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A draft steal and late bloomer could snap an AFL Coleman medal stranglehold. North Melbourne’s Ben Brown and West Coast’s Jack Darling are laying claims to pry Lance Franklin and …

Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans has encouraged serial niggler Dylan Walker not to change despite the fractured eye socket he copped. The Sea Eagles will be without Walker for up to …

Daly Cherry-Evans denies 2018 is his final roll of the dice for Queensland and that his State of Origin career will be dead and buried if his name isn’t read …

The second foal of unbeaten champion Black Caviar is close to making his racecourse debut. Prince Of Caviar has been nominated for a 1000m two-year-old race at Cranbourne on Friday …

Toowoomba trainer Mark Currie has been disqualified for two years after being found guilty of 16 charges involving race day treatment of his son Ben Currie’s horses. Mark Currie is …

Tom Barker, the long-time foreman for the late TJ Smith, Tom Barker has died aged 82. Known to most as “Spider”, Barker worked for Smith for more than 40 years …

Having farewelled stable star Terravista, Joe Pride is turning his attention to another veteran, Destiny’s Kiss. Dual Group One-winning sprinter Terravista has been retired at the age of eight following …

Queensland’s toughest mare Plucky Girl is set to step up for her first black-type assignment in the Group Three Glenlogan Park Stakes at Doomben. Plucky Girl took her career statistics …

Play That Song will press on to a start in the Queensland Oaks despite baffling her trainer with her latest performance. The three-year-old finished seventh of the 16 runners in …

French Open organisers say they will not be giving three-time champion Serena Williams a seeding for this year’s tournament but several of her biggest rivals believe the American great deserves …

Bernard Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis are safely through to the second round of French Open qualifying in Paris. After a dismal 2017 and fleeting appearance on reality TV, Tomic continued …

Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis has taken his first step towards qualifying for the French Open with victory over Jaimee Floyd Angele. The South Australian battled back from a set down to …

Top-seeded Australian Ashleigh Barty has powered into the second round of the Strasbourg Open after beating Thai lucky loser Luksika Kumkhum in straight sets. The Aussie No.1 struck 21 winners …

Queensland veteran Steph Hancock has put retirement plans aside and made herself available for the women’s inaugural Women’s State Of Origin clash. Last year Hancock announced she’d be quitting representative …

Western Bulldogs star Marcus Bontempelli has revealed negotiations on a new AFL contract with the club are underway. The 22-year-old’s current deal keeps him at Whitten Oval until the end …

Geelong coach Chris Scott admits he’s still figuring out how to best utilise superstar veteran Gary Ablett. The much-heralded return of the two-time Brownlow Medal winner after seven seasons with …

More than top spot on the NRL ladder will be on the line in Penrith’s top-of-the-table clash with St George Illawarra, according to Panthers centre Tyrone Peachey. Penrith have the …

Parramatta star Mitchell Moses has claimed responsibility for the NRL club’s pointscoring struggles this season, saying the responsibility is on him to provide the composure in attack. The Eels currently …