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Clint Newton is relishing the prospect of playing in a finals-like match when Penrith and Brisbane clash at Suncorp Stadium on Friday. Newton, 31, hasn’t played in the NRL finals …

Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich will be named to take on Melbourne at Patersons Stadium on Saturday night, but must pass a fitness test later in the week before being a …

Hawthorn star Cyril Rioli left training early, but is still likely to be named for Friday night’s AFL blockbuster against West Coast. The speedy utility has missed the past two …

It was no surprise Ruben Wiki’s name comes up when Petero Civoniceva is asked who whacked him the hardest. After a rugby league career with numerous parallels to rival Civoniceva’s, …

Scott Watters, whose St Kilda side face Carlton in Brett Ratten’s swansong on Sunday, says he feels sympathy for the axed Blues coach. Ratten was officially sacked on Thursday, five …

Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin was quick to dismiss an injury scare after star centre Justin Hodges went down in pain during a training session on Thursday. Hodges initially appeared to …

Australia’s US PGA Tour golfers have performed below expectations this year but a salvage mission is high on the agenda in Boston this weekend. Australians have won at least two …

Port Adelaide caretaker Garry Hocking says he’s willing to work under a new coach at Alberton as the AFL club’s search widens to include sacked Carlton coach Brett Ratten. Hocking …

Carlton have confirmed they will approach Mick Malthouse about becoming the AFL club’s next coach and that his availability was factored into the sacking of Brett Ratten. Blues president Stephen …

Cronulla believe Monday night’s last-minute 20-18 loss, while heart-breaking, gave them the belief they can cause some damage come NRL finals time. Up until Sisa Waqa put centre Will Chambers …

Speaking from experience, Lleyton Hewitt says Bernard Tomic must sharpen up his serve to stay with Andy Roddick in their marquee second-round meeting at the US Open. Tomic was asked …

Lleyton Hewitt has enlisted power-serving countryman Chris Guccione to help him prepare for his second-round US Open shootout with giant-killing Gilles Muller. Hewitt was stoked with his first win at …

Angry Xavier Malisse vented his frustration over line calls at umpire Carlos Ramos and a heckler in expletive-filled fashion on Wednesday during a first-round US Open loss to ninth-seed John …

Departing Carlton coach Brett Ratten insists he’s doing the right thing by himself and the AFL club by taking charge of the Blues for one last time against St Kilda …

Departing Carlton coach Brett Ratten insists he’s doing the right thing by himself and the AFL club by taking charge of the Blues for one last time against St Kilda …

England spinner Graeme Swann has been rested from the final three one-day internationals against South Africa, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced. Fellow off-break bowler James Tredwell has …

Samantha Stosur’s US Open title defence remains very much on track with the seventh seed storming into the third round in New York. Stosur had too many guns for Romanian …

Triple US Open champion Kim Clijsters’s career came to a disappointing and lacklustre end on Wednesday when she slumped to a shock second-round defeat to British teenager Laura Robson. Clijsters, …