Two three-year-olds will carry the hopes of Gai Waterhouse as the champion trainer chases the biggest trophy in Australian racing to have eluded her. Waterhouse has won 126 Group One …
Trainer Ken Keys has been in the spotlight over the past month through the deeds of three-year-old Rich Enuff. Now he has dreams of a Melbourne Cup start with dour …
French stayer Au Revoir will be out to cement a Melbourne Cup start when he runs at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The five-year-old Singspiel entire has been undergoing quarantine at …
Wales coach Warren Gatland on Tuesday named a well-tested 34-man squad to contest the four-match November Test series with 20-year-old Ospreys prop Nicky Smith the only uncapped player involved. A …
As Gai Waterhouse fine tunes her Cox Plate three-year-olds Almalad and Wandjina, an almost forgotten Tulloch Lodge star is ready to make a comeback after a throat surgery. Spurtonic, a …
Mourinho is likely to get his Group One chance in the Mackinnon Stakes after connections’ hopes of a Cox Plate start fell flat. The Moonee Valley Racing Club committee used …
The horse that gave Lloyd Williams his first Caulfield Cup remains a solid favourite to break the prominent owner’s Cox Plate hoodoo. Fawkner has drawn perfectly in barrier four for …
Hugh Bowman is free to ride Irish visitor Mutual Regard in the Melbourne Cup after having a lengthy suspension reduced on appeal. Bowman was outed for 20 meetings after he …
Robert Heathcote is convinced the Manikato Stakes barrier draw has played out in favour of his defending champion Buffering. But the Queensland trainer still rates Lankan Rupee as the horse …
He played in Australia’s two Rugby World Cup victories, captained his country during one of the Wallabies’ most successful eras and even earned the nickname ‘nobody’ – because nobody’s perfect. …
He may be in a makeshift Kangaroos line-up but Greg Inglis sounded like a man who wanted a permanent hold on the Australian No.1 jersey on Tuesday. Five rookies are …
Wallabies coach elect Michael Cheika was scrambling to finalise his support team on Tuesday night after Brumbies mentor Stephen Larkham ruled himself out of the end-of-year tour. Cheika’s anticipated appointment …
One look at the pitch for the first Test was enough to convince Australian captain Michael Clarke it’s going to be a challenging week against Pakistan’s spinners. Clarke’s side trained …
Insight gained by their NRL-based contingent has England confident of being “one step ahead” at the Four Nations tournament despite losing their captain on Tuesday. Bulldogs enforcer James Graham will …
Pakistan coach Waqar Younis is hopeful star spinner Saeed Ajmal will soon be cleared to return to the side following his controversial chucking ban. “The last thing I’ve heard was …
Australian cricket’s strongest states have been assured they won’t lose their top talent to rivals under a proposed draft system to improve talent pathways around the country. Cricket Australia high …
After a five-month layoff battling a calf injury, Watson returns to the international scene in Australia’s Twenty20 clash with South Africa in Adelaide early next month. Before then, Australia will …
Most golfers hate spending time in the sand, but for one-time major winner Geoff Ogilvy, it’s proven to be the perfect tonic. Ogilvy was in danger of burning out earlier …
