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Lightly raced colt Messerschmitt is expected to have taken improvement from a recent maiden win in preparation for a lucrative sales-restricted race at Caulfield. The Anthony Freedman-trained Messerschmitt is the …

Kerrin McEvoy can’t ride Winx but he can help another of suspended jockey Hugh Bowman’s blue chip autumn mounts make a winning return at Rosehill. McEvoy, ready to resume riding …

Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes will weigh up the options but is leaning to sending two-year-old colt Chicago Typewriter to Melbourne for a crack at the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes at …

Trainers have sought an urgent meeting with Racing Queensland officials to address problems associated with preparing raceday tracks. RQ is expected to meet with a trainers delegation in Brisbane on …

Canberra trainer Nick Olive believes his stable star Single Gaze has improved again as she builds up for autumn targets in Melbourne and Sydney. Single Gaze was runner-up in the …

Ashleigh Barty and Daria Gavrilova will lead Australia’s charge in their Fed Cup clash with Ukraine as Sam Stosur continues her absence from the team. World No.16 Barty and No.25 …

The olive branches may have run out from team captain Lleyton Hewitt but Australia’s Davis Cup players are still hopeful of a reconciliation with Bernard Tomic. Doubles specialist John Peers …

Brisbane captain Darius Boyd has been cleared to play the NRL season opener after overcoming another hamstring drama. The Broncos fullback is eyeing off a pre-season trial after bouncing back …

REASONS FOR OPTIMISM FOR YOUR AFL TEAM IN 2018 * ADELAIDE The Crows finally snared star midfielder Bryce Gibbs 13 years after missing out via the father-son rule and 12 …

* ADELAIDE Coach: Bec Goddard Captains: Erin Phillips/Chelsea Randall Last season: premiers Sportsbet: $3.50 Curiously, in a pre-season survey, no rival captain predicted Adelaide as a grand finalist. The Crows …

Growing up in public isn’t easy, Boris Becker admits. But the former tennis prodigy and world No.1 believes Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has finally come of age. Becker said Kyrgios took …

Scotland have recalled prop Jon Welsh for his first Test since the last World Cup as they named their team for the Six Nations opener against Wales in Cardiff. Injuries …

Bernard Tomic has taken a swipe at Lleyton Hewitt but says his priority is to return to tennis, prove people wrong and play for Australia again. On Tuesday, Davis Cup …

The NSW Waratahs will head into their first Super Rugby trial on Friday with a new mentality and briefed on all the latest law amendments. The Tahs will play the …

England rugby players have spoken of the obsessive habits of “workaholic” coach Eddie Jones ahead of the opening of their Six Nations defence this weekend. Former Wallabies boss Jones has …

Teenage NRL star Moses Suli is expected to join the Canterbury Bulldogs after the promising winger was released from the Wests Tigers on Wednesday. Suli, who made headlines last year …

New Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle says regaining the Bledisloe Cup is her priority, but the Wallabies could end up facing a 2018 decider in Asia. The symbol of trans-Tasman …

The Wallabies’ hopes of ending their long Bledisloe Cup drought have been boosted with this year’s third Test to be played on neutral territory in Japan. New Zealand have chosen …