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It’s been four months since Warriors skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck last saw his family, so winning NRL games and studying has been his coping mechanism. Aside from baking sour dough, learning …

Warriors coach Todd Payten isn’t underestimating the size of the task still facing his Warriors team to play NRL finals, even if their first opponents Cronulla are missing some key …

West Coast’s injury list has reached crisis point after Dom Sheed and Brendon Ah Chee became the latest players to join the casualty ward. Sheed (hamstring) and Ah Chee (finger) …

David Nofoaluma is smart enough to know if his name isn’t mentioned leading up to State of Origin, he’s probably no chance to make the side. Not even his league-topping …

Alexander Zverev will face 20th seed Pablo Carreno Busta in the last four of the US Open after surviving a stern test of his nerve to become a grand slam …

Cameron Munster’s recent elevation to the main leadership group at Melbourne could see him emerge as a surprise skipper should Cameron Smith retire at the end of the NRL season. …

Greater Western Sydney key defender Phil Davis will miss the rest of the AFL season, having returned home because of a knee injury. The Giants’ finals hopes took a major …

St Kilda veteran Dan Hannebery has urged the AFL to abandon thoughts of trying to impose more out-of-competition protocols on players who remain in Queensland on holiday when the season …

Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire has leapt to the defence of the team’s culture following another nightmare week of headlines at the besieged club. On Wednesday Maguire defended two of …

Queensland star playmaker Cameron Munster is committed to this year’s State of Origin series, even if it means another quarantine bubble and a big pay cut. This year’s Origin series …

Australian rugby’s new breakdown “pest” Fraser McReight says he is still learning to pick his moments and that thoughts of a Wallabies call-up remain a fantasy. But the Queensland Reds …

RIchmond coach Damien Hardwick has refused to guarantee the futures of disgraced AFL pair Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones after the pair’s serious COVID-19 protocol breaches. Stack and Coleman-Jones were …

Wearing the battle scars from their NRL grand final rematch against the Sydney Roosters, Canberra captain Jarrod Croker says his team are not expecting a let-up against St George Illawarra. …

As he plots a return from injury for the AFL finals, St Kilda veteran Dan Hannebery has gone in to bat for Brett Ratten’s under-fire game plan. Ratten came under …

South Sydney winger Alex Johnston has sacrificed about $200,000 to remain at the club with confirmation of a two-year NRL extension expected on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Rabbitohs junior was being …

St Kilda’s Dan Hannebery admits the two injury-ravaged AFL seasons since his high-profile move from Sydney have been the toughest period of his decorated career. But the veteran midfielder is …

HOW ALEX DE MINAUR AND DOMINIC THIEM MATCH UP FOR THEIR US OPEN QUARTER-FINAL ON THURSDAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING): 2-DOMINIC THIEM (AUT) leads 21-ALEX DE MINAUR (AUS) 2-0 2018 Davis …

From a clumsy “clown” to tennis’s biggest stage, that’s Alex de Minaur as the Australian No.1 prepares to take on US Open title favourite Dominic Thiem in Thursday’s prime-time quarter-final …