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Deploy has gone from talented sprinter to track record holder at Randwick with his victory in the Group Three Show County Quality. The Gerald Ryan-trained Deploy ($4.20) clocked 1:08.06 for …

Vega Magic has shown he will be a force in the first Group One race of the season after carrying a big weight to a first-up win in the Regal …

A dominant final-round win against Fremantle in Melbourne should see Essendon finish the AFL season inside the top eight, but coach John Worsfold says percentages won’t be spoken about this …

Grigor Dimitrov tamed the big serve of John Isner, with the Bulgarian posting a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (12-10) win to book a spot in the final of the Cincinnati Masters. …

Nathan Cleary can claim a piece of NRL history against Canberra on Saturday as he sets his sights on Ryan Girdler’s all-time Penrith club pointscoring record. The 19-year-old Panthers No.7 …

Newcastle five-eighth Brock Lamb’s breakthrough NRL season is over after he suffered a knee injury in Saturday’s 44-12 loss to Melbourne. The Knights had salt poured into their wounds after …

Garbine Muguruza has reached her first Cincinnati Open final with a 6-3 6-2 upset of defending champion Karolina Pliskova. The Wimbledon champion will meet the winner of the later semi-final …

Provided James Sicily learns his hard AFL lessons, Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson will forgive the fiery defender’s tough night out. Sicily gave away seven free kicks as Carlton forward Jed …

Ghana-born winger Raymond Rhule scored his first international try as South Africa claimed a 37-15 victory over Argentina in their Rugby Championship opener. The Springboks dominated the physical contest and …

Michael Cheika is vowing to stick by defensive coach Nathan Grey despite the Wallabies leaking eight tries against the All Blacks for the first time in 81 years. Cheika condemned …

Australian rugby legend Michael Lynagh has savaged the Wallabies’ “schoolboy” skills and revealed how his offers to help have fallen on deaf ears. Commentating on Saturday night’s Bledisloe Cup opener …

The rebuild of the Wests Tigers has finally begun, according to coach Ivan Cleary. The Tigers showed a stack of resilience in their 22-18 NRL loss to the Sydney Roosters …

Michael Morgan has spoken passionately about North Queensland’s desire to rise above their horror injury toll and make an unlikely finals run, saying the season would be ‘a failure’ if …

AFL qualifying final hosting rights will be up for grabs in Geelong with Greater Western Sydney young gun Josh Kelly calling it the perfect preparation for September. Saturday’s meeting between …

West Coast will know their exact AFL finals equation come the opening bounce in Perth next week. But coach Adam Simpson is unsure if that is likely to be much …

He may only be in charge for one more AFL game, but interim Gold Coast coach Dean Solomon is intent on teaching the Suns the art of playing ugly while …

On a day of tumult at Sydney Motorsport Park, Jamie Whincup was perhaps the luckiest man in the Supercars field. Whincup was caught up in a bungle between Scott McLaughlin …

Carlton have killed off Hawthorn’s faint AFL finals hopes with a rousing seven-point win at Etihad Stadium. The hard-fought 12.5 (77) to 10.10 (70) win on Saturday night broke the …