Hayne finishes pre-season as NFL top dog
Michael Chammas 5:50 PM It took just four weeks for Jarryd Hayne to go from the NRL's top dog to the NFL's best pre-season performer.
Cricket
Warne's greatest Australian ODI team
![Captain of Shane Warne's best Australian ODI XI ... Allan Border celebrates after winning the 1987 Cricket World Cup against England in Calcutta.](/web/20150905063145im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/7/y/j/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjfq2i.ghin49.png/1441408957669.jpg)
Michael Chammas 9:18 AM Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has created huge debate after naming what he believes is the best one-day international Australian team of the past 25 years.
Nathan Coulter-Nile 'hates' WACA decline
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Joe Barton 10:43 AM Nathan Coulter-Nile is no fan of the modern trend to embrace drop-in wickets.
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Top stories
FFA monitoring Dushanbe situation
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10:14 AM Football: Football Federation Australia say they are monitoring the security situation in the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe ahead of the Socceroos' World Cup qualifier there on Tuesday.
Kyrgios and Bouchard win over New York
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1:43 PM It seems Nick Kyrgios might be entertaining tennis fans for a little while longer this US Open.
Another perfect Day for Jason
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9:11 AM Golf: Australian golf star Jason Day has taken another small step towards No.1 in the world with solid opening round at the Deutche Bank Championship. .
Hewitt's focus back on Davis Cup
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Darren Walton 8:24 AM Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt has turned his attention to helping Australia win back the Davis Cup.
Roosters rout Rabbitohs to finish top
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Michael Carayannis 11:15 PM League: Sydney Roosters claim third consecutive minor premiership with a five-try romp against South Sydney.
$1b deal signals end of suburban grounds
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Chris Barrett and Brad Walter 7:25 PM League: Sydney's NRL clubs are set to play their home games out of one of three state-of-the-art new stadiums within a decade.
League
Cronulla Sharks circle for finals push
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Steve Zemek 2:03 PM As Manly's decade of dominance comes to an end on Sunday, you get the feeling Cronulla's may be just beginning.
Genuine wooden spoon showdown at Penrith
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Michael Carayannis Set of Six: The big talking points heading into the final round of the NRL with the wooden spoon and finals spots on the line.
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Rugby
No complacency for Wallabies in USA
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Ben Everill 12:25 PM The Wallabies have prepared for their Test against the USA as if they are gearing up for another blockbuster with the All-Blacks, vowing there will be no complacency in Chicago.
Plenty for Wallabies to play for against USA
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Matthew Burke 12:00 PM I understand the sentiment that it could be a wasted experience playing the US and if a player has to come home through injury would be devastating, but you can't live by playing guarded footy.
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Football
Aerial ability could see Leckie succeed Cahill
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Michael Lynch He's got a long way to go to replicate the deeds of Socceroos legend Tim Cahill, but Bundesliga-based Mathew Leckie is shaping as the closest replacement Australia has.
New stadium may bring membership surge
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Dominic Bossi 6:19 PM Western Sydney Wanderers could become NSW's biggest sporting franchise with a new stadium in Parramatta set to deliver a surge in membership.
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AFL
Richmond overcome North Melbourne lite
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Jake Niall 11:43 PM For a time, it appeared that the scandalous part of this game wouldn't be North's selections, but Richmond's inability to take advantage of the mass withdrawals.
Hawthorn skipper caught drink-driving
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Jon Pierik 10:50 PM Luke Hodge has been caught drink-driving just one week out from the AFL finals and the start of the club's campaign for a third straight premiership.
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Horseracing
Waller's first XI to dominate the Chelmsford
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Max Presnell 4:53 PM Perhaps Chris Waller will confirm his dominance of Sydney racing but Saturday's program is a reminder of what earned Royal Randwick the title "headquarters".
Bowman's best delivers Wyong Cup
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Chris Roots 12:34 PM Hugh Bowman wouldn't have have better rides than the one he produced to get Beyond Thankful home in the Wyong Cup on Friday.
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More sport
Chambers prepares to make history in UFC
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Michael Carayannis Mixed martial arts: Alex Chambers will make history when she becomes the first Australian female fighter to be part of a main UFC card.
Tomic ends Hewitt's US Open career
![NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 03: Bernard Tomic of Australia returns a shot against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during their Men's Singles Second Round match on Day Four of the 2015 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 3, 2015 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)](/web/20150905063145im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/f/0/3/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjezyt.zzafh.png/1441366995560.jpg)
5:15 PM Tennis: Bernard Tomic has saved two match points to end Lleyton Hewitt's US Open career in an epic all-Australian second-round encounter at Flushing Meadows. As it happened
'Sam Stososova' frustrated by US Open snub
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12:57 AM Tennis: The toast of the Big Apple just four years ago, Stosur has not exactly received a royal welcome back to New York.
Djokovic's 'dad dancing' lights up New York
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Richard Shute Tennis: The World No.1 delighted fans after his 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 cruise past Andreas Haider-Maurer in New York with a display anyone's dad would be proud of.
Brady to play after Deflategate win
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Joseph Ax and Steve Ginsburg American Football: Star quarterback Tom Brady will play in the New England Patriots' season opener next week.
Kings duo ready to strike up combination
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Tom Decent 5:16 PM Basketball: Sydney Kings import Josh Childress has returned to Australia with some good news which can only help him in his bid to bring an NBL title to the Harbour City.