Gout Gout underlines his status as one of Australia's most exciting young athletes, bolting to a silver medal with a personal-best time in the 200m at the world junior championships.

Shaun Johnson set up the winning try in the final minute of the final game of his NRL career to cap an action-packed day of rugby league which also featured a shock Broncos belting and a record-setting Dragons defeat. 

Alexei Popyrin claims the biggest win of his career, defeating Novak Djokovic in four sets at the US Open to move into the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time.

Australia's youth national team kicks off the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup against hosts Colombia on Sunday morning, followed by Mexico and Cameroon.

The ice hockey world mourns after Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matt, are killed by a suspected drunk driver ahead of their sister's wedding.