stalwart Greg Holmes sees a prime opportunity to make a shock Wallabies comeback against the British and …

Maria Sharapova was making no apologies for the effusive nature of her post-match celebrations after ending Venus Williams’ interest in the women’s singles at the Australian Open. The way Sharapova …

Stephane Peterhansel will be crowned Dakar Rally champion for an 11th time on Saturday while French compatriot Cyril Despres should wrap up a fifth motorcycling crown on the day’s final …

Fast bowler Jackson Bird has been called into Australia’s one-day international squad for Sunday’s clash with Sri Lanka at the SCG. Bird made a stunning start to his Test career …

American Robby Gordon won the 13th stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday, while Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel kept his commanding lead in the overall standings with one day to go. …

Australia’s singles involvement in the Australian Open will end on Saturday night unless Bernard Tomic can do what no one else has in almost nine years and knock out Roger …

Theo Walcott ended months of speculation on Friday by signing a contract extension with Arsenal. The 23-year-old England forward’s former deal was due to expire at the end of the …

The world’s top two golfers, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, both missed the cut in their first tournament of the season at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on Friday. McIlroy …

Norwich have joined Sunderland in making a formal bid for Swansea striker Danny Graham, Press Association Sport understands. The Black Cats made an offer on Thursday, believed to be above …

English Premier League side Southampton have sacked manager Nigel Adkins and replaced him with former Espanyol boss Mauricio Pochettino. The Saints are 15th in English football’s top flight, three points …

Spanish running machine David Ferrer subdued Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis’ normally-noisy Melbourne Park fan base as he clinically ousted the crowd favourite in the Australian Open third round on Friday night. …

Another day another victory for world No.1 Novak Djokovic, who edged closer to a third successive Australian Open title with an entertaining win over Czech Radek Stepanek. The defending champion …

As unexpected as Australia’s embarrassing 74 was on Friday, just as shocking was the man who created the carnage – Sri Lankan quiet achiever Nuwan Kulasekara. In 128 previous one-day …

Michael Clarke stood resolutely behind Australia’s unpopular rotation policy despite admitting selection changes contributed to their Gabba nightmare on Friday. Captain Clarke labelled it a “horrible day” as his men …

Seven-time grand slam champion Venus Williams became just another Maria Sharapova victim as the Russian took her astonishing Australian Open start up a notch in the third round on Friday …

Defending champion Lydia Ko fell to a surprise defeat in the second round of the Australian Amateur Golf Championships in Melbourne on Friday. The world No.1 and US amateur champion …

Manly are set to open negotiations with captain Jamie Lyon for 2014 and beyond after blocking a bid by Gold Coast on Friday to poach him for the coming NRL …