Brisbane chairman Bob Sharpless has resigned after months of conflict of interest claims over the AFL club’s planned new training base. Deputy chairman Andrew Wellington is tipped to take over …
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If all goes to plan, Steph Hancock will have a story to rival her father – former Queensland State of Origin prop Rohan – after the women’s Rugby League World …
Continue reading Hancock wants RL World Cup trophy finishMason Cox admits he had thought long and hard about opportunities available to him at Collingwood before signing a three-year deal in September with the AFL club. Cox played 10 …
Continue reading Cox confident of more AFL action with PiesThe world’s richest race on turf will be even richer with $3 million to be added to the prize pool for the second edition. Prize money for the 1200m-sprint at …
Continue reading Prize money increase for The EverestAustralia forward Ben McCalman will be glad to see the back of a nightmare 2017 but is hopeful of ending it on a high note following his return to the …
Continue reading McCalman still undecided about his futureThe first Scottish trainer to have a runner in the Melbourne Cup says a bad barrier draw has cost Nakeeta from a better finishing position. Iain Jardine saddled up Nakeeta …
Continue reading Fifth place for first Scottish Cup runnerBen Melham admits he thought he was going to win the Melbourne Cup when he dashed clear on Johannes Vermeer only to be left heartbroken by a narrow second placing. …
Continue reading So close, yet so far for Ben Melham in Melbourne CupWhere the international contingent finished in the Melbourne Cup. 1st: Rekindling (Ireland), trainer Joseph O’Brien, jockey Corey Brown. 2nd: Johannes Vermeer (Ireland), Aidan O’Brien, Ben Melham. 3rd: Max Dynamite (Ireland), …
Continue reading How the international Cup runners faredAmid a surge of internationals, Big Duke was the first Australian-trained horse home in the Melbourne Cup. The Irish-bred galloper finished fourth to be only one of two Australian-trained gallopers …
Continue reading Big Duke leads home Australian Cup chargeTwo favourites have bowed out on opening day at tennis’ Next Gen finals with Russia’s Karen Khashan and Canadian Denis Shapovalov both losing opening group matches in Milan. The event …
Continue reading Tennis young guns lose out in MilanWhen the dust settles on an unprecedented $8 million-plus NRL halves merry-go-round it’s quite likely only four clubs will start 2018 with the same first-choice pair they had 12 months …
Continue reading The $8 million halves merry-go-roundThe victory of Prezado has given training partners Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra a long overdue Melbourne Cup week win. Zahra said it had been 10 years since the pair …
Continue reading Prezado breaks trainers Melbourne Cup week droughtTrainer Darren Weir will consider returning Tahanee to Flemington for a stakes race after her success on Melbourne Cup day. Nominated for the Group Two Matriarch Stakes (2000m) on Saturday, …
Continue reading Tahanee could back-up in Matriarch StakesJamie Kah’s new association with trainer Tony McEvoy has given Adelaide’s premier jockey one of her biggest thrills with Dollar for Dollar winning at Flemington. Although she remains a freelance …
Continue reading Jamie Kah lands a Melbourne Cup day winnerA Melbourne Cup day win has clinched a Golden Slipper campaign for impressive filly Setsuna. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained two-year-old made it two wins from three starts, dominating …
Continue reading Golden Slipper 2018 plans for SetsunaSamoa will start outside back Tim Nanai-Williams at five-eighth for the first time and debut two tight forwards against Scotland at Murrayfield in their rugby tour opener. Two more backs …
Continue reading Samoa pick Nanai-Williams in halvesEngland wingers Elliot Daly and Jonny May have been retained despite fitness doubts ahead of Saturday’s rugby Test against Argentina with the list whittled down to 26 players. The pair’s …
Continue reading Daly, May make England’s Argentina squadThe All Blacks are loving their super-sized squad – except for when they’re at the food table or on the bus. The addition on Tuesday of No.8 Luke Whitelock, as …
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