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Joe Pride has played a major part in shaping the dynasty of prolific broodmare Parfore and is expanding his relationship to her extended family. Group One winners Tiger Tees and …

Sandown Cup winner Renew is the star of Archie Alexander’s fledgling stable and the trainer will aim him at another important staying feature. The Group Two Adelaide Cup, like the …

Multiple Group One placegetter Speediness has been given an extended summer spell and will venture into new territory in search of an elusive big-race victory. The seven-year-old, who has finished …

Happy Trails will pick up where he left off when he attempts to add the year’s first Group One to his last-start Mackinnon Stakes win. Trainer Paul Beshara is stepping …

Sydney Sixers have ended Brisbane Heat’s hopes of sneaking into the Big Bash League finals after a comfortable six-wicket victory with 14 balls to spare at the Gabba on Sunday …

Russian-born Australian Daria Gavrilova marched into the second-round of the Sydney International on Sunday night with an impressive 6-3 6-0 win over rising Swiss star star Belinda Bencic. The Melbourne-based …

There were 1,000 reasons why top seed Roger Federer wanted to win the Brisbane International men’s final on Sunday night. But it seems there are few excuses for the Swiss …

A court in Bangladesh granted bail to national cricketer Rubel Hossain Sunday in a rape case filed by a 19-year-old actress, clearing the way for him to play in next …

A four-and-a-half hour rain delay has delayed Sam Stosur’s Sydney International campaign by 24 hours with the Australian No.1 to now face Lucie Safarova on Monday afternoon. Play at Sydney …

Casey Dellacqua is putting her Hopman Cup losing streak down to crucial match practice ahead of a big year. The world No.29 touched down in Tasmania where she is top …

Perth Scorchers have gone to the top of the Big Bash ladder after Hobart Hurricanes fell short in their run chase at Bellerive Oval. Batsman Michael Hill’s best Twenty20 score …

Ryan Harris will spend the World Cup wrapped in cotton wool, such is the veteran paceman’s importance to Australia’s Ashes campaign this year. Harris, comfortably one of the best bowlers …

Keen to avoid a kerfuffle, selectors set February 21 as the hard-and-fast deadline for Michael Clarke to prove his fitness for the World Cup. If Clarke is not fully fit …

Set up by a quick-fire half-century from skipper Brendon McCullum, and anchored by a measured 81 from Corey Anderson, New Zealand stuttered their way to a three-wicket win in Sunday’s …

Chris Rogers has replaced Mike Hussey as captain of the Prime Minister’s XI for the game against England in Canberra on Wednesday. Hussey was forced to withdraw from the limited-overs …

It won’t be a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth in Australia’s World Cup campaign, George Bailey insists. Selectors retained Bailey as Michael Clarke’s understudy for the one-day …

Rain has delayed the start of the Sydney International tennis tournament with none of Sunday’s 19 scheduled matches yet to take place. Tournament officials are hoping play may get underway …

Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel stormed to a five-shot lead after the third round of the South African Open on Saturday as he attempts to win his national golf title …