Female Matildas fans are left disappointed as the team confirm its national teams away kit will not be available for purchase in women's sizes until 2022, with player Elise Kellond-Knight chiming in that it is a "fairly significant problem".

Majak Daw made an inspirational return to the AFL this season, but he will not be a part of the Kangaroos' plans next year as they look to rebound from a disappointing 2020 campaign.

US Open champion Naomi Osaka will not play at the French Open, joining world number one Ash Barty on the sidelines.

The NRL's finalists were decided two weeks early, leaving eight teams no hope of a post-season. So here are some reasons to give a damn about the last two rounds of the year.

One of track and field's oldest world records finally falls — as Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis clears 6.15m, beating the great Sergey Bubka.

Australia's cricketers may be feeling the impact of this week's last-gasp series win in Manchester for a few years yet, writes Geoff Lemon.

Christian Welch is stood down from Melbourne Storm for a COVID-19 breach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, just hours before the team's two-week quarantine was to be lifted.

The US Open golf tournament gets off to a flying start, with two players hitting hole-in-ones in the opening round and one of them just missing out on a second.

The Swiss supreme court explains why it ordered a retrial for Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang's doping case, citing anti-China bias related to the killing of dogs for food by one of the judges in the case.

Marnus Labuschagne stood tallest among Australia's batting line-up against an improvised Indian bowling attack. But the rest? There were more signs that all is not-quite-right with this Australian line-up, both in its make-up and philosophy, writes Russell Jackson.