Saints go down as Brisbane breaks its duck

JESSE HOGAN 12:45am AFL For St Kilda, it was the one that got away. For Brisbane, it was the undoubted highlight of a season during which it has hitherto been the competition's punching bag.

Little regrets over Dons scandal

SAMANTHA LANE 12:39am AFL Essendon chairman Paul Little has described his club's decision-making in the days before the launch of last year's unprecedented doping investigation as misguided.

Togetherness the key for Melbourne Victory

MICHAEL LYNCH 12:42am SOCCER Melbourne Victory's Asian Champions League campaign may have stretched its playing stocks to the limit, but could help propel it over the line in the semi-final against Brisbane Roar on Sunday.

Collingwood's best win of year, says Buckley

MICHAEL GLEESON 7:56pm Defeating Essendon on Anzac Day after coming from so far behind - and the way they did it - made the win more worthy than Collingwood’s other three wins of the season, Magpies coach says.

Anzac eve game no distraction, says Dees chief

Caroline Wilson and Daniel Cherny 12:56am Melbourne boss Peter Jackson says it is ridiculous to suggest an Anzac eve clash between the Demons and Richmond would detract from Collingwood and Essendon's two-decade hold on Anzac Day football.

Blues crying out for off-field leadership

CAROLINE WILSON 12:51am Two significant board meetings scheduled for Monday will go some way to shaping football's future and that of one of the sport's most famous clubs.

Shinji Ono's dream for a perfect finish

SEBASTIAN HASSETT 9:20pm While the muddied status of Alessandro Del Piero makes it impossible to know whether to say goodbye or hello, the Shinji Ono farewell tour is making for a story with a much happier ending.

Sun shines as distances grow

MICHAEL LYNCH 9:21pm Stamina. Horses either have it, or they don't.

Warriors sink Storm before record crowd

Roy Ward 10:32pm The Storm scored its biggest crowd at AAMI Park on Friday night, but fell to another close loss to bogy side the Warriors.

Waratahs suffer defeat of their own making

GEORGINA ROBINSON 12:45am If the Waratahs fail to make the finals it will be a disaster of their own making.

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Destiny calls for Leapai

12:55am On the verge of the biggest fight in Australian boxing history, Camp Leapai has been given virtually no chance of shocking the world.

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Craig Lowndes extends championship lead

MARK FOGARTY 1:05am Jamie Whincup’s difficult start to his V8 Supercars title defence continued in the opening race of the Auckland 500.

The best game in the world, ba' none

GREG BAUM 7:51pm Accompanied by a throaty roar, the ball goes up and the game begins. Immediately, the ball disappears into vast crush, and is not seen again for some time.

Pacers, Thunder, Warriors on the ropes

JON PIERIK 12:58am BASKETBALL Don't look now, but the best team in the eastern conference through the NBA regular season, and a western conference power many had tipped to win it all, are in a deep play-off hole.

Sharapova into last eight in Stuttgart

9:55am TENNIS Defending champion reaches the last eight of the Stuttgart WTA tournament with a convincing 6-4, 6-3 win over fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Yankees pitcher receives 10-game ban

10:35am BASEBALL Michael Pineda slapped with a 10-game suspension, a day after being ejected from a Major League Baseball (game against the Boston Red Sox for using pine tar for better grip.