National Sport

Rugby League It was meant to be a match celebrating some of the NRL’s greatest legends, but John Hopoate poked fun at one the grubbiest incidents in the game’s history

eXtra UFC star Cynthia Calvillo has addressed the reason behind the scary scenes of her sickening weight cut that shocked the MMA world

Horses Liam Birchley is eyeing off a third Karaka Millions with Neptune’s Spear, who landed some good bets to win the QTIS 2YO Handicap at Doomben

Horses Jockey Josh Parr faced a stewards grilling that went so long it had to be adjourned to run race two after hot-pot Roheryn suffered a shock loss at Rosehill

Rugby League Jarryd Hayne’s two NRL lifelines have gone cold on the uncontracted star days after revelations he is the subject of a NSW Sex Crimes Squad investigation

Soccer Veteran Mark Milligan will lead the Socceroos in next year’s Asian Cup after being named as the national team’s new captain

AFL Set to be signed by Collingwood, Isaac Quaynor grew up wanting to be an NBA star but soon realised he wasn’t tall enough so turned to Aussie rules football

Golf Defending Australian Open champion Cameron Davis knows he could have been much deeper in red numbers if not for a series of sloppy lapses at The Lakes

Horses Darren Weir was happy to win the Sandown Cup with Yogi but couldn’t help but wonder what could have happened if the stayer had gained a run in the Melbourne Cup

Rugby Union A New Zealand sports radio host has delivered an epic take-down of a “racist” listener who rang in to air some controversial views

Basketball Ben Simmons and Dante Exum have lived a childhood dream going head-to-head in an NBA game for the first time as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Utah Jazz

Golf Young gun Cameron Smith has cited mental burnout as factor in his performance over the first three rounds of the Australian Open at The Lakes.

Cricket Damning stats expose the crisis of confidence gripping Australia’s white ball batting ranks heading into Saturday night’s match against South Africa

Cricket Matt Renshaw has failed to press his claims for a Test recall while incumbents Shaun and Mitch Marsh have flopped with the bat

Rugby League John Hopoate tarnished his family’s name by sticking his finger in the bottoms of NRL opponents. His son has revealed the heavy impact

Golf Australia's Stuart Appleby and Aaron Baddeley have made the cut but find themselves slipping from contention in the RSM Classic on St Simons Island

Cricket Ellyse Perry will tomorrow become the first Australian and fifth male or female player from anywhere to bring up 100 Twenty20 internationals

Cricket There will be a point to prove for most of the Australian line-up when they take on South Africa in a one-off Twenty20 international on Saturday night

Rugby Union Despite his domination at club level, there were doubts over ex-Wallabies star Quade Cooper. So Rebels coach Dave Wessels flew to meet the one-time bad boy

AFL All eyes will be on a host of Aussie young guns — led by Sam Walsh — this week when their professional sporting futures take shape.