#Old Boys

Apache Chase had no trouble winning the Nudgee Old Boys' Cup at Eagle Farm. Picture: Trackside Photography Desleigh Forster and Jim Byrne will consider braving 14 days in hotel quarantine to take top Queensland galloper Apache Chase to the super-rich Golden Eagle in Sydney later this month after asserting himself as one of the state's best at Eagle…

The Barbarians held a 10-year anniversary function on Saturday night which followed its 42-15 win over Midlands in Southland's premier club rugby competition. The Barbarians' concept was floated by some country rugby folk in early 2011 and by 2012 the new team had been established. On April 4, 2012 the Eastern-Northern Barbarians stepped onto the…

TOKYO - When the overlords of rugby a decade ago chose Japan to host this year's Rugby World Cup, they hoped to spread the gospel of the sport beyond its traditional strongholds in Europe, Australia, South Africa and Argentina. A boost in participation in Asia, and maybe a few new sponsors and heightened interest from television broadcasters,…

Sky Sports Racing presenter Alex Hammond is back with her Christmas blog, taking aim at the King George, Long Walk Hurdle and the Welsh Grand National. Amongst all the rushing around for Christmas in the Hammond house, there is some serious racing to look forward to over the festive period, it's no wonder my house guests choose to leave on Boxing…

Within six months Apache Chase has morphed from the hunter to the hunted. The speed machine made his name upstaging boom horse Ayrton to book a last-minute ticket into the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap during the winter carnival, now trainer Desleigh Forster has the best part of six months to plot her way to the race after securing a spot by winning…

Crusaders and Taniwha speedster Jone Macilai will return for Northland once he shakes a foot injury. Photo/ Duncan Brown The dawn of a new-look Northland ITM Cup outfit has risen with Taniwha selectors settling on a well rounded 32-man squad to tackle the 2015 provincial season. New coaches Richie Harris and Dale MacLeod will have 13 debutants…

This weekend, the Argentine Primera División returns to your screens, and it's worth tuning in for. You're certainly not going to see the tactical rigour of Europe's major leagues, and you don't have to be a particularly astute observer to notice the ball spends almost as much time in the air as it does on the ground. But what Argentinian football…

The president of Brazilian club Corinthians has expressed his desire to bring Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo to the club. It is true that I want to sign Cristiano Ronaldo. I have big dreams, this is Corinthians, for f***'s sake! We've got Willian! We've got Renato Augusto! With everything that happens in football, I feel obliged to try for…

As 10-year-old boys, Bob Hunter and Neal Mednick used to hop the fence at the old Windfields Farm near York Mills Road and Bayview Avenue in North York just to get a look at the blue-blooded thoroughbreds owned by E.P. Taylor. It was around that time Taylor's great Canadian colt Northern Dancer won the 1964 Kentucky Derby and then returned to…

3pts New Zealand to win the second Test at 15/8 (General) 1pt Matt Henry top New Zealand first-innings bowler at 4/1 (General) 1pt Matt Henry to be Man of the Match at 18/1 (bet365) 0.5pts Craig Overton top England batsman at 50/1 (William Hill) A washout on day five scuppered what would have surely been a dramatic conclusion to an absorbing Test…

Hartpury won their first Championship Cup game of the season, beating Nottingham 33-19. In a group that also contains Ealing and Jersey, Hartpury knew it would be long odds against them progressing and they lost their two opening games and conceded 119 points in the process. Hartpury, with Mitch Eadie and Sam Lewis the stand-out performers in a…

Missed The Cut: Jim Crowley is led in after winning in record time Saturday: Lingfield Missed The Cut treated a sun-soaked Surrey crowd to a track record when putting Algiers in the shade in the featured Listed Churchill Stakes. The 5-4 favourite overcame a wide draw and an equally wide trip under Jim Crowley to make up at least seven lengths in…

The Buffalo Bills have a faithful, far-flung fan base, a community that stretches across the globe. In fact, the Bills Mafia would be heartened to know that they have an avid fan contingent in a most unlikely place - at the Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Catie Benson, a Buffalo native and Iroquois High grad, is the elder stateswoman for…

Ecuador face a high bar of competition if they are to match the World Cup prowess of their South American neighbours. The good news at least is that they look set to hold on to their place at the tournament after Fifa's appeals committee dismissed a claim of ineligibility against one of their players. The Chilean federation lodged a complaint with…