Todd Carney completed his stunning return to league by picking up the RLIF International Player of the Year award.

A top Zealand-born Melbourne Cup jockey has been suspended for three months after testing positive to a banned substance.

The Egyptian Museum's collection of treasures from the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun will fly from New York to Melbourne next year.

Americain, with jockey Gerald Mosse aboard, won the 150th running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington today.

TAB has announced today's takings for the Melbourne Cup were up 15 per cent compared to last year.

If Bart Cummings wins an amazing 13th Melbourne Cup today, it will also be a triumph for the New Zealand breeding industry.

The 24 strong field to race in the Melbourne Cup.

Monaco Consul has pleased trans-Tasman trainer Mike Moroney in the lead-up to Tuesday's $A6 million Melbourne Cup.

Rumours swept Melbourne last night that a A$40m to A$50m offer had been made for Melbourne Cup favourite So You Think.

Sydney jockey Jim Cassidy reckons he's found his next Kiwi, winner of the 1983 Melbourne Cup.

It might be Australia's biggest day, but the tills will ring loudly and the bubbly will flow on this side of the Tasman as well on Tuesday.

Legendary trainer Bart Cummings remains in Melbourne's Epworth Hospital where his condition is reported to be stable.

The identity of the man accused of bludgeoning gangland murderer Carl Williams to death has been revealed.

Were prison guards playing a game of indoor cricket when Victorian gangland hitman Carl Williams was bashed to death?