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The embattled Benalla Racing Club could face sanctions from Racing Victoria after Sunday’s meeting had to be called off due to safety issues. The meeting was abandoned before the first …

Finals-bound Perth Glory enhanced their reputation as the A-League’s best travellers with a 3-0 away triumph against Adelaide United on Sunday. The Glory, through goals to Shane Smeltz, Steven McGarry …

The A-League team that collected just one win from the first seven matches this season is fast becoming Central Coast’s biggest premiership threat. Wellington’s resurgence gained momentum on Sunday, with …

Japan produced a new Olympic hopeful on Sunday when Risa Shigetomo won the Osaka international women’s marathon in only her second such event. The 24-year-old secured victory after a strong …

Tasmanian cyclist Peter Loft has escaped with severe bruising after Saturday night’s three-rider pileup at the Australian track championships. Loft had to be stretchered from the track at the Adelaide …

Wollongong coach Gordie McLeod knows basketball isn’t a one-man game but he’s confident new import Ayinde Ubaka can inspire the Hawks to a late-season run in the NBL. Ubaka was …

Australian raider Ockham’s Razor has beaten the locals to win New Zealand’s richest race, the Karaka Million, at Ellerslie. It was another big win for jockey Craig Williams whose season …

Romania’s Horia Tecau and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands have won their first grand slam titles, taking out a tense Australian Open mixed doubles final at Melbourne Park. Eighth-seeded Tecau and Mattek-Sands …

Half a win was better than no win at all for champion jockey Glen Boss at Werribee on Sunday. Boss returned to riding 11 days ago after missing the spring …

Golfing prodigy Lydia Ko created history on Sunday by becoming the youngest winner of a professional tournament when she claimed the NSW Open by four strokes at the Oatlands club …

Drew Gooden scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks handed the Los Angeles Lakers yet another road defeat in the lockout-shortened NBA season. The Bucks, missing …

New Australian sprint champion Alex Bird was relegated to the keirin repechage on the last day of the national track cycling championships. The day after causing the upset of the …

Caine Eckstein won round four of the Australian Ironman Series at Perth on Sunday as local lifesaver Elizabeth Pluimers won the women’s race to take the overall lead in her …

Wellington Phoenix jumped into second place on the A-League ladder with an entertaining 3-1 win over Melbourne Heart at Westpac Stadium on Sunday. The Phoenix started superbly in front of …

Wellington Phoenix jumped into second place on the A-League ladder with an entertaining 3-1 win over Melbourne Heart at Westpac Stadium on Sunday. The Phoenix started superbly in front of …

If Facile Tigre lives up to Jason McLachlan’s expectations, the Caloundra trainer believes he will be a force over the upcoming autumn carnival in Melbourne. Facile Tigre and stablemate Phelan …

Asafa Powell won the 50m at the US Open indoor athletics meeting on Saturday, then predicted the powerful Jamaican sprint squad could sweep the 100m podium at the London Olympics. …

Group One autumn targets remain undecided for boom sprinter Rain Affair but trainer Joe Pride is single minded in his ambitions for another of his stable stars in Sacred Choice. …