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Gold Coast forward Ben King lost more sleep over the start of pre-season than the intense speculation over his AFL future. A return to Melbourne during the AFL trade period …

Fiji have the potential to follow the lead of Tonga and emerge as another major threat to the traditional rugby league powerhouses. That’s the belief of Bati coach Brandon Costin, …

Australia’s Alex de Minaur has been confirmed as the top seed for the 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals. De Minaur enters the tournament as the favourite having won three ATP …

Sydney recruit Sam Gray says he was surprised to learn he wouldn’t have an AFL place at Port Adelaide next year. Gray was delisted by the Power after being told …

Eddie Jones has responded to England’s World Cup final defeat by South Africa by admitting the current team is “finished”. And in a sign of his commitment to his contract …

Lewis Hamilton has secured his sixth Formula One world championship with a second-place finish at the US Grand Prix, won by his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton’s third-straight F1 title …

Thoroughbred racing and breeding giant Coolmore has enjoyed success around the world including with Sydney’s richest race, but a Melbourne Cup remains elusive. “This is the race that everybody wants …

Former Irish jockey John Allen’s life will turn full circle when he is legged aboard the Joseph O’Brien-trained Downdraft in the Melbourne Cup. Allen started his career with O’Brien’s grandfather …

No international horse has won the Melbourne Cup twice, and Frankie Dettori has not won the race at all. But both Cross Counter, to be ridden by William Buick, and …

She’s effectively won lotto six times in one week, but low-maintenance tennis superstar Ashleigh Barty only plans on splashing out on her niece and nephew following her historic pay day …

Still taking it all in, Ashleigh Barty says she needs time to reflect on her phenomenal year after capturing the elite season-ending championship and the record $6.4 million winner’s purse …

Novak Djokovic has beaten a nervous Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-4 to win his fifth Paris Masters final and 34th overall Masters title to move one behind all-time leader Rafael Nadal. …

World No.1 Novak Djokovic has seen off Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-4 to win his fifth Paris Masters title in a warning to his rivals ahead of the ATP Finals. …

South Africa flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit and England centre Emily Scarratt have been named men’s and women’s World Rugby players of the year at a glitzy ceremony in Tokyo. Du …

South African flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit has been named World Rugby player of the year at a glitzy ceremony in Tokyo, with Rassie Erasmus claiming the coaches’ award, fresh from …

England have warned Australia off “sniffing around” coach Eddie Jones by confirming he will remain with them until at least 2021, and possibly beyond, on the back of his performance …

Ashleigh Barty has outclassed 2018 winner Elina Svitolina to claim the elite season-ending championship and the biggest cash prize in tennis history, a cheque for $6.4 million. Barty outclassed Svitolina …

When the euphoria of a third Rugby World Cup triumph subsides in the coming weeks, South African Rugby will be faced with filling the head coach role vacated by Rassie …