Wayne Bennett insists he is "not in a rush", but wants to get his future finalised so he doesn't distract his current team.

Perth Glory A-League Women's captain Natasha Rigby cites financial insecurity and instability as having played a large role in her decision to retire from the game aged just 31.

English cricketer Josh Baker, who played Country Cricket for Worcestershire, has died aged 20.

Queensland selectors have named a squad filled with experience for the first Women's State of Origin game later this month.

A magistrate who oversaw the inquest into the death of a young Manly Sea Eagles player recommends the NRL consider mandating a two-week period of controlled training acclimatisation after off-season breaks as part of an existing review.

Jakara Anthony has finished one of the most dominant seasons in winter sport history, and is Australia's most dominant athlete competing on the world stage.

In a concrete jungle of high-rise rise apartments, there's a small patch of much-loved artificial grass, which has become a community hub in Western Sydney.

The annual police charity event has been held in the northern WA mining town of Newman for 19 years and locals can't understand why it's suddenly been moved 1,500 kilometres away.

Former tennis pro-turned-grand slam commentator Louise Pleming has first-hand experience of how the sport can turn lives around. Now she's taking her program to the outback.

Tottenham's Australian coach Ange Postecoglou looks furious at times in the dugout as his side's push for the Premier League's top-four takes a major hit.

Things go from bad to worse for the last-placed South Sydney Rabbitohs, who lose halfback Dean Hawkins and young fullback Jye Gray to injury in a 42-12 drubbing at the hands of Penrith.

Adelaide celebrate a 30-point Showdown win as a wayward and disappointing Port Adelaide are well beaten by the Rory Sloane inspired Crows.

Canterbury football boss Phil Gould cops a $20,000 fine, half of which will be suspended for two years, for making "public comments detrimental to the game" on Channel Nine.

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has responded after Essendon ruckman Sam Draper claimed Dogs players would request trades if he remains in charge.

After less than a year in the UFC and just three fights, Steve Erceg will have a shot at a world title. Can he become Australia's newest UFC champion?

As clubs consider potentially adding Tarryn Thomas to their playing lists, Geelong great Jimmy Bartel says he doesn't feel great about the prospect of the 24-year-old being given another chance by the AFL.

The biggest news in Formula 1 this week has nothing to do with a driver, an owner, or a team principal — the F1 world is talking about its greatest car designer.

Young gun Amy Sayer is the latest Matildas player who will be sidelined for the upcoming Olympics after she was helped off the pitch with a ruptured ACL while playing for her club side.

Former AFL footballer Hamish Brayshaw pens an open letter to the AFL, lamenting the inconsistency in the League's tribunal and match review panel for "single-handedly destroying the game".

West Coast allows young gun Harley Reid to fly to Victoria to see his family while being rested, and AFL great Paul Roos believes it could lead the club down a slippery slope.