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Star mare Alizee won’t rise any higher in the Godolphin pecking order, if she isn’t number one seed, for The TAB Everest if she outclasses her four rivals at Rosehill …

Steve Hansen is going for the jugular in the two-Test Bledisloe Cup series, naming a power-packed All Blacks team for the opening clash in Perth. After experimenting in the name …

The stakes will be high for untapped talent Vegadaze when he is pitted against Group One winners Alizee and Le Romain on his seasonal return. In a strategic move by …

Trainer Jason Warren is banking on the Aurie’s Star Handicap to be a stepping stone to bigger spring races for Antah. Still eligible for easier company, Antah contests stakes grade …

The new Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership got its first metropolitan-standard win when promising Battle Strike overcame difficulties to win at Ipswich. Battle Strike was backed into $2.35 favourite …

Groundbreaking AFL defender Kurt Heatherley has gravitated to his first sporting love by signing a contract with New Zealand provincial rugby union champions Auckland. The first born and bred Kiwi …

Australian Ashleigh Barty’s eight-week reign as the WTA’s No.1 player in the world is over after Naomi Osaka breezed past her German opponent in the second round of the Canadian …

John Millman has been eliminated from the Canadian Open in straight sets by Marin Cilic, ending Australian hopes at the tournament. The 30-year-old was no match for the 14th-seeded Croatian, …

South Africa have named a new front row for their Rugby Championship showdown with Argentina in Salta on Saturday as they seek a first title in the competition since 2009. …

The Wallabies are set to roll the dice with former bad boy James O’Connor as they juggle World Cup aspirations with Bledisloe Cup glory against the All Blacks. With the …

Ashleigh Barty’s world No.1 ranking goes on the line on Thursday when Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka has the chance to reprise her standing as the premier player in women’s tennis. …

Australian rugby’s most-capped player is backing champion flanker David Pocock to make a stirring return to the Bledisloe Cup cauldron. It’s most unlikely to happen on Saturday night, but World …

By his own admission, Anthony Seibold’s first NRL season as Brisbane coach can be summed up by one word – turbulent. But Seibold has not given up hope on ultimately …

Melbourne’s Brandon Smith freely admits it took him quite a while to realise he needed to get his life in order off the field in order to excel on it. …

There will be no excuses if NRL cellar dwellers Gold Coast don’t perform in Saturday’s clash with St George Illawarra, according to returning forward Jai Arrow. Despite lining up against …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has praised the selflessness of David Mundy, saying the star midfielder has been more than willing to sacrifice his own game for the good of the …

A lot will have to go right for luckless utility Nakia Cockatoo if he is to defy the odds and force his way into the Geelong side in time for …

Wallabies outcast James O’Connor is set to take a giant stride towards the Rugby World Cup with his selection to face the All Blacks in Perth on Saturday. Six years …