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Australian Associated PressTitans gallant but Des still winless after Manly clash
Manly have taken the bragging rights over former coach Des Hasler, whose Gold Coast team remain winless in his first season at the helm.
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Blues crush Brumbies in record-setting Super Rugby rout
Australia's Super Rugby Pacific benchmark outfit the ACT Brumbies have been put to the sword in a record-breaking 46-7 loss to the Blues at Eden Park.
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Heimgartner claims 'special' win on wet return to NZ
Local hero Andre Heimgartner has broken through for his first win since 2021, surviving a wet and wild race at Taupo in New Zealand.
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Blues' big guns fire to end Giants' unbeaten AFL start
Patrick Cripps and Sam Walsh have led the way in a dominant midfield as Carlton's tall forwards stood up in a runaway 19-point win over Greater Western Sydney.
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10-man Victory blow home final chance in Roar draw
A 10-man Melbourne Victory have slumped to a 0-0 draw with Brisbane Roar, opening the door for Sydney FC and Macarthur to leapfrog them in the top-four race.
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Magpies return to form with seven-goal belting of Port
Collingwood have recovered superbly from a slow start to maul Port Adelaide by 42 points on Saturday at the MCG.
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Firebirds beat Giants to notch first Super Netball win
The Queensland Firebirds have shaken off their opening-round heartbreak in Adelaide with a hard-fought three-goal win over the Giants in Brisbane.
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'Time to heal': Higgins breaks silence on Lehrmann case
Brittany Higgins has spoken for the first time following Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case, thanking the judge for his "trauma-informed approach".
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Double delight as Verstappen wins F1 sprint race, pole
Max Verstappen has extended his F1 championship lead by winning the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, then claiming pole position for Sunday.
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Man dies after setting self on fire outside Trump court
A man has died after setting himself on fire outside the New York court as jury selection for former president Donald Trump's hush money trial was finalised.
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Wanderers' ALM finals hang by thread after loss to City
Western Sydney could miss out on an A-League Men finals appearance after suffering a disappointing 2-1 home loss to Melbourne City.
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World Cup triathlon winner Willian aiming for Paris
After missing out on Olympic selection three years ago, triathlete Luke Willian is determined to join Matt Hauser on the start line at the Paris 2024 Games.
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'Cherished': Hundreds honour Luke Davies at memorial
Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a memorial in Brisbane to farewell flight attendant Luke Davies, who was killed along with his partner in Sydney.
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Surfing called off at Margaret River as finals loom
The Margaret River Pro was put on hold through Saturday because of the surf, with half the men's quarter-finals still to be decided.
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Panthers avoid repeat of Wests Tigers Bathurst upset
Penrith are back in the winners' circle after holding out Wests Tigers 22-6 in front of a sell-out crowd in their NRL clash in Bathurst.
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Swiatek into Stuttgart semis; Sabalenka, Gauff out
World No.1 Iga Swiatek has brought an end to Emma Raducanu's fine run of form at the Stuttgart Open, but two favourites fell in the quarter-finals.
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Clarkson set for battle with 'faceless' Hawks
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson is chasing both his first win of the AFL season and first against former side Hawthorn in a high-stakes round-six clash.
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Troubled forensic lab's DNA backlog blows out to 41,000
A backlog of cases at a Queensland DNA lab has increased as the state opposition calls on the government to release a full strategy to address its issues.
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'Long way to go': Fitzy downplays Sharks' strong start
Before this week, Cronulla hadn't entered a round of football atop the NRL ladder since 2016, but Craig Fitzgibbon isn't popping the champagne just yet.
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X to fight Australian watchdog over stabbing content
Elon Musk's social media platform says it will fight an Australian regulator over an order to take down posts after a church bishop was stabbed in Sydney.