Hawthorn skipper Luke Hodge has emerged unscathed from an impressive reserves hitout, prompting coach Alastair Clarkson to consider his immediate return to AFL action against Essendon on Friday night. Hodge …
Richmond will join fellow AFL clubs Collingwood and Geelong in having their own stand-alone reserves side from 2014. It means next season will be the last year of the Tigers’ …
Collingwood and a coaches’ box wall got holes punched in them by Hawthorn in an emphatic statement of the Hawks’ AFL premiership credentials on Saturday. In a match billed as …
Four goals to Bernie Vince in his 100th game helped Adelaide to a 49-point win over the West Coast Eagles in Saturday’s AFL match at AAMI Stadium. But the win …
Hawthorn unleashed a third-quarter blitz to destroy AFL premiership rivals Collingwood by 47 points at the MCG on Saturday. In a match billed as a possible grand final preview, the …
Australian golfer Steven Bowditch was two shots off the lead in fourth place at Friday’s halfway mark of the rain-disrupted True South Classic PGA Tour event in Mississippi. American Billy …
Master coach Kevin Sheedy says Fremantle need to “hurry up” if they are to win an AFL premiership any time soon, claiming the Dockers need to strike while their star …
As others moaned, Australia’s major champion Geoff Ogilvy said British Open contenders should suck it up and cop the consequences for straying into Royal Lytham and St Annes’s notorious bunkers. …
Chan Yung-jan earned one of the biggest upsets of her career as the qualifier outlasted former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic to reach the semi-finals of the WTA tournament in Carlsbad, …
Gold Coast coach John Cartwright paid tribute to stubborn forward Nate Myles after the Queensland Origin back-rower carried a painful sternum injury through most of the Titans’ season-saving 14-10 NRL …
Strike centre Shaun Kenny-Dowall is hopeful a late-season surge of form with the Sydney Roosters can catapult him back into the New Zealand Test side. The one-off Test between Australia …
Star five-eighth Kieran Foran says Manly is still capable of securing a top-four berth by season’s end, despite their recent run of losses and injury concerns. The Sea Eagles suffered …
They’re the NRL’s hottest team, having won eight on the trot, but Canterbury’s James Graham says “finals” is still a dirty word at the high-flying NRL club. Speaking after Friday …
Sydney’s AFL league-leading defence are determined not to be caught out again by a St Kilda team presented with a unique opportunity on Sunday. The vagaries of the draw mean …
Australian Matthew Ebden had no answer to Gilles Muller’s dominant serve as he lost his quarter-final to the Luxembourger in straight sets at the ATP’s Atlanta Open on Friday. Muller …
Piri Weepu has signed a two-year Super Rugby contract to stay with the Blues. Weepu tweeted about his new contract with the Auckland franchise on Saturday, saying: “It’s official … …
It has been a week of high drama for Richmond and North Melbourne and both teams will relish the chance to get back on the field and be in control …
An apologetic Josh Hoffman declared he was “not a dirty player” after conceding an rare eight-point try in Friday night’s tough 14-10 NRL loss to Gold Coast at Skilled Park. …


