Great Britain hooker Josh Hodgson insists all is not lost as the Lions lick their wounds from a second-straight rugby league Test defeat. After going down 14-6 to the resurgent …
Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales has staved off a spectacular charge by MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez to win the Malaysian Grand Prix for his second victory of the season. Australian …
Third generation horseman Ben Hayes has arguably his best chance yet to join father David and grandfather Colin on the honour roll of Melbourne Cup winning trainers. The younger Hayes …
Englishman Duncan Smith grew up watching black-and-white film replays of Phar Lap’s 1930 Melbourne Cup win, never imagining he would one day have his own runner in the great race. …
Restricting the international runners in the $8 million Melbourne Cup to invitees only would be a backwards step, two prominent Australian racehorse owners say. Five-time Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Lee Freedman …
The ebullient Gai Waterhouse is a notable omission from this year’s Melbourne Cup build-up after Hush Writer failed in a last-ditch bid to book a start. It is the first …
Three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy reckons it’s only a matter of time before champion trainer Chris Waller wins Australia’s most famous race. And McEvoy hopes that is as soon …
Trainer Paul Preusker says his job is done with local hope Surprise Baby ahead of the Melbourne Cup. His focus now is keeping the stayer safe ahead of Tuesday’s $8 …
For a few hairy moments last week, Hugh Bowman thought he might be without a Melbourne Cup ride this year. The champion jockey had been booked to reunite with 2018 …
English trainer Charlie Fellowes vividly remembers the fleeting moment he thought he was going to win the Melbourne Cup 12 months ago. It wasn’t to be, with Prince Of Arran …
World Rugby is looking to use the success of this year’s World Cup tournament in Japan as a springboard for developing nations to play more matches against the established elite. …
Ashleigh Barty is humbled by the constant comparisons to Evonne Goolagong Cawley and says she’d be satisfied to carve out a career half as successful as her mentor and idol. …
She’s Australia’s most prolific singles winner in Fed Cup history but Samantha Stosur will unselfishly step aside for the newly eligible Ajla Tomljanovic in next week’s final against France if …
Daly Cherry-Evans admits the increased professionalism of minnow rugby league nations has closed the gap on the all-conquering Kangaroos. The tectonic plates of the international game shifted on Saturday as …
New Zealand coach Michael Maguire has made a case to retain the NRL’s two-referees system, saying the ruck suffers with just one match official. Maguire’s men edged Great Britain 12-8 …
Valtteri Bottas in a Mercedes is on pole position for the US Grand Prix while teammate Lewis Hamilton is fifth on the grid as he seeks to seal a sixth …
Sydney jockey Josh Parr has been suspended for 11 meetings for careless riding aboard beaten Victoria Derby favourite Shadow Hero. Shadow Hero finished fifth in Saturday’s 2500m Group One for …
Piereta has outclassed the $1 million Redzel Stakes field to bank a mega bonus for his Rosehill win. Sent out the $2.40 favourite, the Greg Hickman-trained sprinter went the long …


















