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'Give it to them': Dockers up for fresh Geelong test
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (461+ words) Andrew Brayshaw expects Fremantle to atone for last year's embarrassing first-up defeat in Geelong with a far more competitive showing to kick off their fresh bid for a maiden AFL premiership. Widely tipped to be among the flag contenders in…...
Saints coach an outlier as most marvel at Magpie great
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (337+ words) Ross Lyon might be the only person who didn't notice Collingwood legend Scott Pendlebury on Sunday night. "He didn't have a heap, did he?" the St Kilda coach mused about the Magpie marvel. "He might have. I don't know. What…...
Ronaldo's injury more serious than first thought
6+ day ago (181+ words) Cristiano Ronaldo's hamstring injury is more serious than first thought and the veteran striker is in doubt for Portugal's next matches just months out from the World Cup." Ronaldo, 41, limped out of Al-Nassr's 3-1 Saudi Pro League victory over Al-Fayha last…...
Tottenham in strife as Crystal Palace add to woes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (476+ words) Tottenham's survival hopes have taken a turn for the worse with a nightmare 24-hour period concluding with a 3-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace. And to make matters worse, key defender Micky van de Ven was sent off making him ineligible…...
Robertson lifts Liverpool into FA Cup quarter-finals
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (467+ words) Liverpool have eased the pressure on under-fire manager Arne Slot with a 3-1 win over Wolves to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. The unlikely architect of Friday night's victory was veteran defender Andy Robertson. The Scotland captain broke the…...
Iran's bleak vision of World Cup following US attacks
1+ week, 5+ day ago (437+ words) The reverberations of the Middle East conflict continue to hit global sport, with Iran's soccer chief offering a bleak outlook for the men's World Cup in the United States. The day after the US and Israel began air attacks against…...
Reds rocked as Wolves' Premier League revival continues
1+ week, 3+ day ago (467+ words) Andre has scored a last-gasp winner as Wolverhampton Wanderers stunned Liverpool 2-1 and earned back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time since April 2025. The rock-bottom side in the league followed up their win over Aston Villa with all…...
Infantino adamant strife-hit Mexico can host World Cup
2+ week, 2+ day ago (362+ words) World soccer chief Gianni Infantino says he has "total confidence" in Mexico safely staging World Cup finals and play-off matches despite an outbreak of violence close to one of the host cities. A drug cartel has unleashed a campaign of…...
Harder than ever to win. Impossible to predict. The fearless predictions for how your team will go
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1714+ words) Eighteen teams. Seven months. Twenty-four rounds. And now, with a "wildcard weekend", 11 not nine finals. But still just one AFL premiership. It's why, in 2026, they're harder than ever to win. And it goes without saying, incredibly tough to predict. It's…...
Mariners' youth stun Wellington in A-League Women
3+ week, 6+ day ago (259+ words) Central Coast's youth brigade have upset in-form Wellington 2-1 to snap a three-games winless run and kickstart their A-League Women championship defence. A wonderful free kick from 19-year-old attacker Peta Trimis put Central Coast in front in the 16th minute before Wellington's…...