Former Essendon sports scientist Stephen Dank has denied supplying the Australian Rules club’s players with performance-enhancing drugs — and insisted he ran his supplement programme with the full knowledge of other high-ranking club officials.

World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey believes today’s damning report into widespread drug-taking and match-fixing in Australian sport should act as a wake-up call to governing bodies around the world.

A top French rugby official insists he has no concerns about the future of the Heineken Cup.

MUNSTER may have found what they’ve been looking for, after signing Australian code-jumping sensation Will Chambers on a short-term contract.

AUSTRALIAN rugby league is coming to terms with the one of the biggest scandals to ever hit the sport.

All Blacks centre Ma’a Nonu has dropped a bombshell on the rugby world by saying he would be willing to switch codes and play rugby league in Australia after next year’s World Cup.

New Zealand Rugby League have apologised for fielding an ineligible player and confirmed they will not appeal the two-point Tri-Nations penalty imposed yesterday.

THERE’S a story that may interest the GAA hierarchy and send a shiver down the spines of RTÉ executives.

PLANS to streamline the French club championship will need to take into account France’s Test commitments in the buildup to the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Former leading Rugby Football League official Greg McCallum is back in the game after being appointed to a new-look judiciary in Australia.

Two Australian rugby league players have tested positive for drugs following routine doping tests conducted by National Rugby League administrators.