'My greatest weakness is that I can't tolerate people'
Andrew Webster 7:00 AM Eddies Jones says losing the World Cup final set him back two years as a coach – but it put him on a path that sees him one win away from beating Australia as the coach of England.
League
Fifita 'too out there' for culture of yesteryear
Michael Chammas 6:00 PM Andrew Fifita admits there was a time in NSW camp when he didn't fit in because his relaxed attitude and larger than life personality rubbed his teammates up the wrong way.
Josh Morris ruled out of Origin II
Matt Encarnacion 1:33 PM Josh Morris has been ruled out for State of Origin II with a groin injury, giving Jack Bird a bench spot and Dylan Walker a starting position in the Blues side.
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Top stories
$3000 a ticket as game seven makes history
Jamie Marcuson 2:20 PM Basketball: There are 3000 reasons why the NBA Finals game seven between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will make history both on and off the court.
Spain score goal of the Euros in Turkey rout
Jamie Marcuson 11:27 AM Football: Who would really want to play Spain? What joy could you possibly get out of the experience? Just ask the Turks, who were on the receiving end of a masterclass.
Russian athletics team banned from Olympics
Rick Maese 2:45 PM Olympics: Russia's track and field team was barred Friday from competing in the Rio Olympics, perhaps the sharpest rebuke yet against doping on the sport's biggest stage.
Horrendous start hurt Day's US Open hopes
9:27 AM Golf: World number-one Jason Day has started his US Open with a disappointing six-over 76, his equal worst US Open round.
Injured Tomic channels Hewitt to reach semi
Joe Barton 1:53 PM Tennis: Bernard Tomic has overcome a worrying back complaint to evoke memories of mentor Lleyton Hewitt in a spirited three-set win over Gilles Muller to reach the Queen's Club semi-finals.
Minnows punch above their weight in Euro 16
Michael Lynch 10:18 AM Football: With all the focus on violence, English hooligans, French police and Russian thugs, its easy to forget there's a football tournament, not a war, going on in France.
Rugby
Moore stinging from pain of defeat
Georgina Robinson 8:13 PM After a second straight week dominated by the bluster of England coach Eddie Jones, reassurance came in lyrical form from the Wallabies on Friday.
Pulver enjoying Jones' verbal barbs
Tom Decent 8:21 PM ARU chief executive Bill Pulver admits he didn't think England would beat the Wallabies in Brisbane and says the Eddie Jones 'theatre' has been beneficial for rugby as a whole.
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Football
Spain, Italy win, Czech Republic snatch draw
10:04 AM Czech Republic's Tomas Necid scored a stoppage-time penalty as they came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Croatia in a dramatic encounter on Friday that was interrupted due to flares thrown on the pitch.
Late Sturridge goal breaks Welsh hearts
An equaliser from Jamie Vardy and a late Daniel Sturridge winner lifted England to a 2-1 win over Wales.
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AFL
Giants young guns get their chance
Adrian Warren 12:24 PM Greater Western Sydney's young guns will get an opportunity to shine against battling Essendon on Sunday, with two of the Giants' key veterans sitting out the game.
Tippett to miss eight weeks now after surgery
Andrew Wu 5:08 PM Sydney ruckman Kurt Tippett has had surgery on his hamstring, delaying his return by another fortnight and raising further doubts whether he will be at his peak for the finals.
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Horseracing
Australia's women jockeys prove they don't need any extra allowances
Max Presnell 11:00 PM Once treated as a turf novelty in Australia, even more so than the UK, female jockeys are now major players.
Holler at his best for the Diamond Jubilee
Chris Roots 3:36 PM Godolphin trainer John O'Shea believes the measurables point to Holler being near his best for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday.
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More sport
Kookaburras win Champions Trophy
10:08 AM Hockey: The Kookaburras capped a perfect build-up to the Rio Olympics when they won the Champions Trophy hockey tournament with a nail-biting win over India in the final.
Starc has mixed feelings about resting
Rob Forsaith 10:53 AM Cricket: Rest remains a dirty word for Mitchell Starc but Australia's spearhead is slowly getting used to following medicos' orders.
LeBron hits 41 as Cavs force game seven
Basketball: The Cleveland Cavaliers have shot down the Golden State Warriors to force a winner-take-all game seven for the NBA title. As it happened: Cavs v Golden State
Curry' wife creates firestorm with Twitter rant
4:08 PM Basketball: The wife of NBA MVP Steph Curry has apologised for her Twitter rant following Golden State's game six loss to the Cavaliers in Cleveland.
Jahrling back at work with Rowing Australia
Roy Masters 10:16 AM Harald Jahrling, the coach at the centre of the "Lay Down Sally" debacle at the Athens Olympics, has returned to work for Rowing Australia.
Injured Bogut 'highly unlikely' for Rio
Roy Ward Basketball: Australian NBA star Andrew Bogut says he is "highly unlikely" to play in the Rio Olympics but will give himself a month to make his final decision.
Highlights
How league is better than union
The Wallabies should be the chief weapon for the ARU when it comes to broadening the game outside the capital cities, something Queensland's league team has down to a fine art.
C'mon Eddie, you're one of us
It's us and them and England coach Eddie Jones must come clean.
LeBron helps Cavs to force series decider
Another stunning individual display by the great LeBron James helped Cleveland beat Golden State and take the series to an NBA finals decider in Oakland.
OJ doco a portrait of torn America
Fairfax Media was given an exclusive look at the documentary that has reignited debate about the fallen football star.
Not even Sherlock Holmes could solve the mystery of rugby
In Brisbane, England had that mysterious thing, whether it was belief, luck, will, Eddie's kavorka or a cocktail of all those and more.
Jahrling back at work with Rowing Australia
Harald Jahrling, the coach at the centre of the "Lay Down Sally" debacle at the Athens Olympics, has returned to work for Rowing Australia.
Russia must not compete at the Games
Russia's very participation in the Rio Olympics represents a material threat to the core integrity of sports' grandest show.
Do Wallabies have the game plan to win?
Australia's second Test squad would have been useful at Brisbane. But will England's Australian coaches create a different battle plan at Melbourne?
Jones backs to Grand Slam pairing to shine
Eddie Jones reckons he's on to something, leaving intact the England team that won the first Test in Brisbane - after a 29th minute switcharoo with his playmakers, that is.
30-for-30 - OJ: Made in America trailer
A new documentary from ESPN's critically acclaimed series 30-for-30 dissects the story of the disgraced former professional American Football star.
Why big game suspensions may become less likely
Incoming NRL head of football Brian Canavan will consider increasing the number of demerit points needed to miss representative matches and finals or imposing fines for minor judiciary offences
Why the judiciary acted fairly on Graham
Do people really think sentiment should have played a role in the Wade Graham judiciary hearing, or does it fall into that new category of public discourse, "Origin banter"?
Plays of the Week
From the Tigers ripping apart the Rabbitohs to a GWS Giants fan's ripsnorter, these are the most exciting, silly and downright crazy plays in the sport world this week.
France defeat a valiant Albania
France squandered numerous opportunities until they scored two late goals to beat a determined Albania outfit 2-0.
