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Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has declared forward Andrew Krakouer will play his first AFL match of 2012 on Saturday night against Essendon. The goalsneak is back to full fitness after …

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says it’s no surprise Wallabies counterpart Robbie Deans is under pressure to keep his job given his players appeared lost for answers to New Zealand’s …

Andy Roddick says the days of Lleyton Hewitt-like prodigies dominating men’s tennis may be over as Roger Federer leads an unprecedented revival of the thirty somethings. A record 33 players …

Defending champion Novak Djokovic needed just 73 minutes to reach the US Open second round on Tuesday in an embarrassingly one-sided 6-1 6-0 6-1 mauling of hapless Italian Paolo Lorenzi. …

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq laid the blame squarely at the feet of his batsmen following his side’s four-wicket loss in their one-day game against Australia on Wednesday morning. He said …

Bernard Tomic has overcome stifling heat, a pesky opponent and a lacklustre start to book a second-round US Open date with former champion Andy Roddick. An off-colour Tomic required assistance …

Essendon midfielder Mark McVeigh has announced his retirement from the AFL. The 31-year-old midfielder has decided to quit after 232 games, despite an offer from Bombers coach James Hird to …

Novak Djokovic made a withering start to his US Open title defence with a 6-1 6-0 6-1 first round thrashing of Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi. Second seed Djokovic lost the first …

South Sydney coach Michael Maguire says bad boy hooker Issac Luke will be involved in Friday’s NRL clash with Newcastle on Friday. Luke was axed for last Sunday’s win over …

Carlton assistant coach Alan Richardson says the AFL club’s embattled head coach Brett Ratten is remaining positive and upbeat despite his uncertain future. There is strong speculation that Ratten will …

St Kilda veterans Lenny Hayes and Stephen Milne have re-signed with the AFL club for another season. Hayes and Milne, both 32, extended their contacts until the end of 2013, …

Andy Roddick says he is ready to follow the pack when it comes to financial issues that have players pondering a boycott of next January’s Australian Open, but he isn’t …

England Test captain Andrew Strauss’s future and that of international exile Kevin Pietersen could both become clearer at a press conference at Lord’s on Wednesday. Strauss, 35, was set to …

Together they’ve amassed more than 2000 NRL games. They’ve produced more than 430 tries, 3000 points and leave the game with a combined 105 years in rugby league’s toughest competition. …

Britain’s Johanna Konta, born in Australia of Hungarian roots, reached the US Open second round on Tuesday, but admitted the national anthem still remains a mystery. Konta pledged to learn …

George Bailey scored an unbeaten 57 to guide Australia to a tense four-wicket win in the opening match of their one-day series against Pakistan on Wednesday morning. Skipper Michael Clarke …

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych may be seeded five and six at the US Open, but they admit it’s impossible to depose Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal as …

Hashim Amla inflicted another record-breaking hundred upon England as South Africa won the second one-day international (ODI) by 80 runs in Southampton. Amla’s 150 saw him become the fastest player …