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A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Aston Martin have won the race for the prized signature of legendary designer Adrian Newey, with the 65-year-old confirmed to join the Lawrence Stroll-bankrolled outfit after a near two-decade stint with reigning world champions Red Bull Racing. The announcement came from the new state-of-the-art AMR Technology Campus, with Newey being revealed as Managing Technical Partner of Aston Martin as well as a shareholder, starting his new appointment on March 1 2025. Win a Ziggy BBQ for Grand Final day, thanks to Barbeques Galore! Enter ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The NRL finals are finally here with eight clubs still in the hunt for the trophy – here is how each team is shaping up. Finals Week 1  teams All times AEST Qualifying Final: 2 Panthers vs 3 Roosters at BlueBet Stadium: 7.50pm, Friday September 13 Panthers: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Izack Tago 4. Paul Alamoti 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Mitch Kenny 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Scott Sorensen 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo 14. ... Read more

It’s the end of an era for the IndyCar Series. Next weekend, with the 2024 season wrapping up, NBC will broadcast the series for the final time before IndyCar jumps to Fox next year. But before we leave the peacock network’s nest, the National Championship trail will make one last stop in Nashville for the Music City Grand Prix, where Álex Palou, Will Power, and Scott McLaughlin will have a three-way showdown for all the marbles. Before this Tennessee triangle dance gets underway, let’s go over what each of these three contenders will need to do to take home the ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Canterbury have refused to say whether Josh Addo-Carr will play again this finals series, after he stood himself down from their elimination clash with Manly. The fallout from Addo-Carr’s alleged positive roadside test to cocaine continued on Tuesday, when the winger removed himself from training and Sunday’s team list. The 29-year-old has told Bulldogs officials he is adamant he did not take cocaine in the lead up to last week’s test, and is at a loss to explain the positive test result. The drama ... Read more

Western Bulldogs midfielder Jack Macrae has reportedly told the club he will be seeking a trade. AFL.com journalist Callum Twomey tweeted that the premiership midfielder has three years remaining on his deal but will be looking to play elsewhere in 2025. The 30-year-old played 19 matches for the club this season with an average of 18.4 disposals and 63 tackles per game. The former All-Australian and 2016 premiership winner also played four as a sub, and spent parts of the season at VFL level. So far he hasn’t nominated a club. It comes just days after another star midfielder Bailey ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The NRL finals are finally here with eight clubs still in the hunt for the trophy  – here is how each team is shaping up. Finals Week 1  teams All times AEST Qualifying Final: 2 Panthers vs 3 Roosters at BlueBet Stadium: 7.50pm, Friday September 13 Panthers: Star halfback Nathan Cleary is still yet to be cleared to return from his shoulder injury.  “He has got a few hoops to jump through, but we’re hopeful,” said coach Ivan Cleary after Saturday night’s win over Gold Coast. ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Josh Addo-Carr has allegedly returned a positive roadside cocaine test only days out from Canterbury’s fairytale return to the NRL finals.  Police pulled the star Bulldogs winger over around 10.45pm on Friday night while he was driving in Wentworth Point, a suburb in Sydney’s inner west. Addo-Carr is alleged to have tested positive to cocaine but the 29-year-old has not been charged, pending further analysis of his sample. “About 10.45pm on Friday (6 September 2024), officers attached to Auburn Police Area Command were patrolling ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Jack Bird has signed a two-year deal to join Wests Tigers but Corey Horsburgh won’t follow him after committing to remain at Canberra next season. Former NSW representative Bird had initially exercised a contract option to stay with St George Illawarra next year before seeking permission to negotiate a longer deal elsewhere. He began the 2024 season as a mainstay of the Dragons’ back-line but struggled for consistent opportunities after going down with an ankle injury in July. Bird finished the season filling in ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Melbourne prop Christian Welch could be on his way to back to his home state with the Broncos keen to add the veteran to bolster their forward pack. Welch faces an uncertain future after a season of down form and injuries led to him being on the fringe of the first-grade squad.  The 30-year-old former Maroons forward is contracted to the Storm until the end of next year with the player and club having a mutual option on his services for 2026. Win a ... Read more

Big port towns do not stay stuck in the past. The Cape of Good Hope was never fixed in an era or epoch. History, like the sea, smashes into orthodoxy and doctrine along with transient travelers and dreamers on shore leave who never leave but do not lose their ties from whence they came and what they lost or sought. Spice or gold, water or wood, mastering the map or driven by antiquated ides of destiny: this spiny peninsula adorned by strange flowers, fed by rivulets of mist, and the refuge of height above marshes and the march of far ... Read more