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Rugby League Former NRL coach Anthony Griffin identifies how the blockbuster elimination final between South Sydney and Manly will be won and lost.

Rugby Union Unimaginable when the tournament was first held 32 years ago, the Rugby World Cup finally hits the most populated region in the world — Asia.

Rugby Union Samoan players are going out of their way to cover their traditional tattoos during training sessions in order to not offend their Japanese hosts.

Rugby League The fallout after Brisbane’s loss to the Eels continues with Anthony Seibold taking aim a group of players who the stats show aren’t up to first-grade standards

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Basketball Australia missed a medal at the World Cup but a string of impressive performances before the event has helped them make a dramatic rise in the world rankings.

Rugby Union Latu was worried he’d be watching the World Cup from his couch, but, given a second chance, he has put in the hard yards and earned his place in the side.

Rugby League If week one of the NRL finals taught us anything, it's that's anything is possible and the trick to surviving is avoiding panic, writes Braith Anasta.

AFL Toby Greene gave a short statement after his suspension was upheld but his manager has dropped an extraordinary rant.

Rugby League Broncos coach Anthony Seibold may have trimmed some dead wood in his first year but he didn't cut deep enough, writes Tony Durkin.

Basketball JOIN the livestream as we cover the action from the Molten Champion Basketball Schools Queensland.

Rugby League Anthony Seibold’s plans for resurrecting Brisbane will begin with the end of Jack Bird’s troubled time at the club and that’s the just the start of the changes.

Rugby Union The Wallabies have picked their side for their important World Cup opener against Fiji with a series of surprise shocks.

Rugby League Former Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett has come out in defence of Darius Boyd, saying he’s copped too much criticism for a side that struggled across the park.

AFL Last year Demon Angus Brayshaw stormed home to finish on the podium. Which emerging players could do the same on Monday night?

AFL They don’t square off until Friday night, but Richmond and Geelong are already trading barbs before the opening bounce of their AFL preliminary final.

Tennis The photos are great — and we mean really great — but there are fears the Laver Cup is going to be a pretty one-sided affair.

Golf Tiger Woods was dubbed an underrated trash talker, it seems his son has followed suit with this ruthless put-down of an American star.

Health Wayne Schwass has delivered an emotional-charged tribute to his mate Danny Frawley, and pleaded with men to change the way they think about mental health.

Rugby League This isn’t the Melbourne Storm way. It wasn’t how the plan was supposed to work. But Cameron Smith knows his team can take whatever Parramatta throw at them.

Rugby League Wayne Bennett knows more about finals footy than most of us will ever know and the master will get the best out of South Sydney on Friday, writes Mal Meninga

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