Chris Barrett

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Marc McGowan |Chris Barrett

By Marc McGowan and Chris Barrett June 16, 2025 — 12.01am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. South East Melbourne Phoenix have joined Illawarra Hawks in Supreme Court action against the NBL and league supremo Larry Kestelman as the Adelaide 36ers throw their support behind the competition’s direction.

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Chris Barrett

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The NSW government has been warned about a rise in underground boxing and the risks associated with it after the establishment of a backyard fight club by a western Sydney rapper.

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Chris Barrett

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. If Peter V’landys ran the campaign to sell up Rosehill racecourse and replace it with housing, “the bulldozers would already be moving in”. So declared one insider aligned to the state’s racing chief on the eve of Tuesday’s members’ vote to determine the future of the western Sydney track.

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Chris Barrett

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A second team will join in Supreme Court action seeking a cache of documents from the NBL and its billionaire powerbroker, Larry Kestelman, as officials warn that a mounting feud with owners risks bringing down the league.

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Chris Barrett

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A regional trainer involved in an altercation with a Racing NSW investigator has been disqualified from the industry for two years. Craig Roberts fronted a six-hour stewards’ inquiry over the incident at Newcastle racecourse before being found guilty and rubbed out.