No Socceroos team has ever beaten Japan in Japan before, but following victory over China in Adelaide, the Aussies are feeling confident of an upset.

Grace Brown, who won the Olympic, national and world time trial titles in her final year as a professional, has bowed out as a winner by claiming the Crono des Nations title in France in what is her last-ever race.

Sam Konstas's whirlwind summer could include a maiden Australian cap after the teenage batting prodigy was named in the Australia A squad to face India A.

Declan Fraser was preparing to drive at breakneck speeds around Australia's most famous racetrack when fire engulfed his Gold Coast home, destroying everything.

Australia all-rounder Cameron Green will miss the five-Test series against India and the tour of Sri Lanka after going in for surgery on his back.