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Zack Holmes will make his run-on debut when he fills the Brumbies’ five-eighth hot seat in Friday night’s Super Rugby clash with the Hurricanes in Wellington. Holmes comes into the …

World No.1 Novak Djokovic dealt Bernard Tomic a claycourt reality check with a straight-sets dismissal of the Australian teenager at the Rome Masters. After enjoying a first-round bye, Djokovic opened …

North Melbourne coach Brad Scott has foreshadowed player axings for the AFL match against Port Adelaide on Saturday after a performance last weekend he labelled “un-North Melbourne-like”. Scott said the …

Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke will swap the baggy green for a racing helmet when he takes part in the International Rally of Queensland (IROQ) later this month. Organisers announced …

Besieged Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss admits his side must start reversing their fortunes against AFL newcomers Greater Western Sydney on Sunday. Three big losses have placed Voss under the …

Improved Super Rugby performers Melbourne say they can’t afford to take the Western Force lightly when the teams meet on Sunday in Perth. Confidence is high in the Rebels camp …

Long-serving Southern Stars bowler Clea Smith has announced her retirement from cricket, ending 14 years of involvement in the game. The 33-year-old’s decision brings to a close a career that …

West Indies face England in the first of a three-Test series at Lord’s here on Thursday with the tourists’ batting likely to determine the course of the match. Should conditions …

Wallabies star Quade Cooper will be a shock starter in his long-awaited return from a knee reconstruction for the Queensland Reds on Saturday night. Cooper was named on Wednesday to …

West Coast coach John Worsfold has declared Daniel Kerr a certain starter for Sunday’s AFL clash with St Kilda despite the star midfielder being struck down by food poisoning earlier …

West Indian cricket icon Brian Lara has called upon Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the world’s number one batsman, to move up the order for his team’s three-Test series with England which begins …

Brent Tate empathises deeply with Jharal Yow Yeh, the man he’s replaced as he prepares to play his first State of Origin game for Queensland since 2008. Brisbane winger Yow …

If there’s one tournament where Australia’s golfers can end their barren streak on the US PGA Tour surely it is this week’s Byron Nelson Championship in Texas. A confident Adam …

Queensland have begun cranking up the emotion for next Wednesday night’s State of Origin opener with players each receiving a unique personalised training jersey. Former Queensland players Gene Miles and …

Wallabies star Quade Cooper is expected to make his long-awaited return from a knee reconstruction for the Queensland Reds on Saturday night. Cooper is set to be named on Wednesday …

Veteran Lleyton Hewitt and teenager Ashleigh Barty have been awarded Tennis Australia’s wildcards into the main draw of the French Open. Hewitt, who had foot surgery in February, has made …

Rugby’s television referees will be given wider powers under a series of rule changes that will be implemented later this year. The amendments, which were announced on Tuesday by the …

Wimbledon’s all-white dress code won’t be in place for the Olympics. And the traditional dark green backdrop around the courts will be gone, too. “The look will be the look …