Only two people, both in their 20s, have completed a double crossing swim of the treacherous channel between New Zealand's North Island and South Island. Craig Clarke is training to do it at 60.

High-octane house music has propelled rising Australian swim star Alexa Leary to a Paralympic gold medal and fulfilled a prophecy set out by a fortune teller three years ago.

Keep up with how many medals Aussie athletes won overnight — and where Australia sits on the leaderboard. 

Australia's Kaden Groves secures his third stage win of the Vuelta a España with a perfectly timed sprint in stage 17.

Alex de Minaur has lost to Great Britain's Jack Draper in straight sets at the US Open, in an uncharacteristic performance from the Australian.