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Michael Maguire hopes the legacy of the late John Chalk will lift his charges as Wests Tigers bid to return to the NRL’s top eight with victory over Canterbury on …

Group One handicaps figure in trainer Danny O’Brien’s spring plans for Iconoclasm who will press his claims for those lofty targets in Melbourne’s first stakes race of the season at …

After making an immediate impression at his first start during the final week of his juvenile season, Heirborn is favoured to take another step up in his city debut at …

Jockey Tim Clark has laid down the challenge to Dawn Passage to convert his abundant promise into racetrack results, starting with the first three-year-old stakes race of the Sydney season. …

Trainer Ian Williams has ruled out sending Magic Circle back to Australia for a second shot at the Melbourne Cup at Flemington in November. The seven-year-old, who was unplaced as …

Tough stayer Exoteric can justify the decision to race him for another season by winning at Doomben. Exoteric will have a sharp drop in class when he tackles Saturday’s TAB …

Australian Bloodstock import Loveisili has been given the benefit of the doubt, and the chance to put his Newcastle Cup campaign back on track at Rosehill. The five-year-old strung together …

Leading Everest contender Pierata has run a comfortable second in a Warwick Farm barrier trial at his first appearance since he won the Group One All Aged Stakes. Friday’s 1000m-heat …

The pressure valve on Ross Lyon has been released, and now the veteran coach has the chance to make his critics blush by leading the Dockers to an unlikely finals …

Bitter anti-referee sentiment lingers in Auckland, even after the Warriors clung on for the best win of their NRL campaign. Halfback Blake Green and coach Stephen Kearney both proclaimed they’d …

Bianca Andreescu became the first local Canadian Open semi-finalist since 1979, overcoming a groin injury to beat third-seeded Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 in windy conditions. The …

Top seeds Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem have both been knocked out of the Canadian Open at the quarter-final stage in Montreal. Third seed Zverev, of Germany, made eight double-faults …

Russian Daniil Medvedev has crushed second seed Dominic Thiem of Austria in straight sets as the eighth seed powered his way into the Canadian Open semi-finals in Montreal. The French-speaking …

Former world No.1 Andy Murray will make his singles return next week at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. The news, announced by the Scot on his Facebook page …

They may have breathed life into their finals aspirations, but Penrith also had a glimpse of the future in their inspired six-point win over Cronulla. With their finals chances on …

GWS coach Leon Cameron is confident he will keep star midfielder Stephen Coniglio who is off-contract and being courted by several AFL clubs. Cameron admits he wishes Coniglio had re-signed …

Adelaide skipper Taylor Walker will have the chance to bury some of his early-season demons when he fronts up against West Coast at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Walker has copped …

Hawthorn coach Alistair Clarkson insists his team are exactly where they’re supposed to be – halfway down the AFL ladder and just about out of finals contention. Clarkson described the …