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Still taking it all in, Ashleigh Barty says she needs time to reflect on her phenomenal year after capturing the elite season-ending championship and the record $6.4 million winner’s purse …
Continue reading Barty needs beers to reflect on crazy yearNovak Djokovic has beaten a nervous Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-4 to win his fifth Paris Masters final and 34th overall Masters title to move one behind all-time leader Rafael Nadal. …
Continue reading Djokovic eases to fifth Paris Masters winWorld No.1 Novak Djokovic has seen off Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-4 to win his fifth Paris Masters title in a warning to his rivals ahead of the ATP Finals. …
Continue reading Djokovic’s Paris title a warning to rivalsSouth Africa flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit and England centre Emily Scarratt have been named men’s and women’s World Rugby players of the year at a glitzy ceremony in Tokyo. Du …
Continue reading Du Toit, Scarratt take World Rugby gongsSouth African flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit has been named World Rugby player of the year at a glitzy ceremony in Tokyo, with Rassie Erasmus claiming the coaches’ award, fresh from …
Continue reading Boks’ Du Toit, Erasmus take rugby gongsEngland have warned Australia off “sniffing around” coach Eddie Jones by confirming he will remain with them until at least 2021, and possibly beyond, on the back of his performance …
Continue reading England to keep Jones amid RA “sniffing”Ashleigh Barty has outclassed 2018 winner Elina Svitolina to claim the elite season-ending championship and the biggest cash prize in tennis history, a cheque for $6.4 million. Barty outclassed Svitolina …
Continue reading Barty wins season-ending championshipWhen the euphoria of a third Rugby World Cup triumph subsides in the coming weeks, South African Rugby will be faced with filling the head coach role vacated by Rassie …
Continue reading Boks set to start search for new coachGreat Britain hooker Josh Hodgson insists all is not lost as the Lions lick their wounds from a second-straight rugby league Test defeat. After going down 14-6 to the resurgent …
Continue reading Hodgson maintains Britain league hopesYamaha rider Maverick Vinales has staved off a spectacular charge by MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez to win the Malaysian Grand Prix for his second victory of the season. Australian …
Continue reading Vinales pips Marquez at Malaysian MotoGPThird generation horseman Ben Hayes has arguably his best chance yet to join father David and grandfather Colin on the honour roll of Melbourne Cup winning trainers. The younger Hayes …
Continue reading Ben Hayes out to add to his families Melbourne Cup dynastyEnglishman Duncan Smith grew up watching black-and-white film replays of Phar Lap’s 1930 Melbourne Cup win, never imagining he would one day have his own runner in the great race. …
Continue reading Ordinary bloke gets a shot at owning a Melbourne Cup winnerRestricting the international runners in the $8 million Melbourne Cup to invitees only would be a backwards step, two prominent Australian racehorse owners say. Five-time Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Lee Freedman …
Continue reading Invite only for the Melbourne Cup is not the answerThe ebullient Gai Waterhouse is a notable omission from this year’s Melbourne Cup build-up after Hush Writer failed in a last-ditch bid to book a start. It is the first …
Continue reading 2019 Melbourne Cup to miss Gai WaterhouseThree-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy reckons it’s only a matter of time before champion trainer Chris Waller wins Australia’s most famous race. And McEvoy hopes that is as soon …
Continue reading Kerrin McEvoy going for a fourth Melbourne Cup winTrainer Paul Preusker says his job is done with local hope Surprise Baby ahead of the Melbourne Cup. His focus now is keeping the stayer safe ahead of Tuesday’s $8 …
Continue reading Surprise Baby a good local hope in 2019 Melbourne CupFor a few hairy moments last week, Hugh Bowman thought he might be without a Melbourne Cup ride this year. The champion jockey had been booked to reunite with 2018 …
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