Lloyd spares Tigers blushes against Blues

Daniel Cherny 10:20 PM   AFL Final-term flurry sees Damien Hardwick's men home against last year's wooden-spooners Carlton.

Blues lose points, win friends

Greg Baum 11:36 PM   AFL Corrected for handicap, this opener was a Carlton win. Though technically not an upset, it was a great ruffling.

Hair testing: Magpies in top three clubs

Caroline Wilson 8:17 PM   AFL Collingwood was in the top three clubs for players testing positive to illicit substances from the contentious practice of off-season hair testing.

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Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff dead

Toby Sterling 3:13 AM   SOCCER Johan Cruyff, the legendary Dutch soccer striker and coach, has died of lung cancer aged 68, according to a message posted on his website.

Moody signs off with group 1 win

Mathew Toogood 10:47 PM   ​HORSE RACING Peter Moody has signed off from his training career with a deeply satisfying and emotional Group One win by Flamberge in the William Reid Stakes.

Watson ends international career

Chris Barrett 10:06 PM   CRICKET The all-rounder will finish his 14-year international career after the World Twenty20 championship in India.

Bowls biffo leads to hefty bans

Roje Adaimy 4:44 PM   LAWN BOWLS Two lawn bowlers have been slapped with hefty bans for sparking an all-in brawl between two teams at a top-level game in Bendigo.

Lake: Joining Dons would tarnish career

Ronny Lerner 10:53 AM   AFL Brian Lake believes that if he accepted an offer to be an Essendon top-up player this year, it would have been a stain on his career.

Gibson urges winged Hawks to trust system

Jon Pierik 4:56 PM   AFL Veteran Hawthorn defender Josh Gibson has declared the Hawks will trust their system and not worry about the missing talent as they prepare to open their premiership defence without six of last year's premiership heroes.

Bombers feature 10 newcomers in round one

9:07 PM   AFL Essendon will have 10 newcomers in round one of the AFL, including five top-ups, and 14 players missing from round 23 in 2015.

Really, Raymond, we're still talking about it?

Linda Pearce 5:12 PM   TENNIS Raymond Moore was not a high-profile name before his outrageous weekend comments about women's tennis at Indian Wells ignited a bushfire that has also singed Novak Djokovic.

Deledio unlikely to join winning Tigers

Emma Quayle 11:41 PM   Richmond is unlikely to add Brett Deledio to the side that shook off Carlton in Thursday night's season opener.

Bolton not satisfied despite first-up showing

Daniel Cherny 11:54 PM   His team may have exceeded almost all expectations, but Carlton coach Brendon Bolton said the Blues still had to be disappointed after fading late to lose Thursday night's season opener to Richmond.

Australia hope to peak when it counts

Chris Barrett 6:00 PM   India's heart-stopping escape against Bangladesh leaves Australia likely having to beat the tournament hosts as well as Pakistan on Friday to reach the World Twenty20 semi-finals

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Postecoglou pleased with Giannou

Michael Lynch 11:06 PM   Australia put Tajikistan to the sword in a 7-0 rout, and coach Ange Postecoglou was a happy man, especially with the performance of new boy Apostolos Giannou.

Gavrilova cleared to play Fed Cup

Linda Pearce 6:22 PM   World No.34 Daria Gavrilova has won her appeal to play in the Fed Cup for Australia.

Vasiljevic staying local ahead of move

Roy Ward 6:21 PM   Dejan Vasiljevic could be playing anywhere in the country ahead of his move to US college basketball next season but he is playing with Diamond Valley Eagles in the Big V state league.

Silver Fern Brown forced to retire from netball

10:31 AM   A knee injury has forced experienced Central Pulse and New Zealand shooter Jodi Brown to end her career just a week before the start of the trans-Tasman netball season.

Preferment set to join stars on honour roll

Chris Roots 1:59 PM   Chris Waller has dominated the Sydney staying ranks in his climb to the top but The BMW remains an oddity, the trainer will look to fix with the in-form Preferment and crew at Rosehill on Saturday.

Watt still in frame for Olympic trials

6:33 PM   Australian head coach Craig Hilliard remains hopeful that 2012 Olympic long jump silver medallist Mitchell Watt will be fit to contest the upcoming Rio Games trials.

Wait, there's a rugby game? Brumbies make changes

Chris Dutton 10:34 PM   After days of turmoil, it's easy to forget the Brumbies are on a mission to beat the Cheetahs.

Eels could have escaped sanction if club fessed up

Adrian Proszenko 10:11 PM   Parramatta officials ignored advice to come clean to the NRL about suspected salary cap breaches despite the fact a provision in the rules may have allowed them to escape sanction had they done so.

New coach to get first look at Hayne

9:15 AM   AMERICAN FOOTBALL New San Francisco 49ers coach Chip Kelly is itching to "talk football" and take a look at Jarryd Hayne and the rest of the team in the flesh after months restricted to watching his players on video tape.

Rip Curl Pro on hold for bigger waves

9:38 AM   SURFING Mick Fanning will not begin the defence of his Rip Curl Pro title at Bells Beach until Good Friday with bigger waves expected over the weekend.

FINA ready to probe Russia allegations

Dmitriy Rogovitskiy 8:53 AM   SWIMMING FINA has promised to investigate fresh allegations of Russian doping if they can be substantiated by evidence.

Yankees star Rodriguez to call it quits

7:57 AM   BASEBALL Major League Baseball great Alex Rodriguez plans on retiring at the end of the 2017 season after playing out his contract with the New York Yankees.