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Three games, two defeats, one try and a fair bit of frustration: Sonny Bill Williams hasn’t made the smoothest of starts to life in Japan’s Top League. The All Blacks …

Test batsmen Ricky Ponting and Ed Cowan both missed out in their first domestic innings of the season, against a NSW team inspired by a career-best effort from Moises Henriques. …

Brisbane had the fab four largely to thank for their three consecutive AFL premierships, for Sydney on Saturday the stingy seven will have a big say in the result of …

Australia captain George Bailey says rival teams in the World Twenty20 fear Shane Watson and Australia will be hard to stop in the tournament if the gun allrounder continues to …

Melbourne’s famously temperamental weather is menacing the AFL grand final, with backyard barbecues, the half-time entertainment and even the traditional player parade under threat. The temperature is set to plummet …

After days of silence, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has made a three sentence public response to Quade Cooper’s outspoken comments on the Wallabies. Injured five-eighth Cooper spoke of a …

Whenever Josh Reynolds has doubted himself in his breakout NRL season he has turned to coach Des Hasler for guidance. Reynolds has been a revelation in just his second year …

Collingwood have finally re-signed Travis Cloke, after caving in to the AFL power forward’s demand for a five-year deal. Talks had been put on hold earlier this year, amid concerns …

Five-eighth Kurtley Beale will be given a licence to thrill in his return to the Wallabies’ starting side for their Rugby Championship Test with South Africa in Pretoria on Saturday. …

Test opener Ed Cowan was dismissed cheaply but Tasmania made a solid start in their pursuit of a strong NSW first innings total of 442 in their Sheffield Shield cricket …

Victoria begins their domestic season in Perth with Friday’s one-day clash at the WACA Ground against a West Australian side already looking to hit back from a disappointing opening to …

Cameron Smith likes to smile. Craig Bellamy finds it hard to, but this odd couple is at the heart of Melbourne’s quest to win Sunday’s NRL grand final against Canterbury. …

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy is confident the champions of an NRL season dominated by refereeing controversy will be determined by players and coaches rather than officials in Sunday’s grand final. …

Hawthorn skipper Luke Hodge is back at his fighting weight in time for Saturday’s AFL grand final. Hodge, who missed last weekend’s preliminary final win against Adelaide through illness but …

Career-best batting performances from Moises Henriques and Trent Copeland lifted NSW to a healthy first innings score of 442 in the Sheffield Shield cricket match against Tasmania. Resuming on day …

Hawthorn say it is testament to the depth and strength of their squad that a quality player will miss out on Saturday’s AFL grand final to accommodate skipper Luke Hodge. …

In an AFL match decided by one point, every missed goal could have been the difference. When a premiership is on the line, the sense of regret over missed opportunities …

Melbourne fullback Billy Slater concedes he is still overcoming a knee injury but insists the troublesome joint will stand up to the rigours of an NRL grand final. Slater suffered …