Cameron Smith has slammed organisers for their Australian Open course set-up, ruing how the famed Kingston Heath and Victoria sandbelt layouts have been reduced to American-style target golf.

Retiring Australian football great Clare Polkinghorne admits her Matildas send-off match won't fully sink in until she steps onto the Lang Park pitch for the final time. 

Australian cricket is booming at junior levels but as the sport attracts a more diverse and higher player base, the pressure on some of these kids is becoming too much and burnout looms.

AFLW fans who didn't get tickets to the grand final are left disappointed after it sold out within hours for the second year in a row being held at Princes Park with a limited capacity.

NSW teammates console Sean Abbott following an emotional minute's silence for Phillip Hughes at the SCG on the 10th anniversary of his death.