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Michael Clarke declared before the start of play on day three of the Test series decider against South Africa, ending his side’s first innings at 7-494. Heavy rain halted Australia’s …

New Zealand colt El Roca is one of a trio of three-year-olds entered for the weight-for-age Chipping Norton Stakes but trainer Trent Busuttin says he will start in the Liverpool …

Glamour horse It’s A Dundeel is the 58kg topweight for the $3 million Doncaster Mile with Irish raider Gordon Lord Byron next on 56.5kg alongside Epsom Handicap winner Boban. [include …

Scott Brunton’s Caulfield Cup dream with Banca Mo was shattered last spring because of injury to the Warrnambool Cup winner. The six-year-old is scheduled to make his comeback on Saturday …

Anthony Cummings will leave a decision on an Australian Cup start for three-year-old Thunder Fantasy until acceptance time. [include file=”inpost_adrotator.php”]   Thunder Fantasy finished strongly for third in Saturday’s Group …

Whatever emotions Andrew Demetriou provokes from people, they’re generally strong ones. So Monday’s landmark announcement that he will resign as AFL chief executive later this year predictably inspired a wide …

A key figure in James Hird’s battle with the AFL wants the resignation of Andrew Demetriou to prompt a wide-ranging overhaul of how the league operates. Ian Hanke, a prominent …

Parramatta’s latest NRL sponsor is currently engaged in legal action against the Cronulla Sharks. Shine Lawyers are representing former Sharks players Isaac Gordon and Josh Cordoba, who are taking action …

South Sydney captain John Sutton could be forced into a return to his old five-eighth spot for Thursday’s NRL season opener with the Rabbitohs facing a halves injury crisis. Souths …

Brisbane co-captain Corey Parker is confident teenage playmaker Kodi Nikorima can handle the intense pressure if he is thrown into a round-one NRL debut against Canterbury. Ben Hunt’s halves partner …

Delighted with their opening Super Rugby performance, the Melbourne Rebels are focused on making winning a habit as they prepare to face the struggling Western Force. In their first game …

He was dubbed Vlad by Kevin Sheedy. The benevolent dictator by Jeff Kennett. And plenty worse at times by fans convinced they had been done over by the all-powerful AFL. …

St Kilda will miss Lenny Hayes and Maverick Weller for their round-one clash with Melbourne unless they can successfully challenge striking charges at the AFL Tribunal. Hayes and Weller were …

Manly star Brett Stewart has made an impassioned plea to the NRL to look at salary cap exemptions for long-serving players, with his brother Glenn in the firing line to …

Newcastle captain Kurt Gidley has confirmed he’ll start the new NRL season at hooker, with Michael Dobson expected to fill the No.6 role left vacant by the injured Jarrod Mullen. …

Canberra centre Jarrod Croker has backed new five-eighth Jack Wighton’s strong defence to hold its own against the “world’s best player” Johnathan Thurston in their NRL season opener on Saturday. …

Andrew Demetriou is proud of the AFL’s transformation under his watch and insistent his legacy should not be tarnished by the Essendon supplements scandal. He will step aside as AFL …

Gold Coast midfielder Dion Prestia may have only featured in one half during the Suns’ AFL pre-season but he feels that’s all the game-time he needs. Prestia made his first …