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Jordan Kahu has made his positional desires no secret, volunteering himself to replace the injured Darius Boyd at fullback for the Brisbane Broncos. Captain Boyd is still on light duties …

John Sargent isn’t ready to abandon his Golden Slipper aspirations with Royal Witness despite the colt’s underwhelming debut at Randwick. Before his first start on Wednesday, the colt was supported …

Trainer Robbie Laing acknowledges the task ahead as he tackles the Lightning Stakes first-up with Missrock. Opponents in the Group One Lightning Stakes over the straight 1000m course at Flemington …

Trainer Matt Dunn is planning an all-out assault on the $500,000 NSW Country Championship final after the disappointment of a wet track in last year’s race. Heading Dunn’s plans is …

A race dear to the heart of Tony McEvoy is on the agenda for promising three-year-old Vinland. The C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington on Saturday will be the return …

Single Gaze’s close second over 1400 metres in the Group One C F Orr Stakes has buoyed jockey Kathy O’Hara’s confidence for the rest of the campaign. O’Hara felt Single …

Victorian jockey Dwayne Dunn has made a flying visit to Newcastle to ride Group One prospect Outrageous to a narrow victory. The Hawkes Racing-trained Outrageous was the $1.40 favourite in …

Gold Coast tall Sam Day is slated to return for this Saturday’s AFLX, almost exactly one year since his horror hip injury. Day’s 2017 campaign came to a brutal halt …

Players, coaches and sports administrators have paid tribute to Australian rugby great Sir Nicholas Shehadie, who died in Sydney on Sunday aged 92. The former Wallabies captain was credited as …

Matthew Brabham will add another chapter to the famous racing name’s legacy after securing a berth at this year’s Bathurst 1000. The 23-year-old is the son of Bathurst and Le …

Leading sports physician Dr Peter Brukner says women are more susceptible to rupturing anterior cruciate ligaments after a spate of serious knee injuries continued in the AFLW. The Western Bulldogs …

Canterbury premiership-winner Paul Dunn admits the club still has salary cap issues that will form part of the new board’s full review into their NRL football operations. On Sunday, Dunn …

Serena Williams lost her first official match since maternity leave as she and sister Venus were beaten in a doubles dead rubber by the Netherlands in the Fed Cup. in …

Winning a pre-season tournament is no pointer to Super Rugby success but Blues coach Tana Umaga is delighted at a couple of attributes highlighted in Brisbane. Umaga’s men scored a …

The Czech Republic have advanced to the Fed Cup semi-finals after two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic. Kvitova’s 6-2 6-4 victory gave the Czechs an insurmountable 3-0 …

Bosnian qualifier Mirza Basic has used all his skill and determination to beat big-serving Romanian Marius Copil 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (7-4) 6-4 in a nerve-wracking final of the Sofia Open …

The Czech Republic have advanced to the Fed Cup semi-finals after two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-4. Kvitova’s victory gave the Czechs an insurmountable 3-0 …

A relieved Greig Laidlaw has demanded improvements from Scotland despite seeing them come from behind to see off France in the Six Nations. It took a faultless display of kicking …