Australian Rules Football

May 16 (Reuters) - Former Liverpool and Leeds forward Harry Kewell has been released by Qatar's Al Gharafa after spending a little more than a month with the club, the Football Federation Australia (FFA) website reported on Thursday. The 34-year-old, who...

MELBOURNE, May 16 (Reuters) - The use of social drugs like cocaine and methamphetamines is on the rise in Australian Rules football with 26 positive tests and a similar number of confessions of use last year for what the Australian Football League (AFL)...

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, May 12 (Reuters) - Quade Cooper's chances of playing flyhalf for Australia against the touring British and Irish Lions look to have strengthened following a polished display for Super Rugby's Queensland Reds, while injury and...

SYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters) - Picking code-hopper Israel Folau to face the British and Irish Lions in the three-test series in June and July would devalue the Wallabies shirt, World Cup winning coach Jake White said on Friday. Former rugby league...

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, April 20 (Reuters) - Australian soccer authorities will ask CONCACAF for a formal briefing as to the fate of over $400,000 earmarked for a stadium in Trinidad but which is alleged to have been misappropriated by the regional...

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...

Watch out, Charles Barkley. You might have some competition for your endorsement deal. Barkley has been telling overweight guys to “Lose like a man.” Will Taylor would take it a step farther. “And play like a winner.” Taylor&...

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...

Expect a big dose of Diggs when Maryland’s football season opens Saturday at Byrd Stadium against William & Mary. Freshman Stefon Diggs, the highly-touted recruit, will be the punt returner and kick returner. He is also listed as a backup receiver,...