Chris Rowbottom

The Tasmanian harness trainer at the centre of race fixing, team driving and animal welfare breaches in the industry launches an appeal against his "warning off" from racetracks.

Tasracing bans Tasmania's leading harness racing trainer from entry to the state's racetracks, two days after the release of a major independent report into race fixing.

Tasmanian yacht Alive takes its second Tattersalls Cup in five years after being crowned the overall winner of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Where is the start line? Do crew members get any sleep during the race? What prizes are they racing for? What do you mean the first over the finish line is not considered the top prize? Wait, what ... there's a boat called Imalizard?

Legendary Tasmanian sailor Bill Watson died nine years ago — but when Chutzpah crosses the finish line of this year's Sydney to Hobart, he will enter a club reserved for the greats of the race. And his son Dave will be there to savour it.  

When Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus had to have surgery in September she was reluctant to go public but selfie requests from nurses led to her changing tack and now she wants to normalise conversations about women's health. 

Colby McKercher has been on recruiters radars for years, so the upcoming AFL draft holds no fears for the gun Tasmanian. It's in stark contrast to his good friend and Launceston teammate James Leake, who before this year was eyeing a career as an accountant.

Growing concerns about the suitability of the Macquarie Point site for a 23,000-seat AFL stadium has fuelled speculation the home of Tasmania's prospective AFL team cannot be built without a major cost blowout.

The inaugural board of the prospective Tasmanian AFL club has been unveiled — and Richmond great Jack Riewoldt will play a role in shaping the team's culture.

Aerial footage taken at a Gary Johnson's greyhound facility is released by Animal Liberation Tasmania — with the trainer saying the presence of the drone had his animals "cowering like they've been interfered with".

Video of dogs in allegedly sub-standard enclosures, dead marsupials and a horse's head on the property of a leading greyhound trainer prompts an investigation by Tasmanian authorities.

Motorsport Australia's CEO says he is disappointed Targa will "go it alone" with the tarmac rally event without waiting for his organisation to implement new regulations following four competitor deaths in two years.

Targa Australia rejects claims it is ignoring attempts to improve race safety by proceeding with next year's Tasmanian event, saying if Motor Sports Australia releases recommendations in time, it will try to implement them. 

Targa will devise its own rules and regulations for the popular tarmac rally in the wake of four deaths in the past two years.

Tasmania's dream of an AFL team is coming true, but will tying it to the funding of a waterfront stadium kill it? If one dies, the other cannot survive, and nobody wants the blood of a Tasmanian AFL team on their hands, writes Chris Rowbottom. 

Two Tasmanian Liberals have quit over the stadium deal, but, given the widespread joy that emanated following the granting of the AFL licence, handing it back after just 10 days would be as embarrassing as it is unlikely, writes Chris Rowbottom.

Right to Information documents show a complaint about "race fixing" against Tasmania's leading harness racing stable was received by the Office of Racing Integrity in 2016, seven years before an extensive ABC investigation.

Tasmanians opposed to a new stadium at Macquarie Point have been at pains to point out that AFL has been played at Bellerive Oval for years. So, why couldn't they continue there and save millions? The answers are a little more complex than you might think. 

Madeleine Ogilvie has told an Upper House inquiry she couldn't say whether she'd attended any race meets at northern Tasmanian racetracks, or met with racing clubs in her time as minister, but would "take that on notice and provide dates".

One stable dominates the harness racing industry — sometimes fielding an entire race with its horses. Insiders warn unusual races and betting mean integrity officers need to act.

The Tasmania JackJumpers basketball team is on the hunt for a new chief executive officer after sensationally parting ways with inaugural club boss Simon Brookhouse. 

With the clock counting down on his time as head of the AFL, Gil McLachlan flies into Tasmania to again try to recruit supporters to the cause of a new stadium and team — but the issue remains as divisive as ever, with public feedback on the issue rivalling that of voluntary euthanasia, writes Chris Rowbottom.

Tasmanian Olympian Jake Birtwhistle and elite athlete Ellie Salthouse have won Tasmania's first IronMan event, amid mass road closures around Hobart that organisers insisted would not result in traffic chaos for motorists.

There are fears one of Tasmania's former powerhouse Australian rules football teams is dangerously close to not being able to field a team, with sporting greats likening the situation to a canary in a coalmine for other clubs.

They race across 1,000 kilometres in some of the roughest seas on the planet — with no prize money at the end. Here is how to — and why you should — watch the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.