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.

Ahead of the "extremely important" United Cup tournament, Australia's top-ranked men's tennis player Alex de Minaur announces his engagement with English tennis star Katie Boutler.

The NRL will not allow Broncos playmaker Ezra Mam to serve part of his proposed nine-game ban in the pre-season All-Stars clash. 

With all 17 NRL clubs in the midst of training the house down, here's the biggest question your team needs to answer before the 2025 season gets underway.

With temperatures regularly over 40 degrees Celsius during summer in northern Western Australia, Newman locals started Aqua Footy to stay cool while playing sport.

Athletics made the headlines in Australia multiple times in 2024 because the athletes stepped up to another level, catching the attention and the imagination of the nation.