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An impressive barrier trial win by three-year-old Yeager has erased memories of his last-start failure. Yeager is rated a future top line miler but was never in the hunt when …

Trainers are usually reluctant to make changes to a winning formula but Joe Pride is taking the winkers off Ball Of Muscle for his biggest test. In a frightening prospect …

Brent Stanley believes the mare who has him in the box seat to win a new car can add another Moonee Valley success to her tally. Beach Front raced to …

South Africa’s 2007 World Cup winning coach Jake White is set to be named manager of Top 14 side Montpellier according to L’Equipe. The 51-year-old — a two-time IRB world …

India captain MS Dhoni feels his side can square the four-Test series against Australia. But only if the tourists start the Boxing Day Test with thoughts of defeats in Adelaide …

West Indian captain Denesh Ramdin says he believes his team’s problems against South Africa are a lack of self-belief although he stressed several times they were up against the number …

Josh Hazlewood has a simple piece of advice for Joe Burns: don’t change anything. Hazlewood was given baggy green No.440 in Brisbane last week, while Burns will become Australia’s 441st …

Joe Burns wouldn’t be at the MCG on Boxing Day if not for Darren Lehmann. That’s true because Australian coach Lehmann is on the selection panel that ushered Burns into …

Steve Smith isn’t too worried about mental disintegration, because India are starting to self-combust. Australia will reclaim the Border-Gavaskar trophy if they win at the MCG, taking an unassailable 3-0 …

Desperate to dispel rumours of dressing room disquiet, India captain MS Dhoni opted for dry wit instead of unbridled rage. Dhoni last week admitted there was “unrest” among the team …

Steve Smith vowed to pick up the pace, with Australia’s stand-in skipper confident he won’t be slapped with a one-game ban for slow over-rates. Smith was docked 60 per cent …

New Zealand will wait until the morning of the Boxing Day cricket Test against Sri Lanka to finalise their playing XI as they mull over the make-up of their pace …

Debutant Joe Burns will bat at No.6 for Australia in the Boxing Day Test. Stand-in skipper Steve Smith confirmed his XI on Christmas Day, with Burns and Ryan Harris coming …

Enjoying his first Christmas Day as a father, David Warner feels he’s matured on and off the field over the past year. Warner’s cricket career was at the crossroads when …

Bradford have signed former Hull and Wigan front-rower Epalahame Lauaki on a two-year contract. The 30-year-old former New Zealand and Tonga international joins the relegated Bulls from NRL side Manly …

Legendary South African allrounder Jacques Kallis’ arrival is set to pay dividends for the Sydney Thunder both on and off the field in the Big Bash League. Cellar dwellers for …

Temba Bavuma could become only the sixth ethnic black African to play Test cricket for South Africa when the second Test against the West Indies starts at St George’s Park …

The West Indies face a daunting task when they take on South Africa in the second Test at Port Elizabeth’s St George’s Park on Friday. The tourists were outplayed in …