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Gerald Ryan has begun his winter carnival assault in style but the weather will determine if Group One winning sprinter Snitzerland continues her campaign. The Rosehill trainer had two stakes …

Another slip-up by the Brumbies in Christchurch and the NSW Waratahs’ spirited bonus-point win over the Hurricanes have breathed fresh life into the fight for Super Rugby’s Australian conference honours. …

The NSW Waratahs will continue to live and die by the sword as coach Michael Cheika encourages his charges to try to win an elusive Super Rugby crown in style. …

Title-holder Tommy Haas crashed out of the Munich ATP tournament semi-finals on Saturday, the 36-year-old suffering a 6-3 6-2 defeat by Slovakian qualifier Martin Klizan. Germany’s Haas, the defending Munich …

The struggling Stormers edged the Highlanders 29-28 in Super Rugby on Saturday, helped by three rare tries by prop forwards. Frans Malherbe scored two, his first tries in Super Rugby, …

Midfield back Francis Saili is out of contention for the All Blacks’ Tests against England in June after being diagnosed with a serious ankle injury. Saili and Blues midfield colleague …

World number three Stacy Lewis has fired a two-under par 69 to match South Korea’s Meena Lee for the lead after the third round of the LPGA North Texas Shootout. …

Jake White’s return to Canberra looks less like the sub-plot of next weekend’s top-of-the-table Super Rugby clash between the Brumbies and the Sharks and more like the defining narrative. White’s …

Australian young gun Jack Miller is well placed to extend his Moto3 world championship lead after securing pole position at the Spanish motorcycle grand prix meeting. Townsville teenager Miller claimed …

Krisnan Inu say he’s happy to keep battling away in the NSW Cup until he gives Canterbury coach Des Hasler no choice but to pick him in his NRL side. …

Samoa coach Matt Parish has urged the NRL to consider shifting the Pacific Test to the end of the year to ensure it gets the respect it deserves. Parish’s men …

What Brisbane Lions coach Justin Leppitsch would give to have rival Sydney mentor John Longmire’s problems right now. Leppitsch admitted it was unfair on his young brigade to blood them …

Four days short of his 39th birthday and Dustin Fletcher continues to win admirers and change matches. Against the Bulldogs on Saturday night, Fletcher stood tall in the fourth quarter …

Melbourne’s Ryan Hoffman concedes the Storm’s start to the NRL season has been disappointing, but the representative back-rower says the club remains a premiership force. The 2012 premiers have the …

Reigning British Open champion Phil Mickelson has charged into contention but it is J.B. Holmes who has grabbed the lead after the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship. World …

Saracens face an anxious wait before discovering if England prop Mako Vunipola will be fit for the Rugby Premiership play-offs and the European Cup final. Vunipola went off with a …

Alastair Cook’s England cricketers are prepared to copy the example set by Australia if that is the best way to ‘reconnect’ with their own public. Captain Cook and his players …

Czech Tomas Berdych will put his top seeding on the line Sunday when he plays Carlos Berlocq the final of the ATP’s Portugal Open. World number six Berdych lived up …