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Former All Blacks Sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens is returning to coaching after being named to as the new mentor for Samoa. The 60-year-old stepped down last month after 23 …

Christian Lealiifano will receive a bone marrow transplant from his sister as he continues his recovery from leukaemia. The Wallabies and Brumbies star is preparing for the transplant next month …

An extension has been granted to Red Bull Racing (RBR) to finalise their appeal in the wake of the controversial Bathurst 1000 finish. RBR must submit evidence to support the …

St Kilda have secured young midfielder Jack Steele from Greater Western Sydney. The Giants will receive a second round draft pick in 2017 for Steele, who played 17 games in …

Hawthorn champion Sam Mitchell’s AFL move to West Coast is complete. The star midfielder joins the Eagles following 15 years and four premierships with the Hawks after publicly expressing his …

Anyone in Nigeria, Nicaragua or Nepal with a good internet connection will be able to watch the Melbourne Cup live when Twitter streams the race to its global audience. The …

The Cox Plate is being billed as a showdown between champion Winx and in-form Hartnell, but the latter’s trainer isn’t buying into that. John O’Shea, who took Hartnell and fellow …

Trainer Andreas Wohler has faith in Articus to produce a top four finish in the 2016 Caulfield Cup. Articus has pleased Wohler ahead of Saturday’s 2400m handicap since the German …

Greg Inglis sounded out Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy about a shock return to the Storm before re-signing with South Sydney, the Kangaroos centre has revealed. Rabbitohs skipper Inglis last week …

Tally

Godolphin’s Australian trainer John O’Shea expects to know early in the Caulfield Cup 2016 whether Tally has any chance to win. This year’s Australian Derby minor placegetter has had Saturday’s …

Tycoon Tara

Caulfield has been a happy hunting ground for Snowden Racing and the father-and-son team is poised to make an impact again at one of the Melbourne track’s biggest meetings of …

Faraway Town

While Faraway Town’s never-say-die attitude kept her in the paddock longer than her contemporaries, every time they raced her form looked better. Trainer Matthew Smith’s rising star returns to Randwick …

Danish Twist

After a busy autumn and winter campaign for Danish Twist, trainer Kris Lees wondered how well the stakes winning mare would bounce back this spring. But Danish Twist answered that …

Mark Webber has announced he’ll retire from professional racing at the end of the world endurance season in Bahrain next month. The 40-year-old Canberran competed in over 200 F1 grands …

Among his many titles, Wally Lewis is now also officially a legend. The rugby league star known as The King and the Emperor of Lang Park for his playing exploits …

The Kangaroos have put State of Origin animosity behind them in their quest for Four Nations glory. Queensland’s win in this year’s interstate series ended in considerable animosity after NSW …

Springboks Rugby World Cup hero Joel Stransky says South African rugby is rotten from the bottom up and top down and needs radical reform if the current slump is to …

Frenchman Gilles Simon has shocked world No.3 Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-4 in the third round of the Shanghai Masters on a day that saw top seeds Novak Djokovic and Andy …