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GWS star Lachie Whitfield fully expects to be targeted in Saturday’s AFL grand final but insists he is fully recovered from his recent appendix surgery. Nine days after going under …

Michael Cheika has overhauled his backline for Australia’s crucial Rugby World Cup pool match against Wales, making four changes including the introduction of halves Bernard Foley and Will Genia. Three …

Andrew Krakouer knows exactly what this stunning AFL debut means for Marlion Pickett. The former Richmond and Collingwood forward tweeted his congratulations after the Tigers named Pickett for Saturday’s grand …

Tongan officials hoping to launch Israel Folau’s rugby league comeback have announced they’re taking legal action after they were suspended by the international governing body. The news emerged after the …

Richmond’s surprise debutant Marlion Pickett is ready-made to handle the heat of Saturday’s AFL grand final against GWS, Tigers coach Damien Hardwick says. After training sessions on Friday morning, Hardwick …

Richmond and GWS coaches say their teams will line-up as selected in Saturday’s AFL grand final. After morning training sessions, Richmond coach Damien Hardwick and his Giants counterpart Leon Cameron …

Could it be that rugby’s world ranking people deserve an apology? If first impressions at the Rugby World Cup count for anything, those responsible for the complicated, and condemned, ratings …

Samoa centre Rey Lee-Lo has received a three-match ban after being cited for a dangerous high tackle during the Rugby World Cup game against Russia. An independent disciplinary panel ruled …

Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Beattie denies the decision to suspend Tonga’s international membership was based on an attempt to block Israel Folau’s return to the code. Folau will …

Earlier this week, trainer Richard Litt and his major clients, Octavio and Wendy Galletta, had two horses running at Orange, bringing home just over $1000 prize money between them. It …

Veteran Sydney gelding Top Striker finds himself in new territory at Doomben where he will make his interstate debut at the ripe age of eight. In a career that has …

The only thing left for the CV of multiple stakes winner Winter Bride is to land a Group One victory. Co-trainer Toby Edmonds said Friday night’s Moir Stakes (1000m) was …

Group One winner Azkadellia, who has been banned from racing, has been sold at public auction at Echuca for $615,000 to a private buyer. As to who the vendor of …

MOIR STAKES $1 million, Group One, 1000m, weight-for-age at Moonee Valley HISTORY First run in 1976 over 1000 metres when it was won by Scamanda. Upgraded to Group One in …

GOLDEN ROSE 1400m, $1 million, three-year-olds, set weights HISTORY *The race was called Peter Pan Stakes until 2002. The following year In Top Swing won the first running of the …

Faatinah has the outside barrier against a quality field in the Moir Stakes but champion trainer David Hayes believes the gelding is still being underestimated in the Group One sprint. …

Godolphin trainer James Cummings rates defending titleholder Homesman as the horse to beat in the Underwood Stakes but believes the race presents as a great opportunity for his stable’s “gladiator” …

Tulloch Lodge has its sights on the Group One Epsom Handicap for Con Te Partiro if she can bounce back to winning form in the Shannon Stakes at Rosehill. Adrian …