Group One winner Hey Doc is expected to add some star power to a midweek Sandown meeting for a race day gallop as he builds up to his season return. …
Continue reading Hey Doc set to return in Carlyon StakesMultiple stakes winning mare Savanna Amour is back in work with a trip to Western Australia chasing Group One glory on the cards. Savanna Amour is among the favourites for …
Continue reading Savanna Amour to target Winterbottom StakesThe biggest test of Widgee Turf’s career looms in the weight-for-age Group Two P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield against a star-studded line-up. Trainer Patrick Payne has had Saturday’s Lawrence …
Continue reading Widgee Turf on track for PB Lawrence StakesAndy Murray’s comeback following hip surgery hit another roadblock after he was beaten 6-1 1-6 6-4 by France’s Lucas Pouille in the first round of the Cincinnati Open. The former …
Continue reading Pouille sinks Murray in Cincinnati openerWorld No.1 Simona Halep has became the first player to make the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore. The Romanian is the only player to have qualified for all five editions …
Continue reading Halep secures her place at WTA FinalsGiant lock Eben Etzebeth is set to play his first competitive match in 10 months when he starts for South Africa in their Rugby Championship opener against Argentina at King’s …
Continue reading Boks’ Etzebeth to start against ArgentinaHalfback Will Genia would like to see the Wallabies wear their indigenous jersey more often, as a nod to all the many different cultures represented in an increasingly cosmopolitan lineup. …
Continue reading Wear indigenous Test jersey more: GeniaWallabies captain Michael Hooper’s fitness and leadership have got a big tick from two of his predecessors, as he prepares to return from an eight-week layoff. Openside flanker Hooper, who …
Continue reading Hooper gets tick from previous leadersSt Kilda veteran Nathan Brown will attempt to limit the damage when he fronts the AFL tribunal over the savage bump that left Essendon’s Adam Saad concussed. The 29-year-old was …
Continue reading Saints in damage control at AFL tribunalA broken leg is set to exacerbate Port Adelaide’s proverbial Achilles heel – kicking goals. With key forward Charlie Dixon to miss the rest of the AFL season because of …
Continue reading Port must fix low-scoring AFL woes: VossThey’re the NRL’s comeback kings but Penrith know they must fix their slow starts if they want to be a force come the finals. Figures from across the entire season …
Continue reading Comeback kings Penrith must fix startsWest Coast coach Adam Simpson is likely to err on the side of caution by giving veteran forward Josh Kennedy one more week to recover from a leg injury. Kennedy …
Continue reading Eagle Josh Kennedy set to miss Demons gameCronulla coach Shane Flanagan has predicted Valentine Holmes will one day overtake Andrew Ettingshausen as the club’s greatest try-scorer and categorically ruled out granting him an early release. Holmes has …
Continue reading Holmes isn’t going anywhere: FlanaganChris Scott is confident Geelong will ward off interest from rival AFL clubs to sign talented forward Daniel Menzel to a new deal. Menzel, who is an unrestricted free agent …
Continue reading Cats confident Menzel will sign AFL dealThe pressing question Alex Johnson and Sydney now confront is not whether the luckless defender will pursue another AFL comeback after a sixth knee reconstruction, but whether he should. Scans …
Continue reading Johnson faces hard road back to AFL, againWest Coast are going to miss Andrew Gaff’s 30-odd possessions each week but the Eagles’ Jeremy McGovern hopes the suspended midfielder can still play a role in the club’s premiership …
Continue reading McGovern hopes Gaff returns to Eagles nestPenrith’s top four hopes have been dealt a major blow with playmaker James Maloney sidelined until at least the NRL finals with a knee injury. The Panthers confirmed the NSW …
Continue reading Maloney sidelined until NRL finalsThe All Blacks have gone a year without having to worry about David Pocock but they’re on high alert for the return of the Wallabies back-row menace in the Bledisloe …
Continue reading David Pocock back to bother All Blacks
