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Alex Carey's fifty guides Australia to 45-run DLS win over South Africa
Mitchell Marsh also made a half-century as Australia posted 9 for 322, but the dead-rubber win could not prevent South Africa claiming the series 2-1.
Photo: Victorian Amateur Football Association/Revo Fitness / Wikimedia (Public domain)VAFA Awards Show streams live tonight to crown season's best
Hosts Jason Bennett and Matthew Donald will count League Best & Fairest votes across every division bar the Premier grades as the 2026 VAFA season wraps up.
Kohli's unbeaten 139 closes gap on Gill in ODI rankings
Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis has climbed to a career-best seventh in the same ICC batting update after his side's series against England.
Photo: Jeon Patton / Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0)Goulding sidelined for weeks as Melbourne United turn to Ili
Guard Shea Ili is set to make his first appearance of the season against the Cairns Taipans while Chris Goulding recovers from injury.
Rain wipes out all four Asian Games cricket quarter-finals in Japan
Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh advance on seeding after rain washed out every quarter-final, with semi-finals between Pakistan and Bangladesh, and India and Sri Lanka, scheduled for Thursday in Nisshin.
Photo: CityBoy777 / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)NBL27 opens to record ratings and bigger crowds
The Hungry Jack's NBL says free-to-air audiences jumped 96 per cent and attendances rose 14 per cent as the new season got under way.
Photo: DaHuzyBru / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Taranto named Adelaide United captain ahead of new A-League season
Matildas midfielder Adriana Taranto takes the armband after a player vote and interview process, with Jamaican international Tianna Harris named vice-captain.
Photo: Flickerd / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)North Heidelberg recruits AFL great Brent Harvey for 2027 NFNL season
The Northern Football Netball League's off-season update also reveals new senior coaches at six clubs and retirements for three of the competition's most decorated players.
Sri Lanka advance to Asian Games semi-final as rain washes out Nepal clash
The quarter-final at Kōrogi Sports Park was abandoned without a ball bowled after heavy rain, with Sri Lanka progressing on higher world ranking to face India in the October 1 semi-final.
Photo: Victorian Amateur Football Association/Revo Fitness / Wikimedia (Public domain)Uni Blues win flag despite kicking three fewer goals than rivals
Captain Marty Gleeson claimed the Jock Nelson Medal on debut in a Grand Final after a last-gasp tackle sealed a four-point win over Old Xaverians.
Photo: Pic - Cricket Australia David Boon named interim Cricket Australia chair
The former Test batter takes over from Mike Baird at the October 28 AGM while Cricket Australia runs a full search for a permanent chair.
Photo: "avlxyz" / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)Mike Baird resigns as Cricket Australia chair amid Big Bash privatisation fallout
David Boon, who played 107 Tests for Australia, will serve as interim chair while Cricket Australia runs a formal process to find a permanent successor.
Photo: Totallynotarandomalt69 / Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)University Blues survive four-point thriller for VAFA flag
James Stewart, the league's leading goalkicker, played his part as University Blues beat Old Xaverians in a tight Premier Men's decider, before Old Xaverians hit back to claim a sixth straight reserves title.
Photo: Kgbo / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Behich urges Socceroos to back up Brazil scare in Brisbane rematch
Melbourne City captain Aziz Behich says the Socceroos have set the bar high after almost beating Brazil, and wants that standard repeated in Tuesday night's rematch.
Miller's 142 and Bavuma's ton seal series win for South Africa
David Miller's career-best 142 headlined South Africa's 365/9, as Australia's Jack Edwards claimed a maiden five-wicket haul in just his second ODI.
Photo: Unknown photographer / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)Nathan Cleary suffers compound ankle fracture as Knights shock Panthers to reach grand final
Newcastle will face the Sydney Roosters in the 4 October grand final, its first decider since 2001, after Phoenix Crossland was sent off for the tackle that injured Cleary.
Birrell beats Joint in all-Australian final to claim maiden WTA title
Birrell's win at the Korea Open lifts her into the world's top 50 for the first time, but she loses the Australian number one ranking to Talia Gibson.
Photo: Sydneyfc4me / Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)Melbourne City sink Oakleigh Cannons as new recruits impress in pre-season
Socceroo Awer Mabil and Danish midfielder Emiliano Marcondes made their first City appearances as Andrew Nabbout and Liam Bonetig scored in a 2-0 win over the NPL Victoria club.
Photo: Richard Rogerson / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)Tom Banton's maiden century powers England to 223-run demolition of Sri Lanka
The result at The Oval completed a series decider after Sri Lanka had levelled the contest at Headingley, with England winning the three-match series 2-1.
Photo: Johann Jayasinha - #SNNISri Lanka claims first-ever pavilion at Melbourne food trade show
Seventeen Sri Lankan food and beverage companies exhibited at Fine Food Australia, with a dozen featured under the country's inaugural National Pavilion.
Photo: supplied by Sports N News / multicultural cricket committeeCricket veterans meet over lunch to talk multicultural pathways
A former Cricket Victoria chief and a suburban club president sat down in Mentone to discuss widening participation and boosting women's cricket at grassroots level.