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Overnight leader Brendan Steele holds off a fast-finishing Louis Oosthuizen to record a one-shot victory at the Grange Golf Club, while Cameron Smith is among the Australians who finished well off the pace.

Snapping a three-year premiership drought, the Waratahs dominate Fijian Drua 50-14 in the Super Rugby Women's season decider to complete an undefeated campaign.

Ricky Stuart's 500th NRL match as coach ends on a sour note, with the Cronulla Sharks thumping his Canberra Raiders 40-0.

The Sydney Swans thump Hawthorn by 76 points to record their sixth win of the season, following Gold Coast's victory over West Coast at Carrara.

Event manager Adam McNicol says the idea to hold it in a regional city was ambitious, but with nearly 5,000 total registrations and overseas interest, it is being heralded as a success.

Liverpool's season unravels further with a 2-2 draw at West Ham that further rules them out of the Premier League title race, while outgoing manager Jurgen Klopp and star winger Mohamed Salah engage in a heated touchline confrontation.

Just days before Australia name their T20 World Cup squad, Jake Fraser-McGurk makes an irresistible demand for a place with his latest staggering demonstration of batting pyrotechnics in the IPL.

Research finds the knee may have a better ability to heal than previously thought, and suggests that some patients may be better off without surgery.

Alex de Minaur misses the chance of a lifetime to beat Rafael Nadal on clay in successive tournaments, blown away by the rejuvenated, emotionally-charged Spanish great in the Madrid Open.

The concept of Zone 2 training is all the rage for endurance sports like cycling or running, but is the hype real?

Reece Walsh was in the thick of the action for Brisbane in the club's win over Wests Tigers, while Penrith held on for a narrow win over the fast-finishing Cowboys.

Fremantle kick clear late to beat the Western Bulldogs in Perth and secure a spot in the top eight, after the Cats overcome a key injury to hold on and beat Carlton at the MCG. 

Daria Saville's luck finally runs out at the Madrid Open as Australia's sole woman representative in the big clay-court event is knocked out  for a second time in four days.

Young African women face some cultural barriers around playing sport, but last year's groundbreaking Women's World Cup has opened a conversation in the community.

Western Suburbs played 91 seasons in the top flight but none of them were as tough as their last one in 1999 when they conceded the most points of any side ever as the last Magpies fought for their rugby league lives. 

German Formula 1 driver Nico Hülkenberg will move to Sauber at the end of the season, becoming the first driver announced for the team who will transition into Audi F1 in 2026.

Harley Reid's match-winning heroics in the Western Derby last week were made even more amazing when West Coast's internal measurements showed his body was "flagging".

Port Adelaide's Sam Powell-Pepper is out for the remainder of the AFL season after scans confirmed the pressure forward ruptured his ACL, while St Kilda's Jack Higgins is staring at a three-match suspension.

Parramatta coach Brad Arthur has called Maika Sivo's forearm to the head of Manly's Reuben Garrick "dumb" as the Eels collapse for the second time in seven days.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid went to the doctors complaining of a migraine prior to the playoffs, only for the diagnosis to be something more sinister that impacts how he looks on the court.

Is the outrage surrounding the AFL's decision to ban skin fold tests in the pathway warranted? One expert working across a range of sports says many have been phasing them out for a while.

Australian all-rounder Cameron Green produces a match-winning display with bat, ball and in the field to topple Test captain Pat Cummins and remind everyone why he was one of the IPL's big buys.

Thirteen-year-old Stacey Edwards is keen to become a jockey after a winning run in an initiative that encourages children to consider various job opportunities in horse racing.

An investigation led by a Swiss prosecutor will look into how the World Anti-Doping Agency handled positive doping tests of 23 Chinese swimmers in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games.