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A midweek summer meeting at Terang in country Victoria has had added star power with multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart making an appearance for a race day gallop. …

The Caulfield meeting featuring the Blue Diamond Previews will be brought forward to avoid the anticipated hottest part of the day. Saturday’s nine-race meeting will begin at 11am (AEDT), two …

Aaron Purcell is confident Merchant Navy is in for another successful campaign after the Group One-winning colt impressed in his first serious piece of work of the preparation in a …

Lanciato has been a constant in Mark Newnham’s short training career and the five-year-old will be given his chance in Listed company in the Carrington Stakes. The gelding was Newnham’s …

HOW CAROLINE WOZNIACKI AND ELISE MERTENS MATCH UP AHEAD OF THEIR AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMI-FINAL: 2-CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN) leads ELISE MERTENS (BEL) 1-0 2017 Bastad, clay, SF, Wozniacki 7-5 4-6 6-2 …

All-time great Serena Williams has given the thumbs down to compatriot Tennys Sandgren as the unheralded American attempts to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open. “Turns channel,” the 23-time …

RAFAEL NADAL’S AUSTRALIAN OPEN HIGHS AND LOWS 2009: Beats Roger Federer in an epic five-set final to land his first – and only – Open crown. 2010: Retires in third …

Caroline Wozniacki says she’s still tormented by her 2011 Australian Open semi-final loss to Li Na after again reaching the final four again at Melbourne Park. Seeking her first grand …

World No.1 Rafael Nadal is demanding officials investigate the spate of injuries at the top of tennis after suffering yet more Australian Open despair at Melbourne Park. A crestfallen Nadal …

Former world No.1 Serena Williams will return to competitive tennis next month in the United States’ Fed Cup first round tie against the Netherlands, the United States Tennis Association says. …

Australian Open semi-finalist Kyle Edmund was tipped by his schoolteachers to have a bright sporting career – as a professional cricketer. The 23-year-old became just the sixth British man to …

HOW ROGER FEDERER MATCHES UP WITH TOMAS BERDYCH AHEAD OF THEIR AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARTER-FINAL. 2-ROGER FEDERER (SUI) leads 19-TOMAS BERDYCH (CZE) 19-6 (7-2 in grand slams) 2017Wimbledon, grass, SF, Federer …

Wales five-eighth Dan Biggar will miss his team’s first three Six Nations matches due to a shoulder injury, the BBC reports. Rhys Priestland is also ruled out of the majority …

On paper, Scott Bolton may no longer be the leader of the North Queensland pack. But the veteran prop believes his role will not be changing much this year despite …

Still reeling from Cooper Cronk’s departure, Queensland coach Kevin Walters says Michael Morgan is no lock for the vacant Maroons No.7 jersey in 2018. However, Walters hinted that the North …

Rafael Nadal will undergo scans to determine the exact nature and severity of the leg muscle injury that forced him to retire from his Australian Open quarter-final clash against Marin …

The retirement of No.1 seed Rafael Nadal may have eased Marin Cilic’s passage to the Australian Open semi-finals, but the Croatian is no less delighted with his form. The No.6 …

He has talked up the need for Sydney 7s success all season, but on tournament eve Australian men’s rugby coach Andy Friend says it’s time to chill. Chasing their first …