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Townsend signs one-year contract to join Roosters in 2025

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James Tedesco backed the premiership winner to have a big influence on the club’s rising halves, as the star No.1 contemplates his own future.

Garcia fires up at Open qualifiers

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Sergio Garcia missed out on the British Open for a second-straight year and blew up at officials.

‘Best of both worlds’: Nawaqanitawase eyes unprecedented Olympic gold-NRL title double

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Mark Nawaqanitawase has spoken for the first time about the prospect of becoming the first footballer to win an Olympic gold medal and an NRL premiership.

04

McKellar set to be named new Waratahs coach

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The former Brumbies coach, who recently stood down from his job at the Leicester Tigers, is poised to replace Darren Coleman at the embattled NSW franchise.

How sporting royalty and Olympic pain put star on course for world glory

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A fight with Paul Gallen ended his Olympic dream, but a taste of sporting royalty has world glory back in this Brisbane star’s sights.

Rublev’s wrath: Sixth seed Russian throws tantrum in loss to Wimbledon novice

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Andrey Rublev is one of the world’s best players, but can throw a wobbly like no one else, as he showed in his first-round loss.

03

Players pay respects to fallen teenage player

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The Badminton Association of Malaysia held a minute's silence for a Chinese player who died after collapsing on court.

Murray pulls pin on singles, fans lament; Women’s defending champ sent packing

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Twice Wimbledon champion Andy Murray pulled out of the singles competition but will play doubles alongside his brother Jamie in his farewell appearance at the grand slam.

Out for the season: Blow for Saints as Max King suffers knee injury

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St Kilda forward Max King will miss the rest of the season after scans showed he suffered a tear to his posterior cruciate ligament just after half-time of Sunday’s match against Port Adelaide.

01

Djokovic defies knee injury in first-round win

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Novak Djokovic commenced his 2024 Wimbledon campaign with a straight-sets win over Vit Kopriva.

Rublev hits himself seven times with racquet

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Andrey Rublev was at it again during his first round loss to Francisco Comesana at Wimbledon.

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Turkey, Netherlands book last spots as Euro quarter-finals set

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A stunning last-minute save ensured Turkey held on to their slender lead in Leipzig while a more routine win for the Dutch ensured their place in the last eight.

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Reath headbutts Chinese player

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Aussie NBA player Duop Reath was called for an unsportsmanlike foul after a headbutt Chinese big man Runwang Du.

Forced to tiebreakers in every set, de Minaur trumps fellow Aussie at wet Wimbledon

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Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin and Adam Walton were the Australian winners on an interrupted day at Wimbledon. But the results late in the day were not so good.

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Nine months ago, the Wallabies were flogged by Wales. This week, they’re strong favourites ... to beat Wales

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The bin fire of Australian rugby in 2023 has been largely forgotten, it seems, with the Wallabies tipped to down the touring Welsh on Saturday.

Musical chairs in Blues’ attack as club favourite waits on new deal; Restricted free agent numbers dwindle

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A key member of Carlton’s modern-day mosquito fleet is waiting patiently for a new deal, the (restricted) free agent four and the unrestricted free agent in demand.

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Goorjian stresses on final selection as young stars look to new NBA teams

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The Boomers coach says his three young NBA stars won’t be distracted by their recent trades as he and his selectors figure out which players to cut from their Paris 2024 roster.

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De Minaur 'not happy' at rain delay

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Alex de Minaur and James Duckworth were forced off the court during the second set of their match.

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New-look Wallabies want to make Sydney a Test fortress. There’s one problem ...

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Wallabies fans in Sydney have endured a miserable time over the past two World Cup cycles. Could Saturday’s opening Test of the year against Wales turn a corner?

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Gus hints at more Bulldogs signings

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Bulldogs GM Phil Gould has revealed the club has enough salary cap room to sign more players.

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‘Jonny will hate me saying this’: Root admits Lord’s stumping was fair

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Jonny Bairstow was dropped from the England Test team this week, and has now had a big-name teammate admit his Lord’s stumping was fair.

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‘Absolute scenes’: Wanderers hit with huge penalty for flares and pitch invasion

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The A-League club has been heavily punished for wild scenes at a state league match against Sydney Olympic in May.

Hoy falls at final hurdle in bid for ninth Olympics

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The Australian rider, who has won six Olympic medals since his Games debut at Los Angeles in 1984, has missed out on a ticket to Paris.

03

Round 1 Highlights: Alex Bolt vs Casper Ruud

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Catch up on the Round 1 highlights between Alex Bolt & Casper Ruud

Round 1 Highlights: Carlos Alcaraz vs Mark Lajal

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Catch up on the Round 1 Highlights between Carlos Alcaraz & Mark Lajal

Round 1 Highlights: Emina Bektas vs Erika Andreeva

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Catch up on the Round 1 highlights between Emina Bektas & Erika Andreeva.

Round 1 Highlights: Jannik Sinner vs Yannick Hanfmann

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Catch up on the highlights of the Round 1 clash between Jannik Sinner & Yannick Hanfmann

‘This guy lives in another world’: Vukic plots Alcaraz’s Wimbledon downfall

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Australian Aleks Vukic will face the defending Wimbledon champion in the second round. But he has beaten Carlos Alcaraz before and says he can do it again.

Badly battered Gillian Rolton helps Aussies win gold

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Australian equestrian great Gillian Rolton suffered two serious falls in the space of two minutes at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, but twice got back on her horse and continued riding, helping Australia triumph in the team eventing…

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Epic match point ends Wimbledon match tiebreak

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South African tennis player Lloyd Harris closed out his opening-round win at Wimbledon with a stunning match-point effort.