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  • Dare To Hope (far left, purple colours) finishes down the field in the Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood earlier this month.

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    Talking Horses: Dare To Hope to atone for Cup flop in big Yorkshire week

    The tip is a previous winner over Ripon’s track and trip, and has been dropped in the ratings since his Goodwood reverse
  • Current NRL stars Joseph Suaalii and Sam Walker wore the famous red and black of the Bears in 2021.

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    Western Bears can thrive in Perth as NRL learn lessons from darker times

    New club with links to North Sydney will be a welcome addition but league must set them up for success to build on budding support in the west
  • Wallabies players look dejected at the Springboks won the first rugby Test 7-33 at Suncorp Stadium

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    Wounded Wallabies forced to rebuild on the run as Springboks expose gap to the top

  • Isaac Heeney of the Sydney Swans during the AFL match between against Collingwood.

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    Extraordinary 24 hours of AFL football proved format tinkering is not required

  • Badri, left, can win the opening race on Shergar Cup day at Ascot

    Talking Horses
    Bank on the female riders’ squad lifting Ascot’s unique Shergar Cup

    French jockey Marie Vélon is also worth backing at the annual competition of some of the world’s top race-riding talent
  • Port Adelaide celebrate while thumping ladder leaders Sydney in their AFL match

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    Port Adelaide are impostors no more as they smash Sydney’s aura of invincibility

  • Lauren Frew of the Thunderbirds shoots during the 2024 Super Netball grand final against Melbourne Vixens

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    Super Netball revival leaves chaos behind to face bigger but nice problem to have

  • Remco Evenepoel climbs to the top of Montmartre on the final lap of the men's cycling road race.

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    Ornate chaos of Montmartre delivers pain and pleasure in men’s road race

  • Jonathan Wilson

    Inside football
    Scott Parker suffers the yo-yo curse of British manager at next stop Burnley

    Jonathan Wilson
  • Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson gestures during the defeat to the USA in Marseille.

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    Tony Gustavsson and Matildas split in best interests of all parties after Olympics exit

    Australia’s showing at the Paris Games did little to challenge the view that now was a good time for an uncoupling
  • Competitors dive into the Seine at the start of the men's triathlon.

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    Citius, altius, antibioticus: Olympic triathlon a triumph of optics for Paris

    The triathlons were a resounding success: races across water, cycleway and cobbles that will have left Emmanuel Macron punching the air after river pollution controversy
  • Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium at the Belgian Grand Prix

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    Mercedes in best shape of season with Hamilton upbeat despite Russell blow

  • A racegoer celebrates after winning money in a lucky draw at a Paddy Power installation at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

    Talking Horses
    Racing’s new leaders will need to attack poisonous gaming betting

  • Essendon’s Jye Caldwell walks off Marvel Stadium after the Bombers’ dismal 53-point loss to St Kilda in Rd 20.

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    Winter blows an ill wind for Brad Scott and grinds Bombers’ season to dust

    After just three wins from eight starts, Essendon’s woeful recent form has their coach seething and fans lamenting yet another season down the drain
  • Jonathan Wilson

    Inside football
    A century ago, Andrade and Uruguay made the Paris Olympics a global first

    Jonathan Wilson
    The face of the 1924 Games was a footballer, the Black Pearl, who danced the tango and left jazz singers and novelists swooning
  • Ariarne Titmus at an announcement for the Australian Olympic swim team in Brisbane.

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    Australian swimmers aiming high in Paris with sights set on knocking US off perch

  • The Miami Heat lift the 2025 Vegas Summer League championship trophy after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies in overtime on Monday night at Thomas & Mack Center.

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    Denver in descent and Bronny in bloom: NBA summer league takeaways

  • Australia v China PR - "Til It's Done Farewell" Series<br>ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 31: Mary Fowler of Australia during the international friendly match between Australia Matildas and China PR at Adelaide Oval on May 31, 2024 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images)

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    Olympics offer Matildas’ golden generation a golden chance – baggage or not

    Beset by injury and without Sam Kerr, the women’s football team nevertheless have the opportunity to write their own script
  • Marcus Bontempelli kicks the ball as Western Bulldogs beat Geelong Cats

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    Cracks appear in Geelong’s fortress with another dirty night on home turf

    The Cats have been almost unbeatable at Kardinia Park but the Bulldogs looked much more comfortable as conditions turned back the clock
  • The Wallabies regroup during the win over Georgia

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    Wallabies trend in right direction despite imperfect outing against Georgia

    It was entertaining but a ton of unforced Australian errors and an inability to build through the phases kept the visitors in the contest
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