Warne to help Australia before Third Test
8:24am Shane Warne is on deck in Cape Town to help Australia win the series decider against South Africa and his guidance will extend beyond helping offspinner Nathan Lyon.
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Magpie reveals 'devastation' over conviction
JON PIERIK 3:40pm AFL Marley Williams reveals he is "devastated" but feels it is the right decision to not play senior football until he faces sentencing in April.
Hopes fade for Michael Schumacher
John F. Burns 11:41am MOTORSPORT The lack of good news about the motoring racing champion's recovery is a very bad sign.
Australia practises ball-tampering at training
8:06am Visitors seek rapid improvement in their ability to reverse-swing the old ball.
Matt Finnis tipped for St Kilda CEO job
JAKE NIALL 10:32pm AFL St Kilda is expected to appoint AFL Players Association boss Matt Finnis as its new chief executive.
ASADA may be hedging its bets
ASADA chief's revelation that 'show-cause' letters involving players and officials embroiled in supplements investigation were being prepared is an acknowledgment that the anti-doping body wants to avoid legal action.
Franklin's Swans debut a damp squib
DAVID SYGALL 7:42am AFL Fact Lance Franklin made a quietly encouraging competitive debut for the Swans in a NAB Challenge match at Blacktown was much less of a story than that told by the scoreboard.
AFL
Poor clubs can't win flags, says Richardson
Caroline Wilson and Matt Murnane There appears no end in sight to the radical bid by the competition's chiefs to create a more even competition.
Stats show Collingwood's Malthouse-to-Buckley transition complete
St Kilda's Jack Steven out for 10 weeks with foot injury
Port Adelaide has games numbers on its side to build premiership hopes
Demons need to continue pre-season momentum, says Dom Tyson
Marley Williams set to miss for Collingwood until court date
Hawthorn set to sign coach Alastair Clarkson until end of 2016
Launceston crowd hailed on racial dob over Majak Daw
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Cricket
Harris eager for Watson to bolster attack
JESSE HOGAN Ryan Harris implores Australian selectors to rush Shane Watson back into the Test team for series-deciding match.
Jodie Fields opts out of Southern Stars T20 campaign
Dale Steyn: I wanted to copy Mitchell Johnson
Manuka Oval still in line to host Sheffield Shield final
Ryan Harris eyes 100th Test wicket
Driven Clarke shuns day off to train his way out of slump
How pink ball will play is anyone's guess
Ex-Kiwi batsman Lou Vincent admits bookmaker's contact
David Warner fined $2880 for ball-tampering comments
Jonathan Trott on course for cricket return
David Warner's ball-tampering slurs rile South Africa's coach
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Soccer
Dugandzic making making up for lost time
MICHAEL LYNCH Sometimes you don't know what you've got until it's (almost) gone.
Nicolas Anelka cops five-match ban for anti-Semitic salute
Dope tester resigns over boozy picture
Manchester City v Sunderland in League Cup final
Shaw, Defoe get England calls
Victory looks to shake off jet lag before facing Heart in derby
Adelaide United thump Wellington Phoenix
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Moyes faces test after Olympiakos defeat
Chelsea in pole position afte Champions League draw
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Horse Racing
Guineas win set to attract huge offers
PATRICK BARTLEY James Cummings maintains Eurozone will have a price tag exceeding $10m if successful in Australian Guineas.
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Rugby Union
Rebels on guard for Cheetahs surge
STATHI PAXINOS Rebels skipper would love for Cheetahs to fall for the old two-card trick at AAMI Park on Friday night.
Scott Higginbotham: Rebels with a cause ready for fresh start
Folau's quest for rugby immortality could keep NRL return on ice
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Netball
Melbourne Vixens welcome four new recruits
LINDA PEARCE Cath Cox is the oldest. Caitlyn Strachan has waited the longest. Jo Weston has emerged the fastest. Liz Watson has arrived the latest.
Liz Ellis: Crazy off-season, now for ANZ Championship action
Rugby League
Dragons players investigated over violent fight
Dominic Geiger 3:14pm “You’re being a smart arse, I’ll knock you the f--- out” were the last words Christopher Allan said he heard before a flurry of punches from a man identified as St George Illawarra player Craig Garvey left him bleeding on the floor of the Hotel Illawarra on Thursday.
Concussed players must be taken off
Sandor Earl's mother angered by ASADA's failure to question Dank
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Golf
Reinvigorated McIlroy ready to make amends
Palm Beach By Rory McIlroy's own admission, it was 'the lowest point of my career'.
Ponting tears up greens at NZ Open
Cycling
O'Grady ready to tell on doping, guilt he felt
SAMANTHA LANE Stuart O'Grady indicates willingness to divulge his full knowledge of doping before commission soon to be established by cycling's world governing body.
Australia claims gold in men's team pursuit
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Knights players aim to raise $100,000
LEE GASKIN 1:57pm ICE HOCKEY The Canberra Knights players have set an ambitious target of raising $100,000 through public support to resurrect the team in the Australian Ice Hockey League.
Federer, Djokovic to meet in Dubai semi
8:36am TENNIS Grand slam record-holder Roger Federer earned another showdown with defending champion Novak Djokovic by outplaying Lukas Rosol 6-2 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the ATP's Dubai Open on Thursday.
Football brain trauma evidence mounting
8:34am CONCUSSION A degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head has been found in a US semi-professional soccer player who died last April, the New York Times reported Thursday.
Whincup used contract to help with rights
MARK FOGARTY 3:18am MOTOR SPORT Jamie Whincup used his contract renewal negotiations as part of a successful campaign to improve drivers' rights.
Your or your team? What means most to you?
WILL BRODIE 12:38pm COMMENT How much does your team mean to you? The one you barrack for most passionately?
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