North Adelaide caps a week of high controversy with a win in the SANFL grand final, beating favourites Norwood by 19 points at Adelaide Oval.

Australia's two-year winning streak against New Zealand comes to an end, with the Silver Ferns comfortably defeating the Diamonds 55-44 in the third Constellation Cup Test.

Gibraltar's Nations League match against Armenia gets off to a rough start when its anthem is mixed up with Liechtenstein's — but the tiny territory has the last laugh, grabbing a first-ever competitive international win.

Getting to the Olympics is a dream many athletes aspire to — and for one South Australian trampolinist things are starting to fall into place. But she says the sport isn't one that brings a buck to Australian athletes.

To mark the International Day of the Girl, hear the stories of the remarkable women who have trailblazed their own path in sport and opened up the possibilities for others.

In the moments after a collision left Australian international Hayley Raso with three broken vertebrae, she feared she may never walk again. Two months later she is back working towards fitness and a place at next year's World Cup finals.

In regional towns across Australia sport is an important thread binding communities together, but for veterans living with injuries and PTSD, being on a team is even more important. That connection can be a lifeline.

Playing without a number of its experienced stars for the first time, a new-look Kangaroos side suffers a surprise loss 26-24 to New Zealand in Auckland.

Isabelle Kelly fires the Australian Jillaroos to a thrilling 26-24 win over New Zealand in their women's rugby league Test at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.

Australia's richest horse race, The Everest, is won by Redzel for a second consecutive year following a week of controversy surrounding the projection of its barrier draw on Sydney's Opera House.

Nearly 50 years to the day he stunned Kenya's Wilson Kiprugut for the 800m title at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Ralph Doubell tells The Ticket that he got into athletics for the free travel.

Three years on from the greyhound live baiting scandal that rocked the industry, fewer than half of the recommendations made by an inquiry into the sport in Queensland have been implemented.

Adam Ashley-Cooper and Kurtley Beale have been left out of the Wallabies line-up for Saturday's Test against England at Twickenham for inviting guests into their hotel room after the defeat against Wales.

The tiny WA town of Narrikup is home to the biggest bat in the Southern Hemisphere and what is believed to be the world's first-ever cricket bat boundary fence.

Australia tries to clinch the T20 series against India after winning game one in Brisbane, but the game is abandoned due to bad weather.

Australian Test captain Tim Paine says Marcus Harris and Aaron Finch are in the box seat to open against India in the first Test of the summer.

Polish driver Robert Kubica will make a return to Formula One, eight years after a rally crash that nearly cost him his right hand.

The buzz is real around the top-end talent at this year's AFL Draft. Sam Walsh takes the headlines at pick one for Carlton, but intriguing storylines — on the players, and how and why they were picked — are spread throughout the opening round of selections.

Another exceptional performance from Australia's women's cricket team at the T20 World Cup provides a good news story Australian cricket desperately needs, writes Richard Hinds.

A hugely impressive bowling display sees Australia record an emphatic 71-run victory over the tournament hosts and set up a decider against either England on Sunday.

A study of 350 rugby and cricket players in South Australia and Victoria also found that three quarters of people had heard homophobic slurs in the past two weeks.

As batsmen from both sides floundered on a tricky pitch against red-hot bowlers, Virat Kohli emerged as a sense of calm on day two, and at times looked like he was a class above this spirited Test match.

It's anyone's guess which way the second Test will veer after Virat Kohli led a superb Indian fight with the bat in trying conditions to frustrate Australia's bowlers on day two.

A Victorian football team that holds the record for the longest losing streak in its former league's history is in danger of going under after several unsuccessful bids to join other competitions.

A commanding half-century by captain Virat Kohli helps India back into the second Test after Australia dominated early on day two at Perth Stadium. Look back at how the action unfolded.