DEBUT skipper Steve Smith named man of the match in Australia’s victory at the Gabba. ROLLING COVERAGE

Stewards have passed the Randwick surface fit for racing.

ARCHIE Thompson’s superb hat-trick has earned Melbourne Victory a point in a topsy-turvy 3-3 draw with Sydney FC.

The AFL's goal kicking charts used to be dominated by the big full-forwards, but as the game has evolved so have the range of players who have a chance of getting the Coleman Medal, write Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson.

A fight between Floyd Mayweather and Jake Paul breaks out after the YouTuber steals the boxing champion's hat during a face-off with his brother Logan ahead of next month's match.

THE ceasefire between Australian and India finally ended yesterday when David Warner and Varun Aaron clashed.

NEWCASTLE’S long wait for a first win the season is over with a late Jeronimo Neumann strike sealing a shock 2-1 win over Adelaide United.

THE Origin tug of war over Souths half Luke Keary is finally over with NSW naming him yesterday in an emerging squad for 2015.

The Scot's career is almost certainly over after hobbling out of the Australian Open, but his legacy of fighting for every point will ensure he is remembered as one of the greats.

AFTER being written off on day one, Mitchell Starc fought back with bat and ball on day three of the Gabba Test.

INDIA copped another howler from the umpires yesterday but their refusal to allow use of the DRS means there is little sympathy for them.

The Australian's team were in all sorts of trouble in the opening race of the season in Bahrain, off the pace and fighting at the back of the field. Will things be different in Saudi Arabia?

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.

Being drawn in the group of death at a major tournament used to mean that one of the major favourites could expect to go home, but in the case of France, Germany, Portugal and Hungary at Euro 2020, that is not really the case.

A LEADING Australian athlete has been implicated in claims of a massive drugs cover-up that has engulfed the world of track and field.

ONCE the world’s best youngster, Daria Gavrilova defied a cursed household this week to claim a wildcard into the Australian Open.

MICHAEL Clarke’s future is again in doubt after the Australian skipper retired hurt with a back injury before tea.

BRISBANE’S iconic football ground, Lang Park, might be nicknamed The Cauldron, but yesterday the Gabba became the Slow Cooker.

Australia puts together a formidable first-innings score of 369 on day two of the must-win fourth Test at the Gabba. Follow live.

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.

West Coast are focused on one thing, beating Adelaide at Subiaco Oval on Sunday despite their destiny being largely out of their control, according to coach Adam Simpson.

Manly prop Addin Fonua-Blake is fined $20,000 and told to volunteer at wheelchair rugby league games for calling referee Grant Atkins "a f***ing retard" during a game on Sunday.

Nathan Buckley pays tribute to his players after they rise to the occasion to beat the Demons in his final appearance as Magpies coach.

CRICKET is stopping all the time: no game has such an action-to-waiting quotient.

CAMERON Smith is expected to miss the opening month of next year’s premiership with an ankle injury.