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Australia’s former bowling coach Craig McDermott says he has dealt with personal issues which forced him to quit the role in May 2012 after a highly successful year in the …

Crowned the Wallabies’ best player a year ago, Kurtley Beale’s dramatic form slump has seen him dropped for a second time in a month. The reigning John Eales Medallist, Beale …

Manly argue a chaotic season filled with injury and suspensions has steeled them for Friday’s do-or-die semi-final with North Queensland. The Sea Eagles will be without suspended centre Steve Matai, …

St Kilda midfielder Leigh Montagna will miss the opening round of next year’s AFL season after failing to beat a rough conduct charge at the tribunal on Tuesday night. Montagna …

AFL footballer John McCarthy told his girlfriend he wanted to return home just before falling to his death at a Las Vegas casino complex. McCarthy is understood to have telephoned …

Cronulla five-eighth Todd Carney is expected to be fit for the start of the 2013 NRL season after successful surgery on his ruptured achilles tendon. Carney was carried off Canberra …

Now that he’s officially the first man to coach arch-rivals Carlton and Collingwood, Mick Malthouse wants his new AFL team to also believe anything is possible. The Blues confirmed the …

Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell admits the block that earnt him a two-game AFL suspension was reckless. Maxwell said he must make sure to avoid high contact when he tries to …

Australia coach Mickey Arthur wants his gun pacemen Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc to be picked alongside each other for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, whether the pitches suit …

Canberra’s Joel Thompson has been named to replace injured centre Jarrod Croker for the Raiders’ do-or-die NRL semi-final battle with South Sydney on Saturday. The high-flying Raiders were dealt a …

Argentina have made two changes to their backline for Saturday night’s Rugby Championship clash with the Wallabies at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast. Pumas coach Santiago Phelan has dropped …

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has hailed Nathan Sharpe as crucial to his injury-ravaged team less than a year after he was viewed as surplus to requirements. Deans on Tuesday named …

Fremantle star Nat Fyfe will be keeping his luggage well out of the way as he prepares to tackle Adelaide’s midfield in Friday night’s AFL semi-final clash at AAMI Stadium. …

Hawthorn will play a twilight preliminary final against either Adelaide or Fremantle at the MCG on Saturday week, as the AFL juggles television ratings with fairness. The Hawks would have …

Beware the wounded Sea Eagles – that’s the message from the leading contenders to Manly’s NRL crown. Both Canterbury coach Des Hasler and Melbourne captain Cameron Smith say despite being …

A fired-up Tony Williams says he has a point to prove against North Queensland on Friday night, in what could be his final match for defending NRL premiers Manly. Williams …

Manly coach Geoff Toovey wants NRL players to band together and pressure the ARLC into overhauling the judiciary system. Toovey remained bemused that he would be without strike centre Steve …

Doubts remain over hooker Aaron Payne’s fitness but North Queensland claimed there was no shortage of self-belief ahead of Friday night’s knockout NRL semi-final against Manly despite a shocking Sydney …