Melbourne Cup 2013 live
SCOTT SPITS 8:00am The social, sporting and financial frenzy that is horse racing's biggest, brassiest day.
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Fiorente wins the 2013 Melbourne Cup
WILL BRODIE Gai Waterhouse has trained her first Melbourne Cup winner as Fiorente pips Red Cadeaux and Mount Athos to the winners' post.
Waterhouse finally finds Cup success
SCOTT SPITS 4:52pm Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Not any more for Gai Waterhouse.
Three-day break proves too much for last-placed Ruscello
8:03pm Number 24, gate 24 and if not for Verema breaking down, UK raider Ruscello could have finished 24th in the Melbourne Cup.
Opinion gives jockey a torrid tim
Caryl Williamson 12:49pm The ambulance has literally beaten the favourite home in a distance race at Flemington with jockey Nash Rawiller forced to struggle with a slipping saddle and ride without irons aboard Opinion.
Melbourne Cup 2013: finishing order
Melbourne Cup heartbreak as French stayer Verema put down
Dunaden, Tres Blue to run despite treatment
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Top Stories
Melissa Barbieri has to sell possessions to play
DOMINIC BOSSI W-League: Former Matildas captain Melissa Barbieri has revealed she is selling the majority of her personal memorabilia to raise enough money to be able play in the W-League competition.
Warne comes out swinging in Clarke's defence
CHLOE SALTAU Cricket: Three former Australian captains and one former vice-captain are now embroiled in the spat over Michael Clarke's leadership.
McKenzie refuses to rule out shake-up
GEORGINA ROBINSON 7:08pm Rugby: Ewen McKenzie is keeping his options open on the Wallabies' captaincy, declaring form trumps leadership and will dictate his decision on who leads Australia against Italy.
Neill to survive Postecoglou's initial cull
Steve Larkin 10:21am Football: Captain Lucas Neill will survive the first cut as new coach Ange Postecoglou resists a razor gang approach to his debut as Socceroos boss.
Cherry-Evans believes job's just half done
MICHAEL CARAYANNIS League: Daly Cherry-Evans scored a try and set up another in his run on debut for Australia but the halfback doesn't feel he has done enough to force his way into the Kangaroos' top 17.
Former Olympic star on drug charges
Sydney 11:51pm Kayaking: Nathan Baggaley accused of being part of syndicate manufacturing and supplying amphetamines.
Winning Starts Monday: USA Tomahawks dare to dream
Alan Hansen: Hart troubles a headache for Hodgson, too
The Far Post: Sydney FC needs to be weaned off its marquee habit
League
Samoa eliminate Kumuls from World Cup
STEVE MASCORD 12:23pm Papua New Guinea's Rugby League World Cup exit was all but confirmed on Monday as they lost what was effectively a qualifying shootout with Samoa 38-4 in Hull.
Australia request replacement for Luke Lewis
MICHAEL CARAYANNIS 7:37am Australia have formally requested a replacement for injured backrower Luke Lewis to join the squad before their next match against Ireland.
Zac Hardaker pulls out of England squad
Flying Tomahawks cause Cup headache
Scotland and Italy in thrilling draw at Cup
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Cricket
English bats dismiss form perceptions
CHLOE SALTAU England plans to draw the Australians into another war of attrition.
Watson says hamstring injury is 'not too bad'
Chris Barrett, Chloe Saltau Shane Watson has played down the seriousness of a hamstring strain, saying he was confident he would be fit to take his place for Australia in the first Test against England.
Doolan has Test in sight
Big Bash trade period starts with a whimper
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Football
Popovic pinpoints Kewell as danger man
SEBASTIAN HASSETT 2:20pm Harry Kewell is returning for last-placed Melbourne Heart on Friday night but Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic says he has prepared a plan to stop the star striker.
Sydney FC give Farina vote of confidence
SEBASTIAN HASSETT Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow has offered a vote of confidence in coach Frank Farina but acknowledges the supporters are right to be upset with the club's dismal start.
Melbourne Victory edge Wellington Phoenix
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Rugby
Struggling halfback Genia ordered to aim up
GEORGINA ROBINSON 7:08pm The form of Will Genia is again under the microscope, with Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie calling on better execution from his halfback.
Scott Fardy ruled out of Italy Test
GEORGINA ROBINSON 7:37am Wallabies flanker Scott Fardy has been ruled out of the side's Test against Italy after suffering a concussion in Australia's loss to England last weekend.
Wallabies did not see loss coming, says AAC
Pumas deny player power led to coach's resignation
James O'Connor stars but London Irish loses
Whetton pursues his own success
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Other Sport
Cavendish's confessions of a brilliant mind
2:12pm Cycling: Britain's greatest ever sprinter tells Jonathan Liew about his military-style preparation and why he is officially a genius.
Diamondbacks home-run hero hits town
ADRIAN PROSZENKO Baseball: When Paul Goldschmidt touched down in Sydney on Thursday, he did so as arguably baseball's Most Valuable Player.
Williams, the enigma holding the reins
If you think it's difficult to lay eyes on Lloyd Williams, to see if the man is more than just a voice, it's even harder to pigeonhole him.
Not sure which horse to back for the Cup?
From Dunaden to Ruscello, our racing experts analyse all 24 contenders for the 2013 Melbourne Cup.
Fiorente deserves to be favourite
Williams has tuned his horses to perfection and seems to have every base covered, but lack of pace can play a vital role.
Verema follows proven formula
The French connection with the Melbourne Cup is only a recent affair. It may have been an unrequited love last year, but a bonny mare, Verema, is set to make it fulfilled again in 2013.
Rails Run: Melbourne Cup preview and tips
Our racing experts look ahead to all the action on the track at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day.
Sydney FC needs to kick its marquee habit
THE FAR POST: Sydney FC, we need to talk. You're the A-League's glamour team and you're struggling.
City's Hart troubles a headache for Hodgson
Manuel Pellegrini had to drop Joe Hart and play Costel Pantilimon, but the worry for England and Roy Hodgson is that the Manchester City goalkeeper's absence may not be a short one.
USA Tomahawks dare to dream
Victory at Rugby League World Cup makes sports pages of New York Times.
Man of his people finally gets his due
A wretched gate wasn't the only barrier jockey Frank Reys overcame to win the 1973 Melbourne Cup on Gala Supreme.
Changing face of Cup has made locals rare
The modern Melbourne Cup, in which Hubie de Burgh has played a key role, is a far crusade from the race of battlers.
Call for change to Mackinnon Stakes
The $1 million Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on Saturday, which went to Side Glance, was described by Gary Crispe ‘‘as a really low quality race’’.
