Look back at the 2024 sporting year through some of your most read stories on ABC Sport.

For almost all of the crews in this year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race, the 628-nautical mile bluewater classic is their "grand final" — but for Annette Hesselmans and her daughter, Sophie Snijders, aboard Fika, it's just the qualifier for the Melbourne to Osaka marine marathon.

Teenage opener Sam Konstas will become one of Australia's youngest Test cricketers after being named to make his debut at the MCG on Boxing Day. 

The Sydney to Hobart fleet is bracing for a fast start, a wild first night at sea and the high chance of boats ending up damaged.

Docklands' patchy outfield and difficult batting wicket could prompt Cricket Australia to stop scheduling BBL matches there until closer to January.