this is why Glasgow is hosting 2026 - because they already have the infrastructure from 2014.
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It comes in the wake of former sponsor, Adelaide-based lighting technology company VAILO, being placed into receivership last month.
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John Evans has won this year’s Stawell Gift in 11.94 seconds. The school teacher beat Gout Gout in their semi final.
Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy were both eliminated in the semi finals. They then ran again in the backmarkers’ invitational which was won by 2023 Stawell Gift champion Ryan Tarrant.
Bree Rizzo claimed the Women’s Gift from scratch, in 13.52 seconds.
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Don’t forget about Bree. Bree winning from scratch - a greatfm effort
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Serie A postpones tonight’s matches out of respect for Pope Francis.
https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/italys-serie-matches-postponed-after-death-pope-francis-2025-04-21/
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Remember the Falcons and Wildfires and Breakers? Back in the days when Newcastle had and lost sports teams more often than you’ve had hot dinners.
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Penfolds departs Melbourne Cup Carnival
Iconic Australian winery Penfolds is walking away from the Melbourne Cup Carnival in a fresh blow to the cash strapped Victoria Racing Club.
In a multimillion-dollar VRC decant, South Australian based Penfolds will pull the pin on a lucrative contract as official winery of the Cup Carnival and naming rights partner of the hugely popular Victoria Derby.
The Herald Sun can reveal Penfolds – maker of iconic Aussie drop Grange – will turn its back on the VRC, Australia’s oldest feature race — the Derby — and pull out of the VIP Birdcage, taking some gloss off the glamorous Cup Carnival enclosure.
Penfolds has brought the likes of supermodels Alessandra Ambrosio and Bambi Northwood Blyth, Buddy and Jesinta Franklin and actor Daniel McPherson to the Birdcage and poured Grange and other top-shelf wine to guests since signing a four-year deal in 2021.
But the company confirmed it would end its contract in July, leaving VRC chief executive Kylie Rogers scrambling to find a new major sponsor.
Penfolds became only the third naming rights sponsor for the Victoria Derby in its 170-year-history when it inked a deal four years ago as Victoria emerged from draconian Covid restrictions that kept fans away from the races.
Couldn’t help but put that dig in, could we Sydney? 
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Was a brilliant drive and race. Well done to Oscar.
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late to this but oscar’s overtake on max to get him in the lead was brilliant!