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Imposing filly Loving Gaby retains her grip on Blue Diamond Stakes favouritism and her co-trainer Ciaron Maher remains bullish about his stable’s prospects despite wide draws for his two runners. …

A less-than-capacity field of 14 has been declared for the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes for two-year-olds at Caulfield. Saturday’s $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes will feature five colts and …

Favourite Loving Gaby has drawn barrier 12 in the 14-horse field for Victoria’s premier two-year-old race, the Blue Diamond Stakes. Loving Gaby emerged as favourite for Saturday’s race following an …

Trainer Tony McEvoy has accepted the challenge to tackle Victoria’s premier two-year-old race with Game Keeper instead of a midweek option at Sandown. Game Keeper is one of 14 acceptors …

After being in danger of cancellation, the two-year-old race at Eagle Farm has received an additional four entries taking the nominations to eight. A field of five is needed to …

England have confirmed lock Maro Itoje will miss their upcoming Six Nations clash with Wales because of knee ligament damage. Itoje sustained the injury in England’s opening weekend victory over …

World No.1 Naomi Osaka has been beaten in her opening match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, losing to France’s Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-3 after winning last month’s Australian …

Kalyn Ponga’s Maori All-Stars showing is irrelevant to the style of football he’ll play for Newcastle at five-eighth this year, Knights coach Nathan Brown insists. Ponga played in the No.6 …

West Coast premiership midfielder Elliot Yeo has revealed he struggled to walk at times last year as he battled a toe injury, but is confident he’ll hit the ground running …

Incumbent Wallabies prop Scott Sio thinks his demotion to the Brumbies’ Super Rugby bench will help him become a better player. The 27-year-old is locked in fierce competition with former …

Daniel Ricciardo has taken heart from the performance of his Renault in Formula One testing, even if his time in the car was cut short by the rear wing flying …

Broncos prop Payne Haas has been fined $10,000 and will be stood down for the start of the premiership for refusing to co-operate with the NRL integrity unit, it has …

France coach Jacques Brunel dropped halfback Morgan Parra and five-eighth Camille Lopez for their Six Nations clash against Scotland but denied it had anything to do with their criticism of …

West Coast defender Jeremy McGovern revealed he tried to skip last year’s grand final parade, but quickly had to catch an Uber there after the AFL refused his request. McGovern …

KEY POINTS FROM NRL TRIAL SIDES * MELBOURNE (vs Warriors) Scott Drinkwater gets the retired Billy Slater’s fullback spot ahead of Jahrome Hughes, who is named on the bench. Brodie …

Curtis Sironen harbours no fear of the Lottoland turf despite having his 2018 NRL season ended amid a spate of injuries on the beleaguered surface. Sironen will make a big …

Ruck mastery will be more important than ever under fresh AFL rules, Adelaide’s Sam Jacobs says. Jacobs, one of the league’s leading rucks, believes the new rule designating starting zones …

Hawthorn’s Luke Breust and Isaac Smith have become the latest players to bail on the AFLX mini-tournament, with further withdrawals likely before the four squads are finalised. The premiership duo …