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It’s an AFL game Essendon coach James Hird wants to quickly forget and even Melbourne’s Mark Neeld wasn’t getting too excited about his maiden coaching victory. Saturday night’s surprise 8.10 …

Rookie Curtis Sironen has the Wests Tigers five-eighth jersey stitched up after proving a vital cog in their 40-0 NRL rout of Canberra, but his challenge is to hold the …

Former Norwich coach Paul Lambert has been unveiled as new manager of Aston Villa. A brief statement on Villa’s website on Saturday read: “The board of Aston Villa are delighted …

Aaron Baddeley refuses to throw in the towel despite being six shots off the lead heading into the final round of the US PGA Memorial Tournament in Ohio. Despite imposing …

Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson was proud as punch of his team’s fighting spirit after watching the Crows recover from a major scare in their 29-point AFL triumph over Fremantle at …

New All Blacks coach Steve Hansen’s first squad features seven new caps and the inclusion of Piri Weepu over Crusaders halfback Andy Ellis. The 30-strong squad for the three-Test series …

Stacy Lewis carded a second-straight six-under-par 65 on Saturday to seize a six-shot lead going into the final round of the LPGA Classic event in New Jersey. The American leads …

Zimbabwean-born David Pocock will captain a Wallabies side including five new caps in the rugby Test against Scotland in Newcastle on Tuesday. Pocock, who takes over from the injured James …

Zimbabwean-born David Pocock will become the 79th player to lead Australia in a rugby Test match after being named Wallabies captain for Tuesday night’s season-opening Test with Scotland in Newcastle. …

Acting Wales rugby coach Rob Howley has dropped five players from his original squad for the tour of Australia, including in-form Ospreys five-eighth Dan Biggar. Howley is temporarily in charge …

Frustrated Carlton coach Brett Ratten hopes a key quartet return from injury to heal his AFL side’s battered spine. Ratten was disturbed by Carlton’s key position weakness in their lacklustre …

Teenage surprise packet Sloane Stephens is all that stands in the way of Samantha Stosur and a likely French Open quarter-final showdown with world No.1 Victoria Azarenka. Stosur takes on …

The Australian tilt at the US PGA Memorial tournament nose-dived as American Spencer Levin took charge in the third round at Muirfield Village in Ohio. Levin fired a three-under par …

New South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer retained seven of the team beaten by Australia in the 2011 Rugby World Cup quarter-finals for a three-Test home series against England during June. …

Bryan Habana’s late try against his old team stole a 19-14 win for the Stormers over the Bulls in Super Rugby on Saturday. Springboks wing Habana raced clear with eight …

Thai veteran golfer Thongchai Jaidee moved into contention for a first victory on European soil by taking a narrow lead after the third round of the Wales Open at Celtic …

Rafael Nadal tightened a Spanish stranglehold on the bottom half of the French Open draw on Saturday, while Andy Murray set up a last 16 round clash with Richard Gasquet. …

New Zealander Scott Dixon has won his first pole of the year and snapped Penske Racing’s streak of having the fastest car in IndyCar qualifying this season. Dixon set a …