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Billy Slater has announced he will join the rest of Queensland’s ‘Big Four’ in retirement at the end of this year’s State of Origin series. Slater, who has played 29 …

A former boss of southern hemisphere rugby union has been unveiled as the new chief executive of New Zealand Rugby League. Greg Peters takes over the role vacated when Alex …

NSW captain Boyd Cordner will tell his 11 State of Origin debutants to embrace the time away from football in the lead up to next Wednesday’s series opener in Melbourne. …

Tom Lynch says a month on the sidelines hasn’t helped him develop any more clarity on his future as the Gold Coast star prepares to return on Saturday. The high-profile …

Win, lose or draw in a heat of the All Victorian Sprint Series, Ashlor won’t be fronting up for the final when it’s conducted at Flemington. But it won’t stop …

NSW trainers and industry participants have again been warned about the substance synephrine found in orange peel and used in a number of herbal preparations and nutritional supplements for humans. …

Queensland’s leading trainer Ben Currie will lodge an application for a stay on a suspension of his licence after he was charged with 31 breaches of the racing rules. Toowoomba-based …

Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes leaves for Royal Ascot confident Redkirk Warrior is in peak condition. The gelding won an 800m-barrier trial at Werribee on Monday in which he …

A placing in a Werribee barrier trial has Ability ready for a return to the racetrack. Ability ran second to Balancing Act with Craig Williams aboard in Monday’s 800m-trial and …

Group One-winning mare In Her Time will miss the Stradbroke Handicap with connections deciding to give her a break to concentrate on The Everest. The Ben Smith-trained mare, who finished …

Dual Group One-winning mare Egg Tart will get the chance to prove she could be a 2018 Caulfield Cup horse when she runs at Caloundra. Egg Tart hasn’t won since …

Australia’s Will Power has earned $US2,525,000 ($A3.3 million) for winning the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500. The overall purse for the 33 drivers in Sunday’s race was more than …

AUSSIES IN ACTION ON DAY THREE OF THE FRENCH OPEN ON TUESDAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING) * Men’s first-round singles: John Millman v 24-Denis Shapovalov (CAN) Matt Ebden v Thomas Fabbiano …

Matt Ebden is locked in a torrid five-set battle with Thomas Fabbiano as he attempts to save Australia from a none-from-five start to the French Open in Paris. Ebden nabbed …

Ashleigh Barty, Daria Gavrilova and Samantha Stosur are set to launch their French Open assaults amid encouraging forecasts that “anything can happen” in an increasingly wildly open women’s draw in …

Former world No.1 Serena Williams returns to grand slam action for the first time in over 15 months, when she goes up against Czech Kristyna Pliskova in the first round …

Bernard Tomic has turned on himself once again in a sour aftermath to his first-round French Open exit at Roland Garros. Tomic shot down suggestions he was only playing tennis …

Still reeling from knee surgeries, former champion Stan Wawrinka has lost a five-set battle to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the first round of the French Open. Last year’s finalist lasted three …