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Kerrin McEvoy on hot streak

INTERNATIONAL jockey Kerrin McEvoy proved he had re-adjusted to Australian racing with a brilliant winning treble at Rosehill. The hoop's great day in the saddle followed a Boxing Day double at Randwick courtesy of Serenissima and Referees, both for Darley Australia's head trainer, Peter Snowden. McEvoy landed the treble and a race-to-race double on the Adam Spitzer-trained Smart Punch after wins on Chiamaka for Paul Perry and Altavilla for Snowden. And it was Snowden who was happi...

Wild Oats XI wins record fourth Sydney-Hobart yachting race

HOBART, Australia (AFP) — Australian maxi yacht Wild Oats XI won the 64th Sydney to Hobart race for a record fourth time Sunday, just narrowly missing out on breaking its own race record time. The 30-metre maxi finished the 628-nautical mile race down the Australian eastern seaboard in one day 20 hours 34 minutes and 14 seconds. Wild Oats XI holds the race record of one day 18 hours 40 minutes 10 seconds set in its 2005 win. The record was under threat up until early Sunday when the pr...

3-D bowlers put Australia back in the picture

As Chris Read might solemnly swear, cricket is a game of three dimensions. But batting, bowling and fielding do not exist in isolation: rather they seep into each other on an individual and collective level. There is a school of thought, for example, that the highest run-scorers in Australia's history are Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, while on the second day at the MCG the reverse was true: as Australia took a firm grip on the second Test against South Africa, their greatest wicket-takers were ...