Profondo won the 2000m group 1 at just his third start – unheard of in the modern era – and he will be a prized target for breeders looking for a stallion with global appeal.

Neti Ajro was struggling for breath and had never experienced so much pain. Yet he was accused of having faked COVID-19 symptoms and of being a paid actor.

Zaaki might have lost the battle, running third behind Probabeel in Saturday’s Might And Power Stakes, but jockey Craig Williams says, “the war isn’t over”.

Victoria, NSW and Australia as a whole appear to be well on track to exceed 80 per cent vaccination rates and perhaps push towards 90, an unexpected development that will have major implications for the way the country lives with COVID-19.

Federal data on vaccination levels among Indigenous communities reveals Victoria’s north-west region, including Mildura, is the second-lowest in the state.

Sunshine in Sydney on the last weekend before restrictions ease.

The noise puts Lynden Albiston in a state of perpetual anxiety. Nick Maddock calls it “soul destroying”. Angela Mcguire lives in constant fear the drilling is about to resume.

The family of a Bendigo grandmother say their mother’s aged care facility and treating GP are responsible for her death from an infected blister which eventually killed her.

Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor has warned the the Business Council’s plan for bigger emissions reductions are effectively a carbon tax.

Thousands of doctors and nurses will be brought into Australia from other countries to help ease staffing pressures in hospitals in a number of states and territories.

Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee and Collingwood icon Murray Weideman has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Giants forward Bobby Hill has told the club he would like to be traded to a Victorian club, but it remains to be seen whether the Giants will agree to the request.

Paul Snowden was left shaking his head after Aim’s late charge to victory in the Silver Eagle, not by the win but rather the fact that no rider had hit the deck in the race at Randwick on Saturday.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on Coonamble Cup day.

Aesop’s Fable was bought with two races in mind: Sunday’s Coonamble Cup (1600m) and the Coonabarabran Cup in a fortnight.

Anamoe and Damien Oliver combined to take out a fast run Caulfield Guineas in classic style. Could the Cox Plate be next?

Paulele continued to make a case for taking on the best sprinters in the country in the world’s richest race on turf after easily having the measure of his fellow three-year-olds in the Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Diana Taurasi has let the Phoenix Mercury back to the WNBA Finals and sent her expecting wife Penny Taylor an important message post game.

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong has moved to ease anxiety and confusion in the city-state, maintaining it is still on track to “live with COVID” despite its troubles opening up.

The swimming great has revealed her depression diagnosis and the dark thoughts she had before what would be a triumphant return to the Olympic pool.

Indonesian Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno hopes to have Australian travellers returning to a re-branded holiday island by the end of the year.

As Australia’s players quarantine in the UAE before the T20 World Cup, the national coaching structure is under the microscope.

Gloomy weather is unlikely to dampen spirits as NSW emerges from a four-month lockdown on Monday.

Fran Karacic spoke almost no English, had never been to Australia but jumped at the chance to play for the Socceroos instead of playing for Croatia.

There’s no doubting Nicolas Cage’s finely tuned sense of the ridiculous in director Michael Sarnoski’s Pig.

The frightening scenario facing the heroine in Axelle Carolyn’s film is not entirely far-fetched.

In a new SBS series, the British doctor teams up with local physiologist Ray Kelly to reverse type 2 diabetes in Australians

The new Queensland team is expected to spend a mandated amount of money on promoting participation – and existing clubs may need to do likewise to cement their spots in the NRL.

Ted O’Brien’s federal colleagues also declined to support his comments on Saturday that he would ask Prime Minister Scott Morrison to withdraw $5 billion in Olympic Games funding to Queensland.

Dual sports star Monique Conti already has a decorated AFLW resume, but this pre-season campaign has been unique for the hard-running midfielder.

The state government will ease rules for large productions to allow preparations to begin for a return to the stage.

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A vocal and influential group of chiropractors has been capitalising on the pandemic by sowing fear and mistrust of vaccines.

Sydney Thunder’s Phoebe Litchfield made her first grade debut in Orange at age 14, and she’s never looked back.

Musos in locked-down western Sydney find notes of hope

You can fill out a form and mail it to the Australian Taxation Office, phone them and supply the details, or send them in via your MyGov account.

In the same week rugby league farewelled Benji Marshall, another fan favourite is about to play his own last game on the other side of the world.

The boxing world is littered with tales of questionable backroom shenanigans, but few compare to the world title path of Australian George Kambosos Junior.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

Without playing a game, Ben Simmons is getting dunked on right now. He’s a pariah in Philadelphia.

Extra shots wouldn’t have been needed “if more countries around the world had reciprocated by allowing UK volunteers to enjoy fully vaccinated status”.

France is Europe’s main breadbasket but half of its farmers are over 50 and set to retire in the coming decade, leaving nearly 160,000 farms up for grabs.

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said the three NSW men accused of illegally entering Queensland should be embarrassed they came from a COVID-19 hotspot where hundreds of people have died from the virus since June.

Officials have confirmed Victoria could reach key lockdown-ending vaccination milestones ahead of schedule even as the state posted a fresh record for new coronavirus cases.

A Perth performer’s award-winning story has its sights set on overseas performances following a successful debut at Fringe World and a revamp of the heartfelt show.

Though Warsaw and Brussels have been at loggerheads since Poland’s Law and Justice came to power in 2015, they are now on a full collision course.  

A Victoria Police officer has quit the force, expressing discomfort over enforcement of Chief Health Officer directions, saying the police had become a political entity.

The lawsuit sparked a widespread debate about Subway’s tuna: whether it was 100 per cent wild-caught tuna, as the company claimed, or some other kind of fish. Or even fish at all.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said COVID case numbers and hospitalisations will increase as restrictions are eased in NSW for the fully vaccinated from Monday.

Queensland authorities have given their firmest indication yet of when the state’s borders might reopen as a concerted push continues to get as many Queenslanders vaccinated as possible before then.