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Kane double helps England save face against Tunisia

Soccer CAPTAIN Harry Kane came to the rescue with two goals, the second a dramatic injury-time winner, as England began their World Cup Group G campaign with a stuttering...

19th Jun 2018 6:22 AM

Historic farce haunts World Cup

Soccer OPTUS isn’t the only one having teething problems at this World Cup.

19th Jun 2018 6:02 AM

Croatian star sent home in huge WC dummy spit

Soccer AFTER refusing to come on as a substitute, a Croatian star has been sent home from...

19th Jun 2018 5:17 AM

SBS to take control of World Cup coverage

Soccer SBS will take over from the troubled Optus coverage

Jedinak: Never take anything for granted

Soccer Mile Jedinak says Socceroos focus turns to Denmark clash

Gordon called into Wallabies, Genia out for six weeks

Rugby Union Jake Gordon called into Wallabies for decider against Ireland

Knight faces two-game ban, Warrior cops same fate

Rugby League Lachlan Fitzgibbon faces two-game ban, Adam Blair accepts suspension

Horse Racing

Dwyer sizes up Lightning strike

Horses BENDIGO trainer Shaun Dwyer is daring to dream his exciting filly Miss Leonidas can deliver him another Group One Lightning Stakes.

What a Rippa! Gollan flyer joins millionaires’ club

Horses I’m A Rippa cracks million-dollar mark with win in Eye Liner Stakes

Reliable Tradesman delivers under pressure in Ipswich Cup

Horses Darren Weair's tough Tradesman digs deep to win the Ipswich Cup

Chris Waller notches 300th winner for the season

Horses Chatelard helps Waller break new ground

Trainer eyes spring classics with bargain buys

Horses David Payne has Derby ambitions with Toulouse and Silent Explorer

First Crush primed for Ipswich Cup

Horses Trainer Chris Munce reveals Cup desire for First Crush

Waller out to continue winter win streak

Horses Waller previously won the Ipswich Cup with Danchai in 2015.

NRL

Slater under pressure to ‘help everyone’

Rugby League MAROONS coach Kevin Walters has thrown star No.1 Billy Slater the ultimate challenge ahead of State of Origin II.

Bunnies bounce into outright favouritism

Rugby League South Sydney surges to top of the NRL premiership market

Maroons name team to tackle Blues

Rugby League QUEENSLAND coach Kevin Walters has named his Maroons team to face the Blues in...

‘All you’ve gotta do is make it’: Hawks still dream of...

Rugby League Hawks star Isaac Smith says ‘hunger’ for September success is there

Walters gives Slater deadline to prove Origin II fitness

Rugby League Billy Slater faces fitness deadline but will be named for Origin II

‘I feel sorry for fans’: Dogs coach slams players for...

Rugby League Bulldogs coach Dean Pay slams players as club slumps to historic low

Cherry-Evans responds to Watmough’s foul-mouthed tirade

Rugby League Manly's Daly Cherry-Evans responds to former teammate’s outburst

AFL

Schwass calls for the AFL to ‘go back to 16 teams’

AFL FORMER North Melbourne premiership player Wayne Schwass says that he would remove both expansion clubs if he was in charge of the AFL.

Hawks’ ruthless defence best part of win: Clarko

AFL Hawks coach on high after handing Adelaide a hiding

Buddy cleared over ‘diving’ incident

AFL Lance Franklin criticised for exaggerating contact to win free kick

Swans coach dismisses premiership hype after win over Eagles

AFL Longmire plays down premiership talk after win over Eagles

Rugby Union

France win U20 World Cup, Junior Wallabies fifth

Rugby Union TEENAGER Jordan Joseph inspired France to a 23-14 victory over three-time champions England to claim a maiden World Rugby under-20 Championship title.

Martin: Cheika's rising Wallabies finally fit Test bill

Rugby Union A stringent fitness campaign is benefiting the Wallabies

Cheika blasts Irishman for Pocock ‘cancer’ call

Rugby Union Michael Cheika slams Neil Francis for David Pocock "cancer" call

All Blacks branded cheats after France card row

Rugby Union All Blacks branded cheats by France backrower Kevin Gourdon

To be more Pacific: the changing face of the Wallabies

Rugby Union Sekope Kepu on the Wallabies’ rising Pacific Islands influence

Skipper’s selfless act that saved teammate’s Wallabies...

Rugby Union Michael Hooper’s selfless act that helped save Wallabies career

Wallabies forward defies injury

Rugby Union Wallabies lock Adam Coleman playing with cracked sternum

Cricket

Khawaja breaks silence on ODI dumping

Cricket ONLY two players have scored more domestic one-day runs than Usman Khawaja in the past four years, but the Queensland captain says he needs to do even more.

Australia plummet to 34-year low

Cricket Aussies fall to sixth on ODI rankings with more humiliation ahead

New ball-tampering row engulfs cricket

Cricket Sri Lanka players refuse to take field in Test against West Indies

David Warner slammed over ‘set-up’

News David Warner speaks about cheating scandal in Channel 9 commentary debut

Afghanistan demolished in two days in its maiden Test

Cricket Afghanistan lose maiden Test against India in two days

New player enters radio coverage of Australian cricket

Cricket New player enters the radio space for Australian cricket

Ponting shocked by ‘catastrophic’ failure

Cricket RICKY Ponting has opened up about the cheating scandal that rocked the sport.

Soccer

Optus’ World Cup ‘nuclear option’

Soccer IF THE World Cup streaming issues persist, Optus or maybe even the government, are going to have to do something drastic.

German panic, Neymar’s unwanted record

Soccer Germany hit hard; Kolorov gem; Special Serbian; Brazil struggles

Real reason behind Optus World Cup fail

Soccer Optus has become public enemy number one with sports fans.

Socceroos skipper says penalty fiasco finished

Soccer Mile Jedinak urges Socceroos to put penalty controversy behind them

Netball

Oh baby! Ex-Diamond a full-time Vixen

Netball FORMER Australian Diamonds star Renae Ingles has been elevated to the Vixens’ main squad after Chloe Watson announced she would step away from the game.

Vixens crush winless Thunderbirds

Netball Melbourne Vixens destroy winless Adelaide Thunderbirds

Lightning strike late to devour Pies

Netball Lightning show championship qualities in comeback win over Magpies

Giants shoot four straight to snatch win over Firebirds

Netball Sydney's Giants down Queensland Firebirds 53-51

Swifts snap giant derby hoodoo

Netball NSW Swifts score first win over Giants in one-point derby thriller

Lightning struck down by Fever

Netball Lightning's hopes of successfully defending netball title on tilt

Firebirds triumph in ‘absolute arm-wrestle’

Netball The Queensland Firebirds have defeatd Melbourne Vixens 59-55

Golf

Reigning champ claims US Open lead

Golf DEFENDING champion Brooks Koepka sits atop the leaderboard with Henrik Stenson heading into the final round of a punishing US Open as Dustin Johnson stumbled.

Mickelson loses plot with one wave of his putter

Golf Phil Mickelson's US Open hopes take hit as he loses plot with putter

Leishman barely keeping misfiring Aussie hopes alive

Golf Leishman leads Aussie charge as Day and Scott miss the US Open cut

Tiger Woods is looking to shock the world

Golf Tiger Woods targeting US Open win to cap off his return to golf

Aussies set for US Open tilt in New York

Golf Jason Day confident Australia can break 12-year US Open drought

Scott dumps caddie ahead of US Open

Golf Adam Scott axes caddie ahead of tough US Open challenge

Woods placed in star-studded group for US Open

Golf Tiger Woods to open tournament with Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson