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Pakistan seamer Mohammad Aamer, banned and jailed for spot fixing in one of cricket’s darkest episodes, is set to be handed a dramatic return to the sport. The International Cricket …

Former Australian rugby league supremo John Quayle is among the new-look board of the Newcastle Knights announced by the NRL as they look to secure the future of the troubled …

Novak Djokovic believes the thrill of becoming a father has provided him with the perfect motivation to win yet another ATP World Tour Finals title and end the year as …

EMIRATES STAKES – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HISTORY: * Million-dollar 1600m race, final Group One event of the Melbourne Cup carnival * Bart Cummings has trained six winners * …

New Zealand spinner Mark Craig believes patience will be key when the Black Caps try to tame a Pakistan cricket side on a high after two huge wins over Australia. …

The race that stops the nation is meant to be the celebration of a great sporting event, not a time to be talking about animals suffering. But the deaths of …

Popular Tasmanian galloper The Cleaner’s travel itinerary could extend beyond Melbourne if he can run a big race in the Group One Emirates Stakes. The Cleaner has raced in Tasmania …

A Melbourne Cup week race he didn’t win seems certain to hold the key to one of trainer Chris Waller’s best chances at Randwick. Waller’s stable set a hectic pace …

Irish sprinter Slade Power is ready for one last test – against Australia’s best – as he bids to cap his career in the Group One Darley Classic at Flemington. …

Mick Price has been waiting all spring to get Australian Horse of the Year Lankan Rupee to Flemington. The Mick Price-trained Lankan Rupee returns to Flemington for Saturday’s Darley Classic …

DARLEY CLASSIC – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HISTORY: * Million-dollar, 1200m weight-for-age sprint * First run in 1960, Group One since 1979 * Held on Victoria Derby day until …

Owner Rupert Legh says he has already discussed the possibility of having a horse walkway at Flemington named in honour of Araldo. Araldo had to be euthanised after breaking a …

Ben Barba’s career at Brisbane is over, with coach Wayne Bennett telling the former Canterbury star he couldn’t guarantee him a spot in the Broncos side next NRL season. Barba …

Next year’s World Cup remains a realistic goal for Pat Cummins, as the fit-again paceman looks to put three years of frustration behind him. Cummins starred in Australia’s seven-wicket win …

France rugby captain Thierry Dusautoir insisted Friday that the influx of new players to the starting XV against Fiji on Saturday will not affect the team’s cohesion. Coach Philippe Saint-Andre …

Nico Rosberg made a bright start to his bid to end Lewis Hamilton’s recent supremacy when he completed a rare Friday ‘double’ by topping both free practice sessions for the …

In the same week two Melbourne Cup runners died, two more thoroughbreds have met a similar fate at country race meetings across NSW. Four-year-old Rich Love died when he returned …

Michael Hooper admits it’s been a testing time to be Wallabies captain but it hasn’t turned him off the prospect of retaining the role long-term. The Kurtley Beale text messaging …