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“It’s something that has already been trialled and has been found to be successful by Roland Garros, and I think the players are very much on board with it,” he said. “It gives an extra day for the players to hit the court, and for those players that do well …

“[It was] a bit of pit stop, a little bit of late pre-season training and got myself back into it,” Browne said. Loading Past presidents Mark Korda and Eddie McGuire as well as previous coach and champion player Nathan Buckley, Anthony Rocca, Luke Ball and Sharrod Wellingham were among the …

In only his second season in charge, McRae was in possession of the holy grail. “Two years ago we started this journey, this campaign, it’s been a hell of a ride,” McRae said. It wasn’t an easy afternoon. In temperatures topping 30 degrees, the Magpies had needed to fend off …

“Spirit Ridge got it pretty comfortable in front and I was aware that he’s a horse that really does stay,” King said. “I wanted to give my bloke as easy a time as possible and not give him too much work to do. Luckily, once he got his nose in …

Collingwood’s AFL premiership win has capped off a day of personal significance for coach Craig McRae, who announced during the post-grand-final ceremony his wife had given birth earlier in the day. Key points: McRae announced the news following Collingwood’s win over the Brisbane Lions He and his wife named their…

The nation’s movers and shakers gather for the AFL commission lunch immediately before the grand final each year in the MCG’s Olympic Room. In attendance this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the newly elected Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, for whom it’s been a big week. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese …

Forget walking 10,000 steps a day. Taking at least 50 steps climbing stairs each day could significantly slash your risk of heart disease, according to a new study from Tulane University. The study, published in Atherosclerosis, found that climbing more than five flights of stairs daily could reduce risk of…

So, he’s going to be more comfortable inthe weight-for-age test today against the seasoned top-liners on a program that also has the benefit of saddle trumps absent at Rosehill last Saturday: the champ Damien Oliver, tactician Craig Williams, wonder girl Jamie Kah, James McDonald, and Tom Berry, returning to the …

We had a suspicion it was coming – and your votes confirmed it. For the first time in The Roar‘s long history of DIY player ratings, all 23 Wallabies who took on Wales on Monday morning at the Rugby World Cup turned in a fail grade – that is, an …

King can’t remember being on a horse as short in the betting in any race, but her confidence in him after a couple of powerful front-running wins at 2000m is obvious. “I don’t think the 2400m will be a problem for him because he feels so strong,” King said. “He …

Her solicitor advised her she could instead be entitled to more than the 50-50 split she and Ms Sturgess had previously agreed upon. After visiting her solicitor, Ms Sturgess then texted her estranged husband, and friends, letting them know she was heading to the home to pick up the items. …

The Russian-installed authorities in occupied Crimea said Ukrainian forces targeted the peninsula with another air attack on Saturday, the second in two days, as Kyiv increasingly takes aim at the region in an effort to disrupt Moscow’s military operations. Mikhail Razvozhayev, the governor of Sevastopol, Crimea’s largest city and the …

The old saying used to go like this – most clubs have a bad season, but North Sydney have had a bad century and eventually, the joke came true.  It’s been 101 years since the foundation club captured it’s last premiership in the top flight so Bears fans have entered …

Celebrities have popularized all sorts of outlandish diet trends over the years. One of the latest trends among celebrities is the “one meal a day” diet (or “OMAD”). Fans of OMAD include Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. Many proponents of OMAD claim it helps them better manage their …

We have precedence as a warning – think of the tall ugly glass “sisters” surrounding the RMIT precinct with their embarrassingly dull entry porches and minuscule apartment floor plans. These are more rat nests than homes for people. And Docklands, with its (once upon a time) ridiculous spinning wheel offering …

“There were a lot of learnings to take out of it … that was a big ego hit.” Maynard was the reliable fallback that day because he had beaten Greene soundly before, in the 2018 semi-final when he kept the little Giant goalless in a game that solidified Maynard’s place …