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Newly appointed St Kilda coach Brett Ratten has flagged a bold list strategy moving forward. The Saints haven’t made finals since 2011 but have been heavily linked to Fremantle winger …

It has served them well all season and Brisbane is promising to only make slight tweaks to their gameplan for Saturday’s AFL qualifying final against Richmond. The Lions suffered a …

Newly appointed St Kilda coach Brett Ratten is bullish about leading the AFL club from the doldrums. Ratten is the third caretaker coach this year to win the top job …

Win this week and Canberra will head north to meet the 2018 premiers, lose and they’ll travel south to face the 2019 NRL minor premiers. But Ricky Stuart says the …

Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes has not ruled out another Dubai trip for Faatinah, but first the sprinter will attempt a first-up win at The Valley. Faatinah makes his …

Former Wallabies captain Stephen Moore has paid tribute to the retiring Tatafu Polota-Nau, believing their love-hate relationship got the best out of both long-serving hookers. Polota-Nau will play his 90th …

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has dismissed concerns the AFL’s bye could arrest his side’s momentum ahead of Saturday’s elimination final against GWS. Instead, Beveridge says the week off presented …

Trainers use different sorts of measures to judge the wellness of a horse and for Anthony Cummings, it involves sticking his head in a bin. Cummings reckons the best way …

The only horse to have won the $14 million Everest, Redzel is just days away from his season return in the race that has been the launching pad for his …

Coolmore’s Ten Sovereigns could head straight to Australia for The Everest with the Sprint Cup at Haydock doubtful because of soft ground. The July Cup winner had been in doubt …

Trainer Greg Eurell says Sassy Salitage has gone from strength to strength early in her racing career and he is happy to give the unbeaten filly the chance to continue …

Trainer Kris Lees will have at least two chances in each of the feature races at Wyong with confirmation Sixties Groove will start his spring campaign in the Gold Cup. …

Robbie Farah’s final-round fate has already been sealed but Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire won’t reveal if the retiring hooker will overcome a fractured leg to play Cronulla. Farah enjoyed …

South Sydney captain Sam Burgess will miss the first week of the NRL finals after he was hit with a contrary conduct charge for pulling the hair of Sydney Roosters …

A boilover winner of the Group One Winx Stakes, Samadoubt will return to the scene of his greatest triumph in a bid to claim a few more high-profile scalps in …

Dual Group One winner Kenedna will have her blinkers back on in the Group Two Feehan Stakes at The Valley as Ciaron Maher follows a familiar pattern with the mare. …

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Sam Burgess’ poor disciplinary records have come back to haunt them with the rival forwards set to be banned from the first week of the finals. Sydney …

Serena Williams has earned herself a fourth shot at equalling Margaret Court’s all-time record 24 grand slam singles crowns with a steely US Open semi-final win over Elina Svitolina. Bidding …