The Melbourne Stars have completed a brilliant win on the back of a Glenn Maxwell masterclass on the Gold Coast, defeating the Brisbane Heat by 22 runs.

Australia have put themselves in a commanding position after a solid opening day at the crease in the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand.

Boxer Amir Khan has confessed to being "shocked" by the abuse aimed at him by trolls over an Instagram post wishing people a Merry Christmas.  

This was more than a victory. Australia’s first real challenge of a lacklustre summer morphed into a cakewalk in Tuesday night’s first ODI in Mumbai.

Israel Adesanya is ready to take the world by storm and join the ranks of MMA's biggest stars, starting with his bout against Cuban monster Yoel Romero in Las Vegas.

BRISBANE Broncos young gun Jamayne Isaako has finished a stellar year by becoming a dad.

MITCHELL Johnson has no regrets about trading his cricket whites for designer threads.

SWIMMING world record holder Cate Campbell has revealed how she avoided a potentially deadly melanoma scare.

NRL legend Johnathan Thurston got up close and personal with fans during an exclusive Q&A plus a meet-and-greet at The Courier-Mail yesterday.

AUSTRALIAN tennis star Nick Kyrgios has spent the afternoon before his tournament title defence begins hanging out with sick children at Brisbane’s Ronald McDonald House.

This seemingly mundane photograph of a sports stadium in the early stages of demolition illustrates a $730 million controversy the government would rather you didn’t see.

GREG Norman has spruiked the Sunshine Coast’s pure tourism appeal to the world during a cherished festive season escape with wife Kirsten.

Ahmed Husein was part of a team led by award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose undercover probe into corruption led to the resignation of FIFA’s head of the Ghana Football Association.

With a spade beard, a lifetime in boxing and six hungry mouths to feed, Olympic fighter Fatih Keles plans to derail Liam Paro’s rapid rise to the top when they clash on the Gold Coast on Saturday night.

HALL of Fame trainer John Hawkes says his sole focus with champion sprinter Chautauqua is his next barrier trial and he hasn’t given any consideration to a start in the $13 million The TAB Everest.