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The Darren Weir-trained Shiny Buttons has stormed into contention for Thursday’s Warrnambool Cup with a convincing win on the first of three days of racing at the country Victorian track. …

Former Essendon forward Scott Lucas has launched a scathing attack on Nic Naitanui, describing the star West Coast ruckman as a poor footballer that makes horrible decisions. Naitanui has copped …

Fremantle midfielder David Mundy admits the team have dug themselves a bit of a hole, but says they can turn their woes around simply by improving their skills. Friday night’s …

Australia’s Jack Miller failed to make it three wins from three world championship races as Italy’s Romano Fenati won the Moto3 Argentina Grand Prix. Fenati, riding a KTM, came home …

Australian Matty Bowen may have run in a hat-trick of tries in just 22 minutes for the Wigan Warriors but coach Shaun Wane admits he is just happy to be …

His Ford is already leading the V8 Supercars pack but Mark Winterbottom reckons it’ll get even quicker in rounds to come. The 32-year-old walked away from Auckland with a 107-point …

Australia’s Cameron Smith narrowly missed out on victory in only his second professional event on the Asian Tour as India’s Anirban Lahiri clinched the Indonesian Masters with a spectacular eagle …

Brad McLean will relish the chance to win a Warrnambool feature on his favourite horse in Wednesday’s Galleywood Hurdle. McLean will team up with Maythehorsebemagic for the sixth time in …

Japan’s Kei Nishikori sealed his fifth career ATP title and first on clay with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Colombian Santiago Giraldo to claim the Barcelona Open. Nishikori, who was …

Maria Sharapova claimed a hat-trick of Stuttgart titles on Sunday after coming from behind to win a three-set battle royal with Ana Ivanovic in Sunday’s final. Having won the 2012 …

Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter has given full credit to Gold Coast for trouncing them on home turf, saying his squad weren’t in control on the field. The Titans beat …

Holders Toulon reached the European Cup final with a 24-16 defeat of two-time winners Munster in a pulsating encounter in Marseille on Sunday. Former England great Jonny Wilkinson scored 21 …

Don’t Get Excited is proven in the wet. But trainer Stephen Theodore concedes a real heavy surface would be a query going into the $150,000 Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool on …

Tuscan Fire spent his spring running in some of Melbourne’s biggest races but the sights have been lowered as the gelding prepares to start an off-season campaign at Caulfield. The …

Smart filly Kalabek earned a Queensland campaign with an impressive trackwork gallop on Tuesday morning. Kalabek scored an exciting win at Caulfield on Easter Monday and trainer Brent Stanley has …

Tim Donnelly has been left making plans for a consolation Sydney win with Jo Jo Girl after the in-form mare couldn’t force her way into the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup …

Gai Waterhouse was never going to make anything but a headline-grabbing entrance into her first Warrnambool May carnival as a jumps trainer. The champion Sydney trainer creates a splash wherever …

Kathy O’Hara has been given a late autumn carnival opportunity with confirmation she will ride Estonian Princess in the Hawkesbury Guineas. Estonian Princess will back up after winning the JHB …