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If a Group One clean sweep wasn’t enough, James McDonald has put the icing on the cake to a brilliant afternoon with a well-judged Doncaster Prelude victory aboard tough gelding …

Ashleigh Barty has claimed the biggest WTA title victory of her blossoming career by becoming the first Australian to win the Miami Open. The Queenslander cemented her rise into the …

Stephen Kearney has questioned the fortitude of his New Zealand Warriors players after a second hefty NRL defeat which looks set to prompt personnel changes. The Warriors coach described their …

Ashleigh Barty has beaten Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 to win her maiden Miami Open title and become the first Australian woman since 2013 to break into the world’s top …

Saracens have produced a clinical seven-try display to beat Glasgow Warriors 56-27 on Saturday and secure a place in the Champions Cup semi-finals. English champions Saracens were forced to reshuffle …

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has taken his first Formula One pole position with a stunning display under the floodlights in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix, while Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s problems …

Handre Pollard struck a last-minute penalty as the Bulls returned to winning ways with a narrow 19-16 victory away over the Sharks at King’s Park in Super Rugby. It was …

Former Essendon great James Hird says he will “never say never” to an AFL coaching comeback. Hird, who stepped down as Bombers coach in 2015 after serving a 12-month ban …

Charles Leclerc has seized the first pole position of his Formula One career to lead Ferrari to a front-row lockout in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Calm and composed …

Geelong’s off-season forward line makeover has received another glowing endorsement with an 80-point thrashing of Melbourne, but Chris Scott still needs to see more evidence. The Patrick Dangerfield-inspired Cats stormed …

West Coast are set to be boosted by the return of Andrew Gaff and Jamie Cripps for their AFL grand final rematch with Collingwood at the MCG next weekend. Cripps …

Melbourne were supposed to be handing out 80-point beltings this season, not be on the receiving end of them. The Demons were desperately disappointing in a 20.6 (126) to 6.10 …

Ivan Cleary may have changed his stripes, but there’ll be no changing his focus ahead of his anticipated first match against the Wests Tigers next week. And the Penrith coach …

If Craig Bellamy had any questions over what kind of team he would have in the post-Billy Slater era, then they were all answered on Saturday night. Melbourne made it …

Turns out it wasn’t just the emotion of Quade Cooper and Will Genia facing their old team behind Melbourne’s Super Rugby victory over Queensland. The ex-Reds were key in the …

Rolls Royce fullback Tom Trbojevic reckons it wasn’t just wet weather holding Manly back in their two lacklustre season-opening NRL losses. In the wake of his heroics in the 46-12 …

West Coast unveiled their 2018 flag before flexing their premiership muscle with a 52-point win over GWS at Optus Stadium on Saturday night. The Eagles copped a big wake-up call …

A Patrick Dangerfield-inspired Geelong have stormed to a comprehensive 80-point AFL win over Melbourne in teeming rain at GMHBA Stadium. The Cats thrived in the tricky conditions on Saturday night, …