Australia has made it three consecutive World Cup titles, thrashing arch rivals New Zealand 54-4 in Manchester.

As Mavrik Geyer prepares to make his NRL debut, Panthers legend has revealed his son knocked back an approach from Craig Bellamy to chase his dream of playing first grade for the Panthers.

Former players have every right to address their pain how they see fit and are showing great courage. But I have concerns about the contents of the statement of claim in the class action against the AFL.

Fijian Drua star Frank Lomani was left visibly shaken after allegedly being the target of a racial slur by fan during Friday night’s match against the Rebels in Melbourne.

The Australian Grand Prix is here again for another year. Melbourne-raised Oscar Piastri is in his first grand prix but two-time world champion Max Verstappen, sitting on pole, is widely expected to break his duck in Australia.

Follow along on our AFL live blog for all the major moments and post-game reaction from Collingwood v Melbourne in the Queen’s Birthday clash.

Warren Gatland didn't take long to make it known the pressure is on Australia when they meet Wales on Saturday in Cardiff.

Ron Joseph, the brilliant North Melbourne administrator who died this week aged 77, was an old-school football dealmaker.

A spell to remember by Nathan Lyon and a catch for the ages by Steve Smith pushed Australia to within touching distance of a rare victory on Indian soil.

While the kiss exposed an ugly side to the beautiful game, there’s been so many more positives to come from this World Cup. No man can take that away.

The golfer was involved in a heated confrontation in the car park after play at the Ryder Cup in Rome.

Former world champions Sergey Shubenkov and Maria Lasitskene were among 42 Russian athletes cleared to compete as neutrals in international competition in 2019.

There were picnics at the beach and televisions in the park as Melburnians throughout the city celebrated a Cup Day without Flemington.

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves was wrongly told he had won the Clive Churchill Medal due to a mobile app malfunctioning and failing to process Darren Lockyer's votes.

In three years at the Panthers, Api Koroisau lost just seven games. He could reach that mark by the end of next month at the Tigers. This is why he desperately needs help from his teammates.

On day three, Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan were rivals. Now, together, they’re gold medal winners. Meanwhile, a gender storm engulfed boxing and Simone Biles won another gold.

With trainer Joe Pride, jockey Regan Bayliss has been tuning Brutality, which was ninth of 16 in The Hunter last Saturday, to rebound for The Gong.

The 2012 Dally M medallist has been ordered to perform 150 hours of community service following an incident at a Townsville casino in January that cost him his career.

Richmond supremo Neil Balme has explained why his club has locked out Daisy Pearce; Essendon’s gun draftee is out until at least round 15; the injury-plagued Saints hope to get Seb Ross back; and Adelaide forward Shane McAdam will serve a three-week ban after his appeal failed.

Many Carlton fans groaned upon learning that Mitch McGovern had suffered calf tightness during the warm-up on Thursday night and would be a late scratching at the Adelaide Oval.

Former Carlton goal-kicking coach Sav Rocca says Harry McKay and Charlie Curnow can become the AFL’s best one-two key forward punch and has backed the Blues to rebound from their near finals miss last year.

Dave Rennie will hand Noah Lolesio the keys on Saturday.

The West Indies are huge underdogs for their two-Test tour of Australia, but the hosts’ new-look batting line-up means there are a plenty of questions still to be answered heading into the opener.

Local girl Nikki Van Dijk, toughened in the chill waves of Phillip Island is a favourite for the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.

The biggest year of Caitlin Foord’s life is here, and it’s not exactly starting small. On Sunday night (AEDT), she’ll spearhead Arsenal’s attack against Sam Kerr’s Chelsea in a match which could very well decide who wins the FA Women’s Super League title.