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Vega Magic is still on target for the Darley Classic at the Flemington carnival despite the disappointment of his Manikato Stakes run as the $2 favourite. Friday night’s fifth placing …

Kris Lees will look to take Karavali to Flemington for the Matriarch Stakes after her impressive 2000m-win at Randwick at her first try at the distance. The Group Two Matriarch …

The first Scottish trainer to have a runner in the Melbourne Cup has arrived in Australia to oversee final preparations for the big race. Iain Jardine was at the Werribee …

Britain’s Lewis Hamilton has been crowned Formula One world champion after he finished ninth in a dramatic Mexican Grand Prix. The race was won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen but …

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton at one stage fell 25 points adrift of Sebastian Vettel in the Formula One title race but turned the championship battle on its head following a scintillating …

Lucas Pouille has taken his revenge in the first all-French final played at the Vienna Open as he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win his third title of the season. The …

Roger Federer won the Swiss Indoors title in Basel for a record eighth time with victory over Juan Martin del Potro but has pulled out of next week’s Paris Masters. …

Simona Halep is still searching for her first grand slam title but admits the consolation of ending the year as world No.1 will motivate her for a major title breakthrough …

Caroline Wozniacki says Venus Williams was not getting in her head during an incredible second set of their WTA Finals championship match in Singapore on Sunday. But at one stage, …

Caroline Wozniacki has fought off an extraordinary comeback from Venus Williams to win the WTA Finals in Singapore 6-4 6-4. After a close first set, Wozniacki hit the accelerator, winning …

South Africa have named four uncapped players in their rugby squad to tour Europe next month as coach Allister Coetzee looks to add some dynamism to his side’s backline play. …

Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova have won the doubles title at the year-end WTA Finals in Singapore, defeating Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson 4-6 6-4 10-5. The third seeds became …

Rugby League World Cup heavyweights Australia, New Zealand and England have all been dealt early tournament hurdles to clear after suffering injury blows in their opening games. The Kangaroos and …

Simona Halep has only just been crowned as year-end World No.1, but she says she knows her 2018 will be complicated by the return of Serena Williams and the first …

Andrea Dovizioso won the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday to keep the MotoGP title race alive into the final stop of the season as championship leader Marc Marquez was held …

Four uncapped players are included but there’s no room for Quade Cooper in the 32-man Wallabies squad for the spring tour of Japan and the United Kingdom. Coach Michael Cheika …

Uncapped locks Matt Philip and Blake Enever are shock selections in the Wallabies’ 32-man squad for their spring rugby union tour of Japan and the United Kingdom. A knee injury …

Trainer John Zielke’s system of educating his early-season two-year-olds shows no sign of getting old. Rosa’s Charm ($21) charged home along the fence to beat her Zielke-trained stablemate Miracles Aplenty …