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Magic Millions credit control manager Rebecca Watty will have more than a passing interest when a cheekily named filly makes her race debut in the Dash For Cash Handicap at …

Rocky Elsom claims he has no lingering resentment over his dumping as Wallabies captain and believes leading the national team has left him better equipped for his new role as …

Leading apprentice Tim Bell has declared his fitness and is fully focused ahead of his metropolitan comeback at Eagle Farm following a short hospital stay and a mystery stomach bug. …

Trainer Angela Davies is hoping the weather at Kembla Grange on Wednesday doesn’t once again thwart her plans with speedy mare Monolith Miss. Monolith Miss is entered for the Vinery …

Melbourne Victory coach Jim Magilton admits the next four days are likely to define the A-League club’s tumultuous season. The Victory have arrived in Launceston for Wednesday night’s clash with …

The racing manners of Aerobatics will be put to the test at Warwick Farm on Saturday as trainer Peter Snowden looks to the filly to start fulfilling her potential. Snowden …

Anyone can turn professional – just look at Sonny Bill Williams, say Australia’s amateur boxers who head to Hobart this week on their path to the London Olympics. Australian boxing …

Former CSKA Moscow midfielder Daniel Carvalho has apologised and retracted allegations he had to take anabolic steroids while playing for the Russian club early in his career. Carvalho, now with …

Brumbies coach Jake White says he’ll use his team’s opening trial matches to unearth his captain, dismissing suggestions the job has all but been entrusted to backrow recruit Ben Mowen. …

Former Australian Test opener Phil Jaques is retiring from domestic first class cricket at the end of the summer to join English side Yorkshire on a British passport. The 32-year-old …

Former African powerhouses Sudan, after decades in the international wilderness, are back in the big time after progressing to the Africa Cup of Nations last eight on Monday. Sudan, one …

Brisbane youngsters Ben Hunt and Corey Norman have been named in the halves for the Broncos NRL trial against North Queensland at Redcliffe on Saturday night. Coach Anthony Griffin’s biggest …

Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey says the extra responsibility of leading his nation in his international debut on Wednesday against India isn’t affecting his preparations for the match. The Tasmanian …

Harlequins captain Chris Robshaw will lead England in their opening two Six Nations rugby matches – despite having made just one Test appearance. Robshaw is one of the least experienced …

Arsenal’s season has been marked by too many false dawns but Thomas Vermaelen believes the FA Cup victory over Aston Villa can help salvage the club’s faltering challenge for a …

Rocky Elsom says he’s ready to shoulder the responsibility of captaincy as the NSW Waratahs carry high expectations into the Super Rugby season. The 28-year-old former Wallabies skipper was on …

New Warriors hooker Nathan Friend will face his former team after being named in a 25-strong squad to face the Gold Coast in Saturday’s NRL trial match in Auckland. The …

A refreshed and determined Katherine Hull admits she should have heeded her Irish caddie and quit the 2011 US LPGA Tour season shortly after it began. “In hindsight, I should …