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Melbourne Cup Field: Racing Victoria vets will return to Werribee to inspect the Melbourne Cup’s international contingent before final declarations. Dr Brian Stewart and Dr Grace Forbes have passed English …

Steve Smith says he’ll welcome the challenge of batting at first-drop if captain Michael Clarke pulls the trigger for Thursday’s second Test against Pakistan. No.5 batsman Smith has looked quite …

Get down the track and put the spinners off their game. That’s Steve Smith’s plan of attack for Thursday’s second Test in Abu Dhabi. Smith was one of the few …

Former Test captain Mark Taylor believes Australia’s failings against spin bowling boils down to a mental barrier rather than a technical issue. Taylor said Australia’s 221-run loss to Pakistan in …

South Australian Wade Ormsby was just 21 years old when he decided to give golf one last crack. Thirteen years on, that final fling is showing no signs of slowing …

Former Test captain Mark Taylor says the ICC crackdown on illegal bowling actions had to happen because “things were starting to get out of hand”. The Australian board member was …

Gold Coast have presented Rodney Eade with a belated chance to fix the one glaring gap in his outstanding AFL career. The 56-year-old will take over from Guy McKenna as …

St George Illawarra have announced that journeyman prop George Rose has agreed to a one-year contract for the 2015 NRL season. Rose will join the Dragons after playing just nine …

Teenager Sione Mata’utia will become the youngest person to play a rugby league Test for Australia after being selected for the must-win Four Nations clash with England on Sunday. The …

Gold Coast are on the verge of confirming that Rodney Eade will be their new AFL coach. But details have to be finalised and no announcement is expected until later …

It’s hard to wrong foot England centre Kallum Watkins – until you ask him about the new-look Kangaroos squad. Former Cronulla target Watkins admits he is unfamiliar with many of …

Wallabies prop Pek Cowan says his burning desire to see the Western Force taste long-overdue success was his major reason behind re-signing with the Super Rugby franchise for a further …

Australia will use skills rather than strength to try to match England’s big-bopping Burgess twins in Sunday’s must-win Four Nations rugby league clash in Melbourne. Australia were out-muscled by New …

The pressure is on Tasmania’s top order as the Tigers work to turn around their fortunes ahead of the Sheffield Shield season. With a lineup of experience and young blood …

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has warned fellow AFL club Gold Coast to tread carefully as they try to poach Magpies football director Rodney Eade. The Suns want to lure Eade …

NZ Warriors backrower Feleti Mateo has been granted an early release from his contract to return to Sydney. The 30-year-old had two years to run on his contract with the …

Second rower Kevin Proctor is sure there will be no hangover when the Kiwis look to consolidate their Four Nations rugby league campaign against Samoa. Proctor played a key role …

NSW seam bowler Trent Copeland is set to miss the first half of the domestic season with a back stress fracture. The former Australian Test player hopes to be back …