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Promising three-year-old Bombalatomba has had his race plans brought forward to ensure his Australian Guineas campaign isn’t compromised. Trainer Chris Hyland was aiming the impressive last-start Sandown winner at next …

Dual Olympic 100m freestyle champion Pieter van den Hoogenband has backed James Magnussen to end Australia’s 44-year drought in the event in London this year. The Dutchman was blown away …

Reigning Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed and 2010 Melbourne Cup winner Americain headline the entries for the $2.25 million The BMW at Rosehill in April. The Australian Turf Club has …

St Kilda have created a unique mentoring role for veteran midfielder Lenny Hayes, rather than include him in their eight-man leadership group for the coming AFL season. The Saints confirmed …

Australia coach Mickey Arthur is holding out hope star all-rounder Shane Watson and paceman James Pattinson will be fit to return at some point during the triangular one-day series. And …

Danny O’Brien believes So You Think’s half-brother Now You Know is a stakes-class horse in the making after he led all the way for his first metropolitan win at Sandown. …

New Central Coast import John Sutton plans to take full advantage of a rare chance to win some silverware with the A-League front runners. Acquired by the Mariners on loan …

Harry Kewell says Melbourne Victory don’t believe in pressure, and is confident the A-League’s slumbering powerhouse can flick the switch and play the quality soccer they’re capable of. Despite being …

England international prop James Graham will make his Canterbury debut on Sunday when the club returns to its spiritual home of Belmore Oval for the NRL trial clash with the …

Jockey Craig Williams says Black Caviar’s first test over 1400 metres against last year’s Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed sets up one of the most exciting contests for the unbeaten …

Mitchell Marsh has led a Western Australia couter attack as Queensland stumbled with the bat in the Sheffield Shield clash at the Gabba on Wednesday. Marsh (2-14) broke a 53-run …

In a sport notorious for irrelevant comparisons between champions of different eras, an exception has emerged that helps answer the one slight knock on the unbeaten sprinter Black Caviar. As …

Peter Snowden is on the lookout for one of his many juveniles to step up to the mark for the two-year-old features and at this stage Applegate looks the one …

Melbourne halfback Cooper Cronk believes former Test prop Jason Ryles could give the Storm the physical edge they’ve been missing this NRL season. Ryles, who has joined from the Sydney …

South Korean prosecutors have arrested four people over alleged match-fixing in professional volleyball, officials said on Wednesday. A former player with the KEPCO45 team allegedly took bribes from a gambling …

Berrick Barnes will get first crack at captaining the NSW Waratahs in the absence of Rocky Elsom in their opening trial, but isn’t yet guaranteed to lead them into the …

Suzann Pettersen aims to start bridging the chasm to record-breaking world No.1 Yani Tseng when the US LPGA Tour season begins at the Women’s Australian Open on Thursday. Long a …

Tasmanian captain George Bailey has notched a quickfire half-century as the Tigers try to breathe some life into the rain-disrupted Sheffield Shield match against NSW at Bellerive. Bailey has 71 …