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“Bring it on, Barry.” These are Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu’s words to his over-the-border counterpart Barry O’Farrell as Melbourne-based Hawthorn and the Sydney Swans clash in Saturday’s AFL grand final. …

Wests Tigers have called a press conference for Tuesday afternoon where it is expected the NRL club will announce they have parted ways with veteran coach Tim Sheens. Sheens’ future …

Goal umpire Chelsea Roffey cried when told she will become the first woman to officiate at an AFL grand final. Roffey, the league’s only female umpire, has been the emergency …

Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy expects winger Sisa Waqa to recover from a knee complaint in time for Sunday’s NRL grand final against Canterbury. Waqa was a late withdrawal from …

Referees boss Bill Harrigan bristled at questions over the quality of officiating in the NRL finals series on Tuesday, while announcing Ben Cummins and Tony Archer as the two whistle-blowers …

Celebrating with Essendon greats James Hird and Gavin Wanganeen has reminded AFL Brownlow Medal winner Jobe Watson as much of what he’s still missing as what he has achieved. Watson …

Sydney’s Josh Kennedy is planning to write his own chapter in his family’s rich AFL history in Saturday’s grand final against Hawthorn, the club that let him go. The in-form …

Adam Scott has called on Australia’s golfers to work harder amid their leanest season on the US PGA Tour in a decade. “It’s getting harder and harder to compete and …

Teenage star Cameron Smith is confident Australian golf’s new breed can claim the US Masters berth on offer to the winner at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. A great admirer of …

Canterbury skipper Michael Ennis says he doesn’t see it as his personal challenge to take down rival captain and No.9 Cameron Smith – the man he rates the best hooker …

Stale Solbakken takes his Wolves side to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday with comprehensive knowledge of their Capital One Cup opponents thanks to his fanatic Chelsea-supporting father. Norwegian Solbakken grew up …

Roberto Di Matteo has revealed he wanted to sign Victor Moses “years ago” as the Italian looks set to hand the 21-year-old his full Chelsea debut. After adding Oscar and …

Coach Tim Sheens’ departure from the Wests Tigers could be settled at a board meeting on Tuesday afternoon. News Limited reports on Tuesday suggested Sheens had walked away after 10 …

Off-season recruit Usman Khawaja will make his Sheffield Shield debut for Queensland against South Australia next week. Khawaja, along with former NSW teammate and returning Queensland player Nathan Hauritz, have …

Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge is confident he is all but over a stomach virus which threatened to derail his AFL grand final campaign. Hodge was bedridden last weekend with a …

Arsene Wenger is confident Arsenal are firmly on the right track after continuing their encouraging start to the season with a draw at Manchester City. Many pundits expected the Gunners …

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger could be back in action sooner rather than later after a scan revealed no ligament damage to his injured left knee. The Denmark captain was stretchered …

Premier League referee Mark Halsey has made a complaint to Greater Manchester Police after receiving two abusive tweets. Halsey received the insulting messages on Sunday on the social networking site …