Rugby Australia wants Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt's signature on a contract extension by the start of the Super Rugby competition on Feb. 14, Chief Executive Phil Waugh said on Thursday.

A few miles from the Melbourne Cricket Ground where Australia and England started the women's Ashes test on Thursday, a group of Afghan refugee cricketers played their first match as a team since fleeing Taliban rule.

Envy sabotaged my plans for watching the first day of the 2025 Australian Open. I was going to take in Day One on a projector at Federation Square, a public area surrounded by angular buildings that look like they’ve been shattered and pieced back together for effect.

The satellite-tagged croc that became an internet sensation known as the " Melbourne Beach crocodile " lit up social media with his back-and-forth sightings in Brevard County, Florida. He was among 15 satellite-tagged crocs lending new insights into how these top predators adapt to city life.

Ben Shelton called out television announcers for disrespectful interviews at the 2025 Australian Open. On Wednesday, Ben Shelton defeated Lorenzo Sonego in four sets during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open: 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6.

A vintage Novak Djokovic tamed Carlos Alcaraz in a late-night blockbuster to set up an Australian Open semi-final with Alexander Zverev as two-time women's defending champion Aryna Sabalenka fought on.

A YouTube stream of the Australian Open has gone viral for its glitches, but it's also a sign of the future of sports media.

Jiri Lehecka, a Czech player seeded 24th in Australia, was checking social media the other day when he came across a “replay” of 2021 U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev's avatar destroying a net camera by smacking it repeatedly with his racket during a first-round victory.

This week, Tsitsipas uploaded a new video to his official YouTube page titled "Join My Inner Circle." In the 51-second video, Tsitsipas pitched the opportunity for fans to get a closer look at all of his behind-the-scenes action as part of a monthly subscription.

Troye Sivan’s childhood home in Perth has changed hands for $1.7m. The five-bedroom Mediterranean-style residence in the prestigious Dianella Dress Circle Estate was where the music star filmed his personal coming-out video, now viewed 9.1m times on YouTube, and where his audition tape landed him a role in Hugh Jackman’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

What was of particular interest (in relation to the recovery of John Famechon) was the process of discovering what was involved in changing John’s brain and behaviour.

Matt Kuhnemann’s nickname has been a succinct way of underlining his importance to Australian campaigns on the subcontinent – and he could soon be getting some help from a left-arm spin legend.