Australian Rules Football

CROMWELL When Marc Leishman won the Travelers Championship last year, he was the 16th player to notch his first career PGA Tour victory at the annual tour stop in Connecticut. This year it looks like Leishman’s career is trending up, as he tied for...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Strength tests given to incoming National Football League (NFL) players don't help predict which of them will come down with a hamstring injury, according to a new study. Researchers tracked rookies during the 2006 through...

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, June 7 (Reuters) - Australia's foreign minister has apologised to the Jordanian ambassador over an incident at Melbourne Airport, where the country's head soccer coach was detained by immigration officials. Adnan Hamad was...

SYDNEY, June 2 (Reuters) - Media speculation surrounding code-hopper Israel Folau's possible return to rugby league does not affect the fullback's selection prospects for the Wallabies, Australia coach Robbie Deans said on Sunday. The 24-year-old's...

MELBOURNE, June 6 (Reuters) - The Jordanian FA will be asking world governing body FIFA to explain why no-one from Football Federation Australia was available to help them sort out arrival issues at Melbourne Airport on Wednesday. Coach Adnan Hamad was...

May 25 (Reuters) - A teenage girl's abusive slur aimed at Australian Rules Football player Adam Goodes has jolted the state of Victoria into establishing programmes that will educate children on racism, according to local media on Saturday. The 33-year-...

Through the first half of the NFL season, there have been 14 punts blocked. That might not sound like a lot, but consider there were nine in the entire 2011 season, meaning the league is on track for more than three times as many. Sure, it could be a...

He played last season in Slovakia before finishing the season in a higher league in Hungary where he caught the eye of teams from France, Italy, Spain and more. Now former Boyle County and Eastern Kentucky basketball player Spencer Perrin has signed a...

Maryland is fortunate to have tailback depth. The team has not designated a starter for Saturday's Wake Forest game among Wes Brown, Brandon Ross, Justus Pickett and Albert Reid. Each has more than 15 carries this season, with Brown leading in yardage...

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It was last Saturday's opening kickoff, and freshman kicker Brad Craddock realized he was the last Maryland Terrapin standing between Temple returner Matt Brown and 60 yards of inviting, open field. Craddock, the curly-haired Australian with the Down...

— It's pretty clear — Maryland has one tough kicker this season. Freshman Brad Craddock, who played Australian rules football, got rammed head-on by the ball carrier during the opening kickoff in Saturday's game and was credited with the...