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• Jockeys' nervous wait as protest lodged

  07-11-2024 06:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Jockeys Ben Allen and Damien Lane wait nervously to find out the result of a protest lodged after a close finish for first and second in Race 6.
  
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• Farrell confident history will add spice to All Blacks World Cup rematch

  07-11-2024 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Spat between Sexton and Ioane has added another layer of intrigue to first meeting since 2023 quarter-final In Ireland we have a curious custom of thanking the bus driver when he or she pulls up at our stop. No one knows how or where it started, but this salute on your step out the door is widespread, and has endured. So, you’re asking yourself, maybe Rieko Ioane was getting in on the action when Ireland’s designated quarter-final stop arrived at last year’s World Cup, the last
  
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• Demons settle with Glen Bartlett, apologise to Simon Goodwin

  07-11-2024 13:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Melbourne Football Club has settled a long-running legal saga with their former president, and exonerated the premiership-winning coach over false allegations of illicit drug use.
  
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• Coventry sack Mark Robins, Championship’s longest-serving manager

  07-11-2024 11:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Sky Blues sit 17th in Championship after poor start‘The club is well aware that this is a difficult moment’Coventry City have sacked their manager Mark Robins, with the Championship club’s board unhappy over “the performance of the team over an extended period”.Robins was the longest-serving manager in the second tier, having been appointed in 2017, and he oversaw two promotions from League Two. Robins also guided Coventry to the 2022-23 Championship playoff final,
  
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• More boardroom dramas as civil war erupts at Wests Tigers’ owners

  07-11-2024 11:54 via smh.com.au
  
  A civil war has erupted at the owners of Wests Tigers after the Holman Barnes Group moved to cancel the memberships of three directors.
  
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• Southern Orcas re-launch NRL bid

  07-11-2024 11:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Originally rejected by the NRL, the Southern Orcas have gone rogue.
  
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• The NFL’s 2024 sleeper stars: from Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to Joe Burrow

  07-11-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Heroics from the likes of the Detroit Lions, Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels have rightly been praised. But others are quietly having great campaignsMack has been a superstar since he first stepped foot in the league. But the future Hall of Famer has been asked to reimagine his game this season at the age of 33. As pass-rushers wind down their careers, their reps are usually restricted. They become pass-rush specialists, put on the field on passing downs solely to crush opposing quarterbacks. C
  
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• Star filly completes prestigious double

  07-11-2024 10:18 via smh.com.au
  
  Damien Lane has guided favourite Treasurethe Moment to victory in the VRC Crown Oaks.
  
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• Tonga preparing for 'biggest game' in history

  07-11-2024 09:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia and Tonga prepare for their meeting in the Pacific Championships final.
  
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• Time is now for Marcus Harris as door opens in great Australia Test ‘bat off’ | Jack Snape

  07-11-2024 09:54 via theguardian.com
  Nathan McSweeney fell cheaply in his first innings at the top of the order to hand veteran opener an opportunity to claim a spot in Test XI to face IndiaWith his face hidden by the grill of his helmet, only Marcus Harris knows how he felt the instant the great Australian bat off swung his way. Australia A captain Nathan McSweeney – Harris’s main rival for the vacant Test opening position – had just been dismissed softly against India A, caught in the slips for 14 in Melbourne&r
  
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• ‘I’ve been cancelled for telling the truth’: Campese savages Australian rugby

  07-11-2024 09:51 via smh.com.au
  
  One of the heroes of the Wallabies’ historic grand slam has delivered a withering attack on nearly every facet of the game in Australia, and says he has been ostracised for his outspoken views.
  
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• Gutherson agrees to Dragons deal

  07-11-2024 09:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Clint Gutherson's move to the Dragons is close to being official, wirth the Eels confirming they have released their former skipper from the final year of his contract.
  
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• Surf and turf: Kangaroos spread the word on water safety ahead of Tongan wave

  07-11-2024 09:45 via smh.com.au
  
  After a fateful Christmas Day experience eight years ago, nobody appreciates the importance of water safety more than Australian hooker Harry Grant.
  
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• Hugo Lloris: how the gift of a luxury watch made me realise Spurs would accept second best

  07-11-2024 09:24 via theguardian.com
  
  In exclusive extracts from his autobiography, the goalkeeper tells of his dismay at a well-meaning gesture by Daniel Levy before 2019 Champions League finalLess than a year after the World Cup final, I found myself in the Champions League final against Liverpool. In doing so, I became one of a very select band who had played in a Euros final, a World Cup final and then a Champions League final in succession. The day before the match, in Madrid, I ran into Dejan Lovren, the Reds’ defender a
  
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• McSweeney mistake leads to late twist in battle for Australia’s last Test spot

  07-11-2024 09:12 via theage.com.au
  
  Nathan McSweeney’s failure to see out the new ball in his first try as an opener has left the door ajar for Marcus Harris to launch an unlikely late charge for a Test berth.
  
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• Gareth Thomas: ‘Rugby broke me down but I managed to rebuild myself’

  07-11-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The dual code rugby international on stigma, sexual health and inspiring the next generation By Gavin Willacy for No Helmets RequiredGareth Thomas played 100 times for Wales at rugby union and four at rugby league. He spent the last few years of his career,hoping to illuminate the subject of sexuality. He retired in 2011 after his club – Wrexham-based Crusaders – withdrew from Super League and injury ruled out leading Wales against England, New Zealand and Australia in the Four Natio
  
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• ‘I’m still shaking’: Local trainer treasures the moment after Oaks success

  07-11-2024 08:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Two decades of tireless work paid off for Mornington trainer Matt Laurie when he landed a group 1 winner during the Melbourne Cup carnival as Treasurethe Moment saluted in the Crown Oaks.
  
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• Australia's Test selection headache complicated by McSweeney failure and Neser injury

  07-11-2024 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The first Test against India is just 15 days away, yet Australia still unable to decide who will run out alongside Usman Khawaja against India in Perth.
  
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• Faces of the races: Glimpses of the spring carnival

  07-11-2024 08:05 via smh.com.au
  
  See some of the fashion and faces from the spring racing crowd taken by The Age’s award-winning photographic team.
  
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• Superstar jockey's seventh win of the carnival

  07-11-2024 08:02 via smh.com.au
  
  James McDonald reflects on his seventh win in the Melbourne Cup Carnival, after winning the last race on Oaks day.
  
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• Oaks Day: Race 9 - Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival

  07-11-2024 08:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Don’t miss a moment of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival live and free on Channel 9 and 9Now.
  
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• Treasurethe Moment secures Oaks win, second triumph of Melbourne Cup Carnival

  07-11-2024 07:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurethe Moment has backed up her win in the Wakeful Stakes last Saturday to take the Group 1 VRC Oaks.
  
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• Oaks Day: Race 8 - Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival

  07-11-2024 07:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Don’t miss a moment of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival live and free on Channel 9 and 9Now.
  
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• 'I was as confident as you can be'

  07-11-2024 07:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Damian Lane reacts after winning the Oaks aboard Treasurethe Moment in an interview with Billy Slater.
  
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• Lindermann a reminder to Kepitis that only some days are Diamonds

  07-11-2024 06:50 via theage.com.au
  
  Debbie Kepitis has enjoyed something every other owner is unlikely to experience in their lifetimebut she rides the racing rollercoaster like every other owner.
  
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• These players want to be Broncos. First, they have to survive training

  07-11-2024 06:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The Broncos have allowed 16 hopefuls to join the hot pre-season training sessions under new coach Michael Maguire.
  
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• Oaks Day: Race 7 - Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival

  07-11-2024 06:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Don’t miss a moment of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival live and free on Channel 9 and 9Now.
  
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• Cheers erupt as protest dismissed

  07-11-2024 06:27 via smh.com.au
  
  An outpouring of relief and jubilation ripples through the owners' area at Flemington as Electric Impulse connections celebrate the result of a protest.
  
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• Oaks Day: Race 6 - Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival

  07-11-2024 06:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Don’t miss a moment of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival live and free on Channel 9 and 9Now.
  
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• I wrote the story that ended Terrell May’s Roosters career … and there’s more to it

  07-11-2024 05:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Young prop’s exit has more to do with the salary cap than a perceived lack of commitment to rugby league.
  
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