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It is the start of the end of an era. V8 Supercars’ last season as exclusively Holden versus Ford kicks off at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide on Friday – …

Parramatta’s Jarryd Hayne will be given until match day to prove his fitness for the Eels’ NRL opener against Brisbane but captain Nathan Hindmarsh expects him to be ruled out. …

Jeremy Lin’s New York Knicks kicked off the second half of their NBA season in winning style on Wednesday by rallying from a 12-point halftime deficit to rout the Cleveland …

New West Coast Fever captain Catherine Cox could face former team NSW Swifts first up in the trans-Tasman netball competition’s first full scale pre-season tournament starting in New Zealand on …

Test discard Phil Hughes fell short of a much-needed first-class century, but might have given selectors an indication that he’s on the comeback following a disastrous 2011. In tricky conditions …

Western Force coach Richard Graham insists revenge won’t be on his players’ minds when they take on defending Super Rugby champions Queensland Reds at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night. The …

Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin says high-priced Parramatta recruit Chris Sandow is a game-breaker – not a defensive risk – and will not be targeted by his players in Friday night’s …

Another meet, another packed program for workaholic Sally Pearson. After snaring a rare treble in the 100m, 200m and 100m hurdles at the 2011 Australian athletics championships, the reigning IAAF …

Greater Western Sydney’s Luke Power could miss the start of the AFL regular season after suffering a hamstring injury. A day after fellow AFL captains Jonathan Brown and Jack Grimes …

The Queensland Reds will get an immediate test of their much-vaunted squad depth after being hit by a triple injury blow ahead of Saturday night’s clash with Western Force in …

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has created his own soccer organising body which he wants to replace Football Federation Australia following the axing of his A-League club Gold Coast United. Palmer …

A heavy downpour has stopped play in the Sheffield Shield match between NSW and Queensland midway through the final session on day one at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Players left …

Victorian trainers are busy rescheduling race dates for their horses after Racing Victoria called off another two meetings following this week’s heavy rain across much of the state. Friday’s meeting …

Test opener Ed Cowan fell cheaply as Tasmania replied to South Australia’s paltry 126 all out in the Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide. The Tigers were 1-57 at tea on …

Wellington Phoenix say it’s business as usual as they wait for confirmation that their A-League match against bottom-of-the-table Gold Coast United will go ahead on Sunday. Football Federation Australia on …

The Melbourne Rebels are determined they won’t be whipping boys for the NSW Waratahs for a second time when they kick off their 2012 Super Rugby campaign at AAMI Park …

A-League club Gold Coast are in limbo, but Melbourne Heart coach John van ‘t Schip has warned against treating the side as easybeats. United’s licence was controversially revoked on Wednesday …

Far from taking offence at being bumped from fullback yet again, Wallabies star Adam Ashley-Cooper is embracing his switch to the NSW Waratahs wing. Sounding an alarm for the Melbourne …