AFL coach and premiership player Mark "Bomber" Thompson is fined $3,000 for drug possession but has a drug trafficking charge against him dismissed.

With a spot in the World Cup final up for grabs, Australia only manages to set England a target of 224 to win, with Steve Smith the only batsman to pass 50 at Edgbaston. Follow all the action in our live blog.

James Tedesco's incredible try handed the Blues an Origin miracle of their own, as Mitchell Pearce finally got his hands on the prize that had painfully eluded him in seven previous attempts.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have not clashed at Wimbledon since Nadal triumphed in their epic 2008 final, while Novak Djokovic faces a semis match against Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut.

That shouldn't have happened. It was never supposed to happen. The crowds wandering around on the Old Trafford turf half-stunned indicate they don't understand that it could.

After weeks of speculation, the AFL confirms Eddie Betts will return to his former club Carlton after six years with the Adelaide Crows, with the Victorian club having some fun with a short clip of Betts going "Back to the Future".

An Australian designer has accused Port Adelaide of ripping off a design he posted online four years ago following the football club's release of its new logo.

Test all-rounder Mitch Marsh is likely to miss at least the first Test of the season after punching a dressing-room wall during Western Australia's Sheffield Shield draw with Tasmania, breaking his bowling hand.

A week after Coco Gauff misses out on qualifying for the Linz Open, the young American takes advantage of her "lucky loser" entry into the main draw to win her first WTA title at 15.

The NRL's integrity unit launches an investigation after a video posted on social media appears to show Melbourne Storm's Nelson Asofa-Solomona swinging punches during a brawl outside a nightclub.

Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old women's world record for the marathon is obliterated by Kenya's Brigid Kosgei in Chicago — and she says that women can go even faster.

The Tait twins, Sara and Kristen, had a tough start. One was born with spina bifida, the other with two large holes in her heart. But that hasn't stopped either of them from becoming high achievers.

Japan emerges victorious over Scotland after being roared on by a delirious red-and-white-clad crowd as it becomes the first tier-two team to reach the last eight since Fiji in 2007.

Australia blows a five-goal lead to lose 53-52 to world champions New Zealand in the first Test of netball's Constellation Cup in Christchurch.

Eliud Kipchoge captivates the world by becoming the first athlete to run a marathon under two hours, but how did he achieve this stunning feat on the streets of Vienna?

Opinion is divided about whether men's Test matches should be reduced from five days to four, but the Australian players don't want to see any change to the traditional format.

Australia's men's Test team has put the unpleasantness of 2018 largely behind it, and leaves 2019 in solid shape with a lot to look forward to, writes Geoff Lemon.

Players and officials laugh off one of the more bizarre umpiring incidents in Big Bash League history, when Greg Davidson changes his mind midway through an LBW decision.

As another year wraps up, we're taking a look back at the newsmakers from the past whose lasting legacies have left their mark on Australian history.

New South Wales yacht Ichi Ban is both the overall and handicap winner of the 75th Sydney to Hobart race.