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Photo: Yu Chu Chin / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Baskaran set for 50th AFLW game as Saints host Port Adelaide
The 21-year-old wing has become a key contributor since her trade from Hawthorn, with Saturday's Round 12 clash at RSEA Park also carried live on Fox Footy and Kayo.
Photo: Pic by - VRC Robbie Williams to play twice as Melbourne Cup Carnival opens at Flemington
The global pop star will perform in the Mounting Yard before the Lexus Melbourne Cup and return for a 75-minute concert once racing finishes.
Photo: Pru.mitchell / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Plastic bags, a halved cello and a stunned winner: inside Melbourne Fashion Week 2026
Ten First Nations designers opened the week beneath the NGV's stained-glass ceiling, and an RMIT graduate took the Student Design Award before the final runway in Docklands on Sunday.
Aryan Sharma headlines Victoria's Under-19 squads for Brisbane nationals
Cricket Victoria has named its Metro and Country squads for next December's national championships, with a trio of players fresh from Australia Under-19 duty in India included.
South Africa 4-140 as Bavuma falls late on tense day three at Newlands
South Africa closed day three with an effective lead of 40 runs and six wickets in hand, with the series tied 1-1 after wins apiece in Durban and Gqeberha.
Photo: The original uploader was Figaro at English Wikipedia . / Wikimedia (Public domain)Sam Harper returns to Victorian Shield squad for Gabba clash
Mitch Perry and uncapped Matt Hennig earn maiden Sheffield Shield call-ups as Victoria heads to Brisbane without Matt Short, who is recovering from a hip procedure.
Photo: Yu Chu Chin / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Thunder chase down Renegades as Stars beat Hurricanes in WBBL|12 opener under new lights
Anika Learoyd starred with bat and ball for Sydney Thunder, while Meg Lanning and Annabel Sutherland put on 109 for Melbourne Stars at the WBBL|12 opening doubleheader.
Photo: Mattinbgn ( ) / Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0)Darlington's emotional WBBL return caps Thunder's opening win
Sydney Thunder beat Melbourne Renegades by six wickets at Junction Oval, with Hannah Darlington claiming two wickets on her first appearance since major knee surgery.
Photo: YellowMonkey / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)Gardner's Sixers welcome back internationals for Heat clash
Grace Lyons has been added to Sydney's WBBL squad as cover for injured recruit Maddy Darke ahead of the clash with Brisbane.
Photo: Bahnfrend / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)NSW cricket unveils Mirrung, a First Nations design worn on every shirt
Five Indigenous players designed the artwork, which debuts on Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder shirts this WBBL season before becoming permanent on all Cricket NSW teams.
Photo: Naparazzi / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)Maddinson returns to lead NSW Blues after 11-year wait
The Test batter takes over the Sheffield Shield captaincy from Lachlan Shaw for the clash with Tasmania in Hobart, with Bryce Jackson recalled to the squad.
Madushanka's career-best five sends Sri Lanka into tri-series final
Pakistan were bowled out for just 110 at home in Lahore before Sri Lanka chased the target down inside 19 overs to set up Saturday's final against the hosts.
Photo: paddynapper / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)Ed Cowan elected to Cricket Australia Board as NSW nominee
The former Test opener steps down from the Cricket NSW board after seven years to take up his new post following the governing body's annual meeting on 28 October.
Photo: Celco85 / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Charlotte Baskaran to play 50th AFLW game for Saints
The wing, a former No. 9 draft pick, will reach the milestone when St Kilda host Port Adelaide at RSEA Park on Saturday, in a match broadcast live on Fox Footy and Kayo.
Photo: Yu Chu Chin / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Claire Moore returns to Thunder as new lights open at Junction Oval
The 22-year-old completes Sydney Thunder's WBBL|12 squad as the club prepares to face Melbourne Renegades in a season-opening double-header at Junction Oval.
Photo: Clément Bucco-Lechat / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)Dylan Alcott, Lisa Sthalekar lead seven new Hall of Fame inductees
The seven-strong 2026 class will be formally inducted at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame's gala on November 24, the first held at its new permanent home, the MCG.
Photo: 4MAPS / Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)Nambour teen Thomas Turner named flagbearer for Dakar Youth Olympics
The 17-year-old beach volleyballer will share the honour with ACT coastal rower Millie Griffin as Australia's 41-strong youth team heads to Senegal.
Photo: Crico / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)Sydney Thunder land WPL winner Nadine de Klerk for WBBL|12
The South African allrounder joins from Brisbane Heat after four seasons, arriving a week before Thunder's first home match of the season at Drummoyne Oval.
Konstas hits second century in four days as NSW beat WA
Western Australia's Sam Whiteman made 116 before falling to Jack Nisbet, with a mix-up that ran out Ashton Agar as Whiteman neared his century, leaving WA winless after three matches.
Sixers lock in Eva Ragg as injury forces Maddy Darke out of WBBL|12
The 21-year-old allrounder fills Sydney's last contract spot on a two-year deal as ACT gloveswoman Grace Lyons steps in for the injured Darke.
South Africa crush Australia by innings and 31 runs to level series
Travis Head's defiant century could not save Australia from an innings defeat in Gqeberha, as the three-Test series was levelled 1-1 ahead of the Cape Town decider.