#Central Coast

Promising type Piraeus can put himself on a path to a three-year-old stakes tilt when he hunts a hat-trick of wins in Wednesday's Huckel Excavations Benchmark 64 Handicap (1350m) at Wyong. Trainers Richard and Will Freedman have their son of Merchant Navy racing in top form and will raise the bar again in the gelding's fourth career start. Piraeus…

Sydney FC have lost three of their last four matches and are worth taking on as near odds-on favourites away from home. Perth Glory are backed in the double chance market and also to win for the third straight time. Perth Glory vs Sydney FC Predictions Perth Glory vs Sydney FC Preview Match Stats Perth Glory vs Sydney FC FAQs Perth Glory are off…

Our Friday football accumulator is a worldwide affair. Our football writers compiled a five-fold acca featuring matches from leagues such as the Egypt Premier League, Eerste Divisie, Welsh Premier Division, Australian A-League, and Spain's Segunda. There is a lot of diversity in this five-fold acca for Friday. Consider these picks for Friday. We…

There's no holding back any longer, Serra football coach Patrick Walsh said Sunday. Not after his team earned its eighth Central Coast Section title by beating Mitty 41-14 on Friday to extend its winning streak to 13. Not heading into a test against national power St. John Bosco-Bellflower in the Dec. 10 state Open Division championship game at…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Wyong. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 1, No.5: QUEENMAKER Came away late and was strong through the line when…

John Singleton's Strawberry Hill Stud is providing significant financial backing and sponsorship to the inaugural Thoroughbred Sport Horse Association Nationals Championships at Stonewall Equestrian in the Central Coast hinterland this weekend. Leading racing industry figures and over 200 thoroughbreds are competing for over $160000 prizemoney at…

The 2022 World Cup squads are close to being confirmed and we are collating all of them as they are made official. From surprise call-ups to the agony of injury, there has been so much news swirling around which 26 players from each country will be named in their national team squad for the World Cup in Qatar. National team managers have some huge…

The Central Coast Mariners will welcome Macarthur to the Central Coast Stadium in their final A-League game ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Sunday. The hosts have recorded two wins in a row and will be looking to make it three in this home game. The visitors, on the other hand, have lost their last two games. The hosts have a game in hand over…

In their final A-League game before the FIFA World Cup, Sydney will entertain local rivals Western Sydney Wanderers at the Allianz Stadium on Saturday (November 12). Apart from the three points up for grabs, there are also the bragging rights to take home for the winner. Sydney saw their three-game unbeaten run come to an end with a 3-1 defeat at…

This is the fifth World Cup in a row Australia have qualified for, however, they haven't made it beyond the Group Stage in any of their previous three attempts. Their best effort to date was reaching the Round of 16 in 2006 where they were knocked out by a late penalty courtesy of eventual winners Italy. Recent efforts at the event have been…

Rodney Northam is counting on two of the stable's designated swoopers, Very Sharp and Joey's Chance, to deliver him a double at Gosford on Tuesday, following on from a treble at the same venue last month. Home-bred mare Very Sharp was at her barnstorming best when sealing Northam's trio of winners when she charged down the middle and over the top…

Last week, Sacred Heart Cathedral's motto was to "take over." Coaches even had sweatshirts made for the occasion, and the team responded accordingly, beating Riordan to claim the Stanfel Cup and complete a sweep of its crosstown Catholic rivals. This week's phrase is "shock the world." The Fightin' Irish will be underdogs on Saturday when they…

Australia became the first team to collectively criticise Qatar's human rights records in late October, as they released a video which featured 16 players calling for "effective remedy" for migrant workers and the decriminalisation of same-sex relationships. Football Australia released and accompanying statement, which called for reforms in the…

With the World Cup in Qatar just 17 days away, the Socceroos have been rated the sixth-best football nation on the planet, according to a new study that is sure to raise more than a few eyebrows. And even more bizarrely, New Zealand are ranked third - ahead of the likes of Lionel Messi's Argentina (seventh) and Kylian Mbappé's France…

Australia did not exactly cruise through'Asian' qualifying for this World Cup, finishing third in their group behind the two automatic qualifiers Saudi Arabia and Japan, and only just edging out fourth-placed Oman to reach a play-off. There, they narrowly saw off the United Arab Emirates to book a spot in the inter-continental play-offs with Peru,…

Prepare yourselves for an A-League Men season like no other - chiefly because, for the first time, there's a World Cup smack bang in the middle of it. The timing of Qatar 2022 - which, instead of the usual mid-year scheduling, has been pushed back to November to avoid the worst of the searing Middle Eastern heat - sets up a six-week domestic…

A brand-new season of the Australian A-League gets underway this weekend. The reigning champions Western United raise the curtain on Friday, October 7, against Melbourne City. However, the biggest matchup of Matchday 1 is taking place a day later when Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory lock horns in the 29 edition of the Big Blue Derby. In total,…

A tantalising F3 Derby on Saturday afternoon will see Central Coast Mariners welcome fierce local rivals Newcastle Jets to Gosford. The Mariners exceeded expectations last season after qualifying for the finals having struck gold with new forwards Jason Cummings and Garang Kuol. It wasn't such a successful season for the Jets under new coach Arthur…

Sur La Mer is in fine form and is well placed to go on with it and claim a Stakes win on the Central Coast. BEST BET Race 6 No. 9: Sur La Mer This mare has drawn better than most of the other favoured ones and she's ready to go to Stakes grade here after plenty top racing of late. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video…