America’s history on rugby’s world stage can be summed up in two sentences. Team USA took home the gold from both the 1920 and 1924 Olympics. And then, just like …
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After hitting a record-equalling third century in three Test innings against Australia, Younis Khan had nothing left. The 36-year-old had spent more than three sessions at the crease and passed …
Continue reading Pakistan’s Younis seeks Aust whitewashAustralia are “definitely still contenders” to win next year’s Rugby World Cup in England despite their current off-field strife, according to occasional All Blacks fly-half Colin Slade. It needed Slade’s …
Continue reading NZ fly-half Slade sees Aust comebackFit again and hungry to win back his Wallabies Test spot, Quade Cooper is eager to unleash his trademark tricks against the Barbarians at Twickenham. The Wallabies have missed Cooper’s …
Continue reading Cooper to express himself v BarbariansBrad Haddin injured his shoulder but his competitive instincts kept kicking in, so twice he thrust his right arm in the air for an appeal. And twice the wicketkeeper winced …
Continue reading Haddin struggles to shake off injuryA trip to Hong Kong has been shelved for Rising Romance to ensure the New Zealand mare’s Sydney autumn plans are not compromised. Rising Romance did trainer Donna Logan proud …
Continue reading 2014 Mackinnon Stakes Field: Rising Romance impossible to fault: LoganA telephone call to legendary jockey Frankie Dettori has given Italian young gun Andrea Atzeni a valuable Melbourne Cup carnival insight. The 23-year-old Atzeni rides Farraaj in the Mackinnon Stakes …
Continue reading Melbourne Cup 2014 week: Atzeni calls on Frankie Dettori for adviceTrainer Ciaron Maher was thrust into the Melbourne Cup carnival spotlight when $101 bolter Tears I Cry won the 2007 Group One Emirates Stakes. Fast forward seven years and Maher …
Continue reading Light Up Manhattan ready for test in Victoria Derby fieldChris Waller is known for his meticulous planning and his ability to get horses to peak for big races. But the leading trainer admits Preferment is a puzzle he has …
Continue reading Preferment a Victoria Derby 2014 puzzle for WallerIt’s nearly always complicated with highly strung Melbourne Cup mare My Ambivalent. And if trainer Roger Varian didn’t have enough to do trying to work how to manage an interrupted …
Continue reading Melbourne Cup 2014: Varian wins battle with moody stablematesAustralia’s day of humiliation ended appropriately with an early wicket in their first innings just before stumps on day two of the second Test against Pakistan. Pakistan declared at 6-570 …
Continue reading Aust in big trouble against PakistanMACKINNON STAKES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HISTORY: * First run in 1869 when won by Glencoe. Traditional lead-up to the Melbourne Cup NOTABLE WINNERS: * Carbine (1890), Wakeful (1901-02-03), …
Continue reading Fast facts about the Mackinnon StakesArmada is the outsider in the Coolmore Stud Stakes but trainer Peter Moody insists the colt is not out of place in the Group One field. Moody won the sprint …
Continue reading Moody with two-pronged attack in Coolmore Stud Stakes 2014The Victoria Derby has been a race of near misses for Kerrin McEvoy. But the jockey is confident he can change that on Saturday when he rides favourite Hampton Court …
Continue reading Kerrin McEvoy chasing first Victoria Derby 2014MYER CLASSIC: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HISTORY: * First run in 1988 when it had Listed status and was won by Concordance, trained by Colin Hayes * Upgraded to …
Continue reading Fast facts on the Myer ClassicPakistan declared at 6-570 late Friday in the second Test against Australia, in a first innings dominated by Younis Khan’s patient double century. Leading the two-match series one nil, Pakistan …
Continue reading Pakistan declare at 6-570 against AustRun machine Younis Khan added a double century to his two hundreds in last week’s first Test as Pakistan moved closer to an historic series win over Australia on Friday. …
Continue reading Pakistan building big total against AustTasmania fought hard to make 215 in their first innings in the Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at the WACA Ground with WA 0-20 in reply at stumps. Tasmania …
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