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The Adelaide Crows say their own reserves team is inevitable as some of the AFL’s non-Victorian clubs consider creating a breakaway second-tier competition. Adelaide, Port Adelaide, West Coast and Fremantle …

At face value, Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna admits it is tempting to ask if veteran Suns ruckman Josh Fraser’s recruitment has been worth it. Especially after the former No.1 …

ARLC chairman John Grant says good progress is being made in finding a new chief executive, but a new incumbent would not be in place before the end of the …

Bernard Tomic is plotting to spoil Andy Roddick’s 30th birthday celebrations after overcoming stifling heat and a pesky opponent to book a US Open show stopper with American tennis’s poster …

The Western Fury have snared the services of New Zealand captain Suzie Bates for the 2012-13 Women’s National Cricket League season. Bates, a right-handed top order batter and right-arm medium …

The AFL career of West Coast utility Patrick McGinnity has been filled with uncertainties and he’s learned to thrive off it. Despite playing 18 games this season, McGinnity still feels …

Influential Adelaide on-baller Rory Sloane will return from injury as the Crows treat Saturday’s home match against lowly Gold Coast as a full rehearsal for the AFL finals. Sloane missed …

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, …