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Perth trainer Neville Parnham is flying Playing God across the Nullabor for the Orr Stakes but has already conceded that he can’t stop the winning run of Black Caviar. “I …

Rookie St George Illawarra coach Steve Price will give his big guns their first hit-out of 2012 on Saturday night when the Dragons take on North Queensland in Perth. Price …

Goal-shy Australia face a pair of potential must-win matches to stay alive in the Olympic football tournament after crashing 2-0 to Uzbekistan in a freezing Tashkent. The loss leaves Australia …

Promising filly Formidable has emerged as the new Blue Diamond Stakes hope for co-trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra. Less than two weeks after the stable’s chances appeared to be …

A super-fit Jonathan Brown aims to play three of the Brisbane Lions’ four NAB Cup games as he looks to put the injury horrors of 2011 behind him. In his …

Paceman Ben Hilfenhaus is back in the Australian one-day squad, further emphasising his stunning form this summer. The Tasmanian was drafted into the squad to replace speedster Brett Lee, who …

Kevin Garnett matched his season-high tally of 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to their fourth straight win, a 98-80 triumph over the Memphis Grizzlies …

NRL premiers Manly will have a serious crack at winning this month’s World Club Challenge title, the club naming a full-strength squad for the clash with Leeds. All 14-members of …

A slow-scoring Queensland are 3-105 at tea on day one of their top of the table Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia at the Gabba. Patient opener Wade Townsend is …

Fed Cup captain David Taylor does not want to “stress out” Samantha Stosur by making her commit to April’s World Group playoffs. Australia’s 4-1 win over Switzerland in Fribourg on …

World 100m freestyle swimming champion James Magnussen believes his sizzling early-year form is ringing alarm bells among his overseas rivals. Magnussen 20, who burst onto the international scene last year …

North America’s hottest stayer Sanagas is the latest international performer to join Bart Cummings’ Melbourne Cup team. Last year Illo, who like Sanagas is German-bred, was placed in the Moonee …

A-League champions Brisbane Roar have become the first Australian club with Asian owners after the Indonesia-based Bakrie Group acquired full ownership on Monday. Bakrie took a 70 per cent share …

Selectors have chosen an unchanged 14-player squad for Australia’s women’s cricket tour of India next month. The Southern Stars will take the same squad to the subcontinent as that which …

In-form Test swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus will join the Australian one-day squad to replace injured paceman Brett Lee. Hilfenhaus will join the squad for Friday’s match against Sri Lanka in …

Darren Gauci hopes to resume race riding in time to celebrate his 30th anniversary as a jockey in early April. The 46-year-old has been sidelined for 7-1/2 months after suffering …

Phil Hughes’ Bellerive nightmare has continued with the former Test opener making just one in the first innings of NSW’s Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania. Hughes’s most recent Test was …

Ahmad Bradshaw ran six yards for the deciding touchdown with 57 seconds remaining on Sunday to give the New York Giants a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in …