Feeling confused about the weather in Melbourne this summer? You're not alone; it's been a strange one.

'The game investors should be focusing on is who could win and who could lose,' says Andrew Macken ahead of President Trump's congressional address.

Brett Morris knows this wasn't the way the story was meant to go. Signed to the Bulldogs as a representative player on a long-term deal to wear the No.1 jersey, things haven't gone to script for one of the most prolific try-scorers of the modern era.

​Emergency services are searching for a man who has gone missing while swimming at Lake Wivenhoe, north of Brisbane.

Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has continued his scathing criticism of the Australian team, despite his nation being dismantled by Steve Smith's men by 333 runs in the first Test.

Wide-eyed Canberrans flocked to Exhibition Park on Saturday ready to spend their pocket money on flashy toys, rides and treat foods.

Big-time footy makes its long-awaited return to Arden Street as North Melbourne take on Hawthorn.

Auva'a is ineligible until the following Sunday against St George Illawarra as a result of the 12-match suspension handed to him for a second strike of the code's illicit drugs policy.

There is a grace and ease about Winx when she wins, but it might be a couple of her stablemates which can be followed for profit after Saturday's Chipping Norton Stakes meeting.

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