North Queensland have run in seven tries to bank a comfortable 36-24 victory over a disjointed Melbourne outfit in their final NRL pre-season match.
Melissa Woods
Western United have hit third on the A-League Men table with a 3-0 win over second-placed Adelaide, with Noah Botic jumping to equal top of the golden boot.
Anna Harrington
Perth Lynx have started poorly too often in recent games and that trend came back to haunt them during their home semifinal against Townsville Fire on Saturday night.
Craig O'Donoghue
Bendigo have secured their first WNBL finals win in 10 years, downing the Sydney Flames, while Townsville went one-up in their semi-final series against Perth.
Shayne Hope
Newcastle put a dismal Sydney Roosters to the sword 48-10 as new Knights No.6 Fletcher Sharpe starred and Tricolours prop Spencer Leniu was put on report.
Joel Gould
An unbeaten Campbell Kellaway ton and 91 not out from Peter Handscomb, who made up for a horror dropped catch, has led Victoria to a bonus-point win over NSW.
Justin Chadwick
Perth Glory coach David Zdrilic is adamant goals will come and has urged his attackers to keep their spirits up despite a rough season in the final third.
Ben Smith
West Coast co-captain Liam Duggan says it took him time to adapt to the the fast, dynamic and ‘not pretty’ football new coach Andrew McQualter wants them to play in 2025.
Mitchell Woodcock
Wooden spooners WA have played the role of party poopers, defeating Queensland by six wickets to end the Bulls' One-Day Cup finals hopes.
Reuben Ginbey’s round one hopes lie in the hands of the AFL’s MRO as the hulking West Coast defender awaits to find out his fate from an incident that left No. 1 draftee Sam Lalor with a broken jaw.
Brody Couch’s stunning first season in black and gold has crossed formats, with the former Victorian quick spearheading an upset one-day victory over Queensland.
Jackson Barrett
Bryce Cotton has won an unprecedented seventh Perth Wildcats MVP award but wants another NBL championship more than anything.
Fremantle defender Josh Draper will have scans on his hamstring after he was injured in the Dockers’ intraclub match at Cockburn this morning.
Brisbane are preparing to table a new contract offer to tough forward Kobe Hetherington, whose pre-season at lock has won over new coach Michael Maguire.
After two heart-stopping, against the odds wins to begin their Super Rugby Pacific campaign, Western Force have been hailed for their fighting spirit.
Eyeing world title redemption, Jason Moloney says he feels better prepared as he takes on another Japanese boxing star in Tenshin Nasukawa in Tokyo.
Carlton's No.3 draft pick Jagga Smith has ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament and will be sidelined for the entire AFL season.
Top Fremantle draftee Murphy Reid has bolted into round one contention, dominating the Dockers’ intraclub in the absence of several stars.
Carlton’s top draft pick Jagga Smith has ruptured his ACL and is set to miss his entire first season in a devastating blow for the teenager and his club.
The Matildas had a players-only meeting after their 4-0 loss to Japan and interim coach Tom Sermanni is confident they can regroup against the United States.
Australian Josh Giddey has continued to post impressive numbers but his Chicago Bulls were narrowly beaten by the Phoenix Suns.
Staff Writers
Dmitry Bivol is boxing's new undisputed light heavyweight champion after avenging last year's loss to Artur Beterbiev.
Cam Waters has claimed three race wins from three pole positions in the season-opening Sydney 500 to launch himself to the top of the Supercars standings.
Joanna Guelas
On a golf course with five par-5s, Aldrich Potgieter averaged 329.4 yards driving distance and it showed as he continues to lead the PGA Tour's Mexico Open.
