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Brenton Avdulla has posted a century of wins in NSW for the third successive season as Sydney’s premiership-leading jockey found redemption with Black On Gold. Disappointed after the gelding was …

A trip to Melbourne has helped turn promising galloper Taking Aim into a Group One contender in the Queensland winter carnival. Taking Aim justified a $5 into $3.80 CrownBet betting …

Lance Horan has earned enough to pay someone else to drive him home from Rosehill, with the part-time taxi driver celebrating O’Lordy’s big payday in the Highway Handicap. Horan bred …

An aborted trip to Brisbane for imported galloper Articus has paid dividends for Brad Rawiller at Flemington. Articus had to settle for a consolation win in the Chairman’s Club Handicap …

Viridine has made a successful beginning to his racing career at Rosehill, with New Zealand jockey Rory Hutchings also enjoying a fresh start. Hutchings was thrown off as the two-year-old …

Smart short course horse Prompt Return has had people searching the record books after running a slashing time for his last 600m in the Bat Out of Hell (900m) on …

Marin Cilic warmed up for this month’s French Open by capturing his first claycourt title in five years with a 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 win over Canadian top seed Milos Raonic …

Maria Sharapova will face her strongest critic, Eugenie Bouchard, in the second round of the Madrid Open on Monday. Less than two weeks after Canadian Bouchard called Sharapova a cheater …

Cameron McInnes wanted to show City Origin officials he belonged in a representative camp last week. And after six days with the team and one stellar performance for the victors, …

Sydney coach John Longmire has warned the Swans long overdue first AFL win of the season doesn’t automatically herald the start of a full scale revival. Beaten in their first …

Jamie Whincup hasn’t jagged a race win yet in 2017 but he says any talk about a changing of the guard and the demise of Red Bull Racing as a …

Country coach Craig Fitzgibbon fired one last parting shot at the NRL over their handling of the axed fixture on Sunday. City claimed the final honours in the not-to-be continued …

Veteran Hawthorn defender Grant Birchall is set for another stint on the sidelines after suffering a knee injury in Sunday’s thrilling win over Melbourne. Adding to the Hawks’ woes, star …

New Zealand pair Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor are facing further sanctions in the coming days after they were embroiled in an NRL drugs scandal. The pair have already copped …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon admits he may have erred in persisting with an undersized forward line earlier this year, but he’s glad spearhead Matt Taberner was made to win back …

Dani Pedrosa won a spicy Spanish MotoGP from pole position as Australia’s Jack Miller got physically involved with Spanish rider Alvaro Bautista. After crashing out Miller shoved Bautista in the …

With apologies to Seinfield, Ford’s Scott McLaughlin proved he was Penske material at the Perth Supercars round. Now he wants to show he is also master of his domain by …

Maria Sharapova recovered from a shaky opening to defeat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 4-6 6-4 6-0 in the first round of the Madrid Open, getting off to a good start …