If you thought Australia had it bad in the first Test against India, spare a thought for Sri Lanka after it was bowled out for just 42 in South Africa.

Iga Świątek will serve the final few days of her month-long doping ban while there is no tennis happening after authorities accepted her explanation about how she tested positive to a banned heart medication.

Before the Matildas took to the field against Brazil at Lang Park, Clare Polkinghorne was honoured with an emotional outpouring for love for what was her final game on home soil. But all she wanted to do was play football.

The state government plans to relinquish control of Mount Baw Baw and Lake Mountain after years of financial woes.

India has dominated Australia in Test cricket for the past decade but as New Zealand recently showed the key to beating the Men in Blue may lie in players who hail from South Asia.

Australia farewells beloved veteran Clare Polkinghorne in a heated battle against Brazil, falling 3-1 to the reigning Olympic silver medallists. Here are the quick hits from the "friendly" match.

Australia has fallen to a 3-1 defeat in a fractious, high-octane contest against Brazil at Lang Park. 

Cricket Australia is celebrating a rise in WBBL viewership as it names its Team of the Decade.

Rugby dual-code international Wendell Sailor has faced court over an alleged drunken rampage at a city-centre bar.

Australian Lucas Herbert has shot an eight-under 63 at Victoria Golf Club to take the early lead in the Australian Open. 

Australia have called Beau Webster into their squad for the Adelaide Test, as cover for all-rounder Mitch Marsh.

Kylian Mbappé and Mo Salah miss penalties, Cameron Carter-Vickers scores a shocking own goal for Celtic, and Pep Guardiola apologises for an ill-advised joke. Here are five quick hits from the Champions League.

With her team in need of a captain's knock, 21-year-old Phoebe Litchfield plays a composed 46 off 36 to lead the Sydney Thunder into a showdown with the Brisbane Heat.

Hannah Green has declared she's at the peak of her powers as the Perth ace strives to snap a decade-long Australian Open title drought for the home hopes.

Last season, Jakara Anthony completed one of the all-time great campaigns in snow-sport history. But as the wheel continues to turn towards the next Olympics, the 26-year-old remains focused on an elusive goal. 

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.

Cycling great Anna Meares will resume her role as the Australian chef de Mission at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

Matthew Richardson says AusCycling's lifetime ban on him is similar to an employer firing someone who has already resigned, but he says he hopes it will understand his defection to Team GB in time.

In 2014, Darren Lehmann answered the phone with news that would bear one of the most tragic moments in Australian sport. In a time when Australia is now searching for a Test opener, Phil Hughes should have been entering the twilight of his Test career. 10 years on from Hughes' death, it still hits h...

A gymnastics coach who quit the Australian Olympic team after the ABC revealed he allegedly harassed a former colleague is now being accused of making sexual comments to his former teenage athletes.

NBL chief executive David Stevenson hopes the league has sent a strong message by handing down long bans to a pair of unruly spectators.