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Just another game. Not just another week. Melbourne know all about NRL grand finals, going into their fifth in the past seven seasons. As well as 80 minutes of the …

Sydney coach John Longmire knows better than most that AFL grand finals can be heartbreaking for players, even before the ball is bounced. The former North Melbourne forward watched his …

Australia’s latest limited-overs big hitter, Glenn Maxwell, has the technique to carve out a future at Test level, according to Australia’s batting coach Justin Langer. Maxwell made his one-day international …

Fast bowler Ryan Harris is resigned to missing Australia’s first Test against South Africa in Brisbane as he recovers from shoulder surgery. Harris underwent an operation two months ago and …

Having run out of legs at the back-end of 2011, Melbourne halfback Cooper Cronk claims this season’s mid-year malaise may just prove the catalyst for NRL premiership glory. The Storm’s …

Hawthorn have vowed that if they win an 11th AFL premiership on Saturday there will be no repeat of the decline which followed their 2008 flag triumph. The Hawks caused …

Quade Cooper’s latest public outburst will make the playmaker’s working relationship with Wallabies coach Robbie Deans close to untenable, says former Australia coach John Connolly. The injured Cooper spoke out …

Sydney coach John Longmire says injured small forward Ben McGlynn is no guarantee of returning in the AFL grand final even if he’s passed fit on Thursday. McGlynn injured his …

Defender Matt Maguire and youngster Rohan Bewick have both signed contract extensions with the Brisbane Lions. Maguire, 28, has signed a one-year deal with the Lions after establishing himself in …

The famed intensity of AFL legend Norm Smith has been immortalised in bronze outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the stadium he ran onto so often in his storied 37-year career …

Blockbusting Canberra back-rower Josh Papalii has turned his back on New Zealand by pledging his representative allegiance to Queensland and Australia. Named in the Kiwis train-on squad for next month’s …

Sydney legend Bob Skilton says out-of-form key forward Sam Reid shapes as an AFL grand final game-breaker for the Swans. Reid had just four possessions and spilled several easy marks …

When he was told by Wayne Bennett earlier this year he had no future at Newcastle, Richie Fa’aoso didn’t expect to be playing in a NRL grand final for Melbourne …

Coach Mickey Arthur says Australia’s bowlers must learn a lesson, believing they panicked in a sloppy World Twenty20 performance against West Indies. Captain George Bailey’s team have moved into the …

Roberto Mancini played down talk of another altercation with his volatile Italian forward Mario Balotelli as Manchester City’s frustrating start to their Premier League title defence continued with a 1-1 …

Australian golfer Stacey Keating has rebounded from the “worst week of my life” to clinch her maiden title on the Ladies European Tour. Keating birdied the first extra hole in …

The Black Caps will look to tighten their work in the field when the Twenty20 cricket World Cup moves into the Super Eights phase this week. New Zealand progressed from …

American Brandt Snedeker earned a massive pay day by upstaging the likes of Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods to claim the US PGA Tour Championship and FedEx Cup on Sunday. …