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Jamie Richards cannot split stablemates Te Akau Shark and Melody Belle as the star duo prepare to clash in the $2 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes. While stable jockey Opie Bosson …

British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland wants his team to play a warm-up match against the All Blacks before their tour of South Africa next year. Rugby, like most …

Rugby league guru Phil Gould has warned players shouldn’t be kept “like greyhounds” in bubbles for an extended period as the NRL looks at ways to restart the season as …

Serena Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou has called on tennis governing bodies to come together and devise a way of helping lower level professionals struggling financially due to the coronavirus shutdown. …

The Adelaide Crows are urging the AFL to clarify the future of the soft salary cap as assistant coaches grapple with perhaps being permanently out of a job. Most assistant …

Sydney co-captain Luke Parker has kept busy in recent weeks with renovation and charity work, but he and AFL teammates are craving some sort of timeline regarding their main vocation. …

Banned former Canterbury players Corey Harawira-Naera and Jayden Okunbor will appeal their indefinite NRL ban after the Bulldogs’ schoolgirl sex scandal. Both players was deregistered by the NRL last week …

Keep the points, but scrap the competition’s name and trophy. That’s the left field call by Paul Gallen, who wants the 2020 NRL season to be rebranded if it resumes …

Sadly, long suffering NSW fans knew it all along. But Queensland great Darren Lockyer has finally come out and said it – the Maroons would not have launched a State …

Inaugural Fremantle squad member Quenton Leach has died after a battle with cancer. Leach, who was 47, played in the WA club’s first AFL game and made 56 senior appearances …

Brisbane coach Chris Fagan has called for the AFL season to re-start with shorter quarters and extended benches following the coronavirus shutdown. The Lions mentor says he’s in the dark …

Essendon coach John Worsfold is optimistic Irish star Connor McKenna will return to the club at some stage this year. The 24-year-old, who battled homesickness in recent months, has gone …

Former Canterbury winger Jayden Okunbor will appeal his indefinite NRL ban after the Bulldogs’ schoolgirl sex scandal. Okunbor was deregistered by the NRL last week after it emerged he’d invited …

Melbourne NRL coach Craig Bellamy may not agree with Cameron Smith but has defended his skipper’s right to resist moves to resume playing in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. …

Test great John Kirwan has denounced the ex-Wallabies calling for the head of Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle, saying former All Blacks would never air dirty laundry in public. Kirwan …

Gold Coast expect limitations around access to the AFL club’s medical staff will extend Izak Rankine’s rehabilitation process after his latest hamstring injury. However, they are confident their highly-rated teenager …

It has been strongly opposed by Cameron Smith but South Sydney hooker Damien Cook has backed a plan for players to live in a “bubble” in a bid to resume …

John Sargent can always lay claim to training the last horse to beat champion Winx. It happened in the 2015 ATC Australian Oaks when Gust Of Wind upstaged the favourite …