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Stanley out for up to a month St Kilda key position player Rhys Stanley will be out of action for up to a month, but the news is better than first feared. Scans cleared the 22-year-old of structural damage after he hyperextended his left knee in Sund...

Hand fracture sidelines Beale Kurtley Beale‘s hopes of facing up against the British and Irish Lions in June has taken a blow with the Melbourne Rebels five-eighth to miss up to a month of Super Rugby with a hand fracture. Beale is already carr...

FFA defends revamped A-League finals series Football Federation Australia has defended this season’s controversial sudden-death A-League finals series which critics say disadvantages the top two teams. With four games remaining before the final...

Waratahs run down Rebels Substitute Ben Volavola has sparked a second-half revival as New South Wales powered home to beat the Melbourne Rebels 31-26 in their Super Rugby clash in Sydney. Volavola’s injection into the match a few minutes after...

Five-star Franklin trumped by brave Bulldogs The fight the Western Bulldogs were missing for much of last AFL season has been rediscovered in a valiant one-point preseason cup win over Hawthorn at Docklands on Friday night. The Bulldogs trailed by as...

Reds hang on to survive Hurricanes Digby Ioane and Rob Simmons both ended very different try-scoring droughts for Queensland to finally crack their Super Rugby bogey side the Hurricanes at Lang Park on Friday night. It was certainly not pretty by the...

Tuqiri suffers another NRL injury setback Lote Tuqiri’s wretched run with injuries has continued with the Wests Tigers winger set to miss the first four months of the NRL season due to an arm injury. Tuqiri underwent surgery on Tuesday after sc...

Wallabies out of Super duty before Lions Wallabies players will be quarantined for three weeks leading into the British and Irish Lions series in a protective move which has defied Australia’s Super Rugby franchises and could open another can o...

Stewart’s contract approved by NRL The Manly Sea Eagles have received a boost ahead of next week’s opening round of the NRL season with confirmation star full-back Brett Stewart’s contract has been approved by the game’s audit...

Rising England star on drugs when hit by train One of English cricket‘s rising stars died after being electrocuted on a railway line and then struck by a train as he attempted to flee police while drunk and on drugs, a coroner’s inquest w...

Jets take points from Wellington Life without Ricki Herbert began on a dispiriting note for the Wellington Phoenix, whose A-League play-off hopes have virtually disappeared with a 2-1 loss to the Newcastle Jets. The last-placed Phoenix produced a lis...

Mickey wants top-order tons Australia coach Mickey Arthur has praised the maturity of debutant Moises Henriques and called upon the team’s top-order batsmen to ensure their starts are not wasted in the second Test against India. Australia’...

Kuchar wins World Match Play American Matt Kuchar won the World Golf Championships Match Play event with a 2 and 1 win over defending champion and countryman Hunter Mahan. Kuchar took down Australian Jason Day 4 and 3 in the morning semi-final before...

Franklin escapes punishment Hawthorn star Lance Franklin has escaped punishment for his high contact in Saturday’s AFL preseason cup match against Gold Coast. Franklin caught Suns youngster Matt Shaw across the neck and shoulder as they contest...

Brumbies sign George Smith ACT Brumbies coach Jake White has hailed the signing of former Wallaby George Smith after securing the flanker on a short-term deal. Smith’s Japanese club Suntory Sungoliath has allowed him to take up a 12-week stint...

Day into Match Play semis after impressive wins Australia’s Jason Day powered past Masters champion Bubba Watson and Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell to secure a berth in the WGC Match Play Championship semi-finals. Day will meet Matt K...

Warriors claim epic Shield win Tail-ender Burt Cockley completed a remarkable return to first-class cricket by hitting the winning runs for Western Australia in a dramatic two-wicket Sheffield Shield victory over Tasmania. Western Australia returned...

Dhoni powers India towards parity India captain MS Dhoni charged towards a brutal century to guide India to near-parity with Australia on day three of the first Test in Chennai. At the tea break India was 6 for 371, nine runs short of Australia’...

News About Saeed Ajmal Ajmal also received a special prize for the best bowler of 2012. He was the world’s top-ranked bowler in ODIs and Twenty20s last year. Pakistan off spinner Saeed Ajmal bagged four awards in the Pakistan Cricket Board’...

Jets hold Roar in scoreless draw Newcastle held on to sixth spot on the A-League ladder after drawing 0-0 with Brisbane at Hunter Stadium on Friday night. It was a crucial encounter with just five rounds of the regular season remaining with the Jets...