Will Brodie
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Cricket
Waugh says Warner needs a thicker skin
Will Brodie Former Test star Mark Waugh says some cricketers need a reality check.
Free entry for Black Caviar goodbye
Will Brodie The Melbourne Racing Club has thrown open the gates for the farewell to equine superstar Black Caviar at Caulfield this Saturday.
Black Caviar retired
Will Brodie Trainer Peter Moody calls a halt to the career of the world's greatest sprinter.
Live coverage: 2013 Ashes squad announcement
Will Brodie Australia's 2013 Ashes squad: Michael Clarke (C), Brad Haddin (VC), Jackson Bird, Ed Cowan, James Faulkner, Ryan Harris, Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Chris Rogers, Peter...
Cricket
Bowling them over
Will Brodie Tough times call for some lateral thinking. Make that radical thinking. There's nothing tougher than the prospect of back-to-back Ashes embarrassments.
Horse racing
Coming back for seconds? Hay List to face Black Caviar once more
Will Brodie This Saturday's $1 million Group One Darley TJ Smith Stakes will pit undefeated superstar mare Black Caviar against the horse which has finished runner-up to her four times, Hay List.
Cricket
Live cricket commentary: India v Australia, 3rd Test, day one
Will Brodie Follow our real-time coverage of the opening day of the third Test between India and Australia in Mohali. Our live text commentary, live scores and live statistics begins at 3pm.
Second Test selection has Australian cricket in a spin
Will Brodie Debate over the selection of Australia’s second Test team is growing louder as the visitors lick their wounds after their heavy defeat in Chennai.
Cycling
Live coverage: Armstrong opens up to Oprah, part two
Will Brodie With the world absorbing Lance Armstrong's doping confessions, what more will be revealed by the disgraced superstar in the second intsalment of this extraordinary media event?
Big Bash bolters
Will Brodie Love it or loathe it, the Big Bash is proving a useful incubator for the forgotten, unknown and neglected.
Live: Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades
Will Brodie The Renegades attempt to build on their winning start when they visit ANZ Stadium to take on Chris Gayle and the Thunder.
Live coverage, Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes
Will Brodie The Big Bash's two favourites meet at the MCG, with Shane Warne's Stars looking to build on the momentum established by a crushing of the Perth Scorchers.
The players in contention for Ponting's place
Will Brodie Can Rob Quiney follow in the footsteps of players such as Matthew Hayden and Damien Martyn and have a second act at the top?
Live T20 cricket: Renegades v Stars
Will Brodie Melbourne's two T20 teams clash in the opening Big Bash Twenty20 game of the summer, with plenty of big names expected to light up Etihad Stadium.
Dunaden does it again
Will Brodie Last year's Melbourne Cup winner defies a bad barrier and a big weight for a stunning Caulfield Cup triumph.
Horse racing
Live updates, Cox Plate Day
Will Brodie One of the most open Cox Plates in memory is the highlight of the card as the spring racing carnival hits top gear at Moonee Valley.
Racing
Big names face elimination as Cup horses pay up
Andrew Eddy and Will Brodie There were several familiar local faces with multiples chances still in the Melbourne Cup when second acceptances were taken for the race this morning.
Live coverage, Caulfield Guineas Day
Edited by Will Brodie The spring carnival hits top gear with one of Melbourne's best racedays, which will decide if Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse will set the pace for this year's major races in Melbourne.
Roughies Guide: Cups doubles
Will Brodie Your guide to the despised outsiders you need to consider to avoid backing beige favourites and win glory as well as riches.
Grassroots racing is a picnic
Will Brodie Why picnic racing, the lowest rung on the thoroughbred ladder, is one of regional Victoria’s great unsung attractions.
