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Trainer Shannon Hope has had a reduction in his original penalty but he and his co-trainer father Lee have both been issued three-year disqualifications by the Victorian Civil and Administrative …

Two-year-old Exeter will try to give the Lindsay Park stable back-to-back wins in the Blue Diamond Preview for colts and geldings when he makes his debut at Caulfield. The stable …

Young Victorian jockey Regan Bayliss has secured a three-month riding contract in Hong Kong while Sam Clipperton is to return to Sydney. Bayliss, 21, will begin his stint on February …

Australian Derby winner Levendi is on target for a return to racing and a clash with Winx in the Apollo Stakes after making his first public appearance since last year’s …

Thrilled with the progress of his leading Golden Slipper contender Time To Reign, trainer Gary Portelli is looking to take another two youngsters to Randwick. Whether Estrado and/or Roman Wolf …

Last year’s Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By has impressed his trainer Grahame Begg with his performance in a jump-out at Caulfield ahead of his return to racing. The three-year-old …

Long-time champion Hong Kong jockey Douglas Whyte is to hang up the saddle to become a trainer. The 13-time premier jockey, Whyte is just the second rider to be granted …

Ashleigh Barty was planning a celebratory beer rather moping around after having her gallant Australian Open title bid come to a shuddering halt at Melbourne Park. Offering no regrets, Barty …

Naomi Osaka’s clash with Elina Svitolina kicks off a day of tantalising match-ups that will finalise the Australian Open semi-final line-ups on Wednesday.. The Japanese world No.4 and sixth-seeded Ukranian …

After passing her biggest test of the Australian Open with a win over world No.1 Simona Halep, Serena Williams is ready to claim another grand slam title according to her …

Rafael Nadal is just one win away from a fifth Australian Open final after dismantling young American talent Francis Tiafoe in the quarter-finals. Nadal barely put a foot wrong on …

Lleyton Hewitt has overlooked Nick Kyrgios and backed Australia’s in-form stars to deliver in next month’s Davis Cup qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The skipper on Tuesday night named Alex …

Petra Kvitova has crushed Ashleigh Barty’s Australian Open title dream with a ruthless quarter-final defeat of the great home hope. The dual Wimbledon champion put paid to Barty’s hopes of …

Australian teenager Rinky Hijikata confessed to a “brain bade” after cruelly falling victim to one of tennis’s funky new rules and crashing out of the junior boys’ singles at Melbourne …

SNAPSHOT FROM DAY NINE AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN: PLAYER OF THE DAY: Stefanos Tsitsipas – the 20-year-old excitement machine backed up his stunning fourth-round win over defending champion Roger Federer …

Unheralded American Danielle Collins is through to the semi-finals of the Australian Open after a topsy-turvy win over Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In a battle between two unseeded players, Collins won …

Greek excitement machine Stefanos Tsitsipas’s thrilling and history-making run at the Australian Open has continued with a four-set quarter-final victory over Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut. With thousands of Greek-Australian fans cheering …

Her US Open title and supporting role in Serena Williams’ meltdown in last year’s US Open final made Naomi Osaka a household name. But the world No.4 is loving the …