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Wallabies centre Adam Ashley-Cooper said the team has knocked down one hoodoo and will go after the other on the weekend as Australia aims to avoid a record-breaking 10th straight loss to the All Blacks.

Fremantle coach Mark Harvey believes all the pressure will be on Geelong in Friday night's AFL semi-final at the MCG, claiming his team has nothing to lose.

Canberra back-rower Danny Galea has been given a significant boost ahead of his NRL finals showdown with former club Penrith, re-signing with the Raiders until the end of 2011.

Danny Green says he is giving boxing fans what they want by agreeing to fight giant unbeaten American BJ Flores in the wake of his last highly-controversial bout against Paul Briggs.

Argentina, keeping its goal intact for the fourth successive match, beat England 2-0 to win Pool B at the women's hockey World Cup the country is hosting.

If Tommy Oar needed a reality check, he had one dished out to him in his starting debut in the Dutch top-flight.

Wests Tigers winger Lote Tuqiri is convinced the joint venture has the players and the coaching staff to repeat its 2005 NRL premiership success.

Former Carlton and Collingwood ruckman Chris Bryan has been signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a punter on the eve of the NFL season.

Even Roger Federer had to say he was sorry for the way he won the pivotal second-set tie-breaker over pal Jurgen Melzer and advanced to the US Open quarter-finals on Monday.

Manly centre Steve Matai has been handed a seven-game ban by the NRL judiciary after pleading guilty to a grade three reckless tackle charge.

Hawthorn's Shaun Burgoyne will face an AFL tribunal hearing tonight as he seeks to have a rough-conduct charge thrown out.

A homophobic slur on Twitter has cost swimming glamour girl Stephanie Rice her sponsorship deal with Jaguar.

Tennis legend John McEnroe again will play in the World Tennis Challenge in Adelaide next January.

Australian limited-overs all-rounder James Hopes has replaced Chris Simpson as Queensland captain for the upcoming cricket season.

Brisbane Lions midfielder Michael Rischitelli has confirmed one of the AFL's worst-kept secrets, becoming the third off-contract player to join the Gold Coast Suns.

The communications watchdog says Sam Newman breached the commercial TV code when he likened a Malaysian man to a monkey on The Footy Show.

The Devonport Magpies' chances of beating Launceston in Friday night's preliminary final have been given a boost.

There are fears an outbreak of dengue fever in New Delhi is getting worse with just a month to go until the Commonwealth Games.

Wayne Rooney will start against Switzerland in England's Euro 2012 qualifier despite the problems engulfing his private life, manager Fabio Capello has confirmed.

Old rivals the United States and Russia will meet again, qualifying for the quarter-finals of the world basketball championships in Turkey.