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Lachlan Kennedy won a race within a race when he cracked the sub-10 barrier before Gout Gout and their fellow Aussie sprinters.

‘Euphoric’ Kennedy reveals Gout’s private response to sub-10 feat

The history-making Aussie and his friendly rival are ‘fired up’ and just days away from their next battle.

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Fans engaged in the Run It Straight trend at an NRL game.

Call comes for immediate change after ‘appalling’ scenes at NRL game

A serious warning has been issued to fans of all ages as a ‘life-threatening’ craze shows no sign of slowing down.

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Reggie Barnett, right, takes a punch from Travis Thompson during a 135-pound bout at the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship at the Ice and Events Center in 2018.

Minister will not deliver knockout blow to controversial fight event

Those against the combat sport say: ‘If there is a death then of course that falls at the feet of our government.’

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Amy Sayer scored twice on her return to the Matildas.

Fairytale return after 549 days as Matildas thump Argentina

Australia sent interim coach Tom Sermanni out in style against the South American giants.

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Sam Kerr suffered a setback in her recovery from ACL surgery.

Sam Kerr secretly dealing with mystery problem: ‘Really sad news’

The injured Matildas captain’s ‘significant mental hurdle’ has hit her on a ‘personal and professional level’.

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GWS veteran Callan Ward appears set for an off-field role after his ACL injury at the weekend.

GWS veteran unlikely to play again as horror injury confirmed

Callan Ward is set for surgery after suffering a serious knee injury and won’t play again this season all but forcing him into retirement.

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North star Jasmine Garner and the NSW Women’s State of Origin team.

The three things the AFLW must do to combat the NRLW

GEORGIE PARKER: The NRL has done a much better job at marrying its women’s competition with the men’s, exposing some major flaws in the AFLW.

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If given the chance again, Souths prop Keaon Koloamatangi is ready to rip in for NSW. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Koloamatangi ready for Origin after Blues injury blow

Keaon Koloamatangi says he's better prepared for Origin than he was in his NSW debut, having entered the reckoning after the Blues suffered an injury setback.

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Glenn Maxwell.

The Big Show makes selfless retirement call

Glenn Maxwell has opened up on why he has decided to call it quits in one-day cricket after blazing a trail as one of the nation’s most destructive batters in the format's history.

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Football Australia have finally announced Joe Montemurro as the Matildas' new full-time coach. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Worth the wait? Limbo over as Matildas land Montemurro

Joe Montemurro has been named as the next coach of the Matildas in a deal that runs until the end of the Los Angeles Olympics.

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Tributes are flowing after the death of John Brenkus.

Sporting world rocked by shock death of much-loved TV host

‘His heartbroken family and friends request privacy at this time.’

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Sam Kerr arriving at court in Febraury.

New Matildas coach reveals plans for Sam Kerr captaincy call

Joe Montemurro has detailed the process he will go through before deciding if the injured star will remain as the national skipper.

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Socceroos duo Martin Boyle and Mathew Ryan. Kelsey Reid

Socceroos duo chasing euphoria of another World Cup berth

With another World Cup qualification on the line for the Socceroos in Perth on Thursday night, two of Australia’s experienced campaigners are impressing the importance of seizing the moment.

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Kane Cornes believes State of Origin is the most over-rated thing in sport. Boy is he wrong.

Kane Cornes is kidding himself with his State of Origin dig

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: There was plenty I agreed with from the AFL identity’s most over-rated list, but I take serious issue with his attack on my game’s showpiece event.

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Stuart Broad is working with SOuth Africa ahead of the WTC Final.

Former Ashes rival Broad out to haunt Aussies in WTC Final

Bitter Ashes enemy Stuart Broad hopes to crash one last Australian party as South Africa leans on the retired English seamer to give them an edge in next week’s World Test Championship Final.

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