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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. …

New Zealand 14-year-old Lydia Ko has created history at the women’s NSW Open, becoming the youngest ever winner of a professional golf tournament. Ko claims the honour from male Japanese …

A three-quarter brother to So You Think is among the headline horses going up for sale at the Premier Yearling Sale at Karaka, south of Auckland. The colt being offered …

Mike Moroney is eyeing next month’s Group One Lightning Stakes with African Pulse who made a successful return to the track at Caulfield on Australia Day. The Johannesburg colt, sent …

John Sadler will aim dual Group Two winner Linton at this year’s spring carnival after a prominent international identity purchased the five-year-old from leviathan owner Lloyd Williams for an undisclosed …

Australia’s women’s cricket side claimed the Rose Bowl on Sunday with a crushing nine-wicket victory over New Zealand at Blacktown International Sportspark. With the first two one-day matches washed out, …

Reigning world champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their fourth straight US national ice dance title on Saturday in another dominant display. Their final score of 191.54 points was …

Australian Jay McCarthy has taken out the New Zealand Cycle Classic in Manawatu, finishing safely ahead of his nearest rival, compatriot Darren Lapthorne, in a mass sprint ending to the …

Australia’s women’s cricket side claimed the Rose Bowl on Sunday with a crushing nine-wicket victory over New Zealand at Blacktown International Sportspark. With the first two one-day matches washed out, …

Ian Thorpe finished fourth in the 200m freestyle final at a low-key swimming meet in Luxembourg, but in a time unlikely to satisfy the Olympian. Thorpe completed the A final …

Maria Sharapova is not looking back, just forward, after suffering one of the heaviest defeats of her career on one of the sport’s biggest stages. The revitalised former world No.1 …

Believing there’s “no limit” to her potential and what she can achieve, newly-crowned world No.1 Victoria Azarenka is eyeing one of the rarest feats in women’s tennis after running off …

Australia’s world champion 470 dinghy crew Malcolm Page and Mathew Belcher have won a gold medal at the sailing World Cup in the US. The pair entered Saturday’s medal race …

West Australian Elizabeth Pluimers has defeated Noosa Head’s Jordan Mercer by just four seconds to win the fourth round of the Australian Ironwoman series in Perth. Northcliffe’s Pluimers, who started …

Tiger Woods shares the joint lead in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship after Saturday’s third round, firing a 66 to stand at 11-under for the tournament. That was level with …

England captain Andrew Strauss admits his team is yet to overcome their weakness of batting in subcontinent-like conditions after being rolled for their lowest total against Pakistan in all Tests. …

Big Buck’s has marched ever closer to compiling the longest winning streak for a jumper in modern times after taking his tally to 15 in the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham. …

New Zealand golfing prodigy Lydia Ko is locked in a tense battle with Victoria’s Lindsey Wright to be crowned the 2012 women’s NSW Open champion. After nine holes of the …