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2021 January
- Sat, Jan 16, 2021
The coronavirus is not showing any signs of abating and continues to wreak havoc with sport around the world.
- Fri, Jan 15, 2021As Australia and India do battle in the fourth Test in Brisbane, the caps of cricket legends Greg Chappell and Sunil Gavaskar are being auctioned for charity.
- Fri, Jan 15, 2021The first of 15 charter flights carrying tennis players and officials has touched down in Melbourne.
- Thu, Jan 14, 2021The first of 15 charter flights carrying tennis players and officials has touched down in Melbourne, with the group whisked away to hotel quarantine.
- Tue, Jan 12, 2021The independent investigation into claims of bullying within the Hockeyroos' set-up continues, with the two key investigators swapped out.
- Thu, Jan 07, 2021Patrons at this week's A-League games in NSW will be required to wear masks, while the crowd capacity has been dropped from 50 per cent to 25 per cent.
- Wed, Jan 06, 2021
Hawaii's Sunset Open has been cancelled while California's Santa Cruz Pro was put on hold as the World Surf League navigates its way through the pandemic.
- Fri, Jan 01, 2021Sail Melbourne international regatta has been cancelled for the first time in 29 years due to border restrictions and a venue being linked to coronavirus.
2020 December
- Thu, Dec 31, 2020Surf Life Saving Australia's ironman and ironwoman series has been postponed for a second time due to the impact of coronavirus.
- Thu, Dec 31, 2020Several sporting fixtures have either been cancelled or postponed as coronavirus figures continue to escalate in the UK.
- Mon, Dec 28, 2020Lord Jiminy has beaten Extasea to claim line honours in the Melbourne to Devonport yacht race as RMS won the Rudder Cup.
- Mon, Dec 28, 2020Australian Simon Whitlock's hopes of winning the world darts title were ended with a sub-par performance in an emphatic defeat to Poland's Krzysztof Ratajski.
- Sun, Dec 27, 2020The Melbourne to Devonport is the only interstate yacht race on the sailing calendar over the Christmas period and Extasea is on track to break its race record.
- Sat, Dec 26, 2020The Melbourne to Davenport yacht race gets underway from Portsea on Sunday with 22 starters trying to tame Bass Strait.
- Mon, Dec 21, 2020
Melbourne Victory players and staff are set to exit quarantine in Sydney and can expect to head home without the threat of another hotel stint.
- Mon, Dec 21, 2020
Two-time world surfing champion John John Florence has become the first Hawaiian to win the WSL's Pipeline Masters since the late Andy Irons in 2006.
- Mon, Dec 21, 2020
The Margaret River Pro has earned another three-year extension, meaning the event is locked in on the World Surf League tour calendar until 2024.
- Mon, Dec 21, 2020 Australia's Tyler Wright is back on top of the surfing world after winning a historic Maui Pro WSL event at the iconic Banzai Pipeline.
- Sun, Dec 20, 2020Border closures seem certain to force the postponement of multiple A-League and W-League games, throwing the start of their respective seasons into disarray.
- Sun, Dec 20, 2020Sydney to Hobart favourite InfoTrack could've broken the famous race's line honours record had it not been cancelled due to COVID-19.
- Sat, Dec 19, 2020Australia's Jason Belmonte has been named tenpin bowler of the year for a sixth time.
- Sat, Dec 19, 2020Semi-finalists Sally Fitzgibbons and Tyler Wright face an anxious wait with low swells forcing two lay days at PipeIine, venue for the WSL's Maui Pro.
- Sat, Dec 19, 2020Finals day of the WSL Tour event at Pipeline in Hawaii has been delayed for two days as event organisers wait for better swell.
- Sat, Dec 19, 2020The 2020 Sydney to Hobart race has been cancelled due to border restrictions imposed to deal with Sydney's coronavirus outbreak.
- Fri, Dec 18, 2020
Australian rookie Jack Robinson has set up a heat against surfing legend Kelly Slater following a dominant display in the WSL Tour event at Pipeline in Hawaii.
- Fri, Dec 18, 2020Sport Integrity Australia chief David Sharpe has expressed disappointment at a ruling which halves Russia's ban after being accused of state-sponsored doping.
- Fri, Dec 18, 2020The 2020 Sydney to Hobart is in doubt with organisers holding crisis talks on Friday due to the growing COVID cluster on Sydney's northern beaches.
- Fri, Dec 18, 2020 The WSL season-opening women's event will conclude at Banzai Pipeline, the first time a women's tour event will be held at the venue.
- Thu, Dec 17, 2020James Bailey and Gordon Mathers, two of Australia's long shots at the world darts championship, were knocked out of the event at Alexandra Palace.
- Thu, Dec 17, 2020
Tim Tszyu has set up a world title showdown with either champion Patrick Teixeira or Brian Castano - and the ruthless Aussie doesn't care which one he faces.
- Thu, Dec 17, 2020
Jim Cooney is placing his faith in another boat after having sold his dual Sydney to Hobart line honours winner Comanche.
- Thu, Dec 17, 2020Stacey Jackson is convinced a female skipper will someday go one better than her and win overall honours in the Sydney Hobart.
- Thu, Dec 17, 2020
Paul Gallen isn't interested in fighting fellow NRL great Sonny Bill Williams, targeting UFC superstar Robert Whittaker instead after his latest boxing triumph.
- Thu, Dec 17, 2020 Australian heavyweight champion and Olympic medal prospect Justis Huni called out Paul Gallen for a headline bout in Townsville next February.
- Thu, Dec 17, 2020Federal funding of $10 million will go towards a pilot program to independently hear complaints from within sports.
- Thu, Dec 17, 2020
The men's and women's World Surf League openers in Hawaii could both resume at Banzai Pipeline after a shark attack and COVID-19 case last week.
- Wed, Dec 16, 2020 NRL great Paul Gallen has scored a unanimous points decision over New Zealand's MMA and UFC legend Mark Hunt in their heavyweight bout in Sydney.
- Wed, Dec 16, 2020Australian ski cross racer Sami Kennedy-Sim has won the second FIS World Cup medal of her career, claiming bronze in Arosa.
- Wed, Dec 16, 2020Australia's aviation authority has granted Rex permission to fly Boeing 737-800 aircraft, paving the way for it to push into the Melbourne-Sydney flight market.
- Wed, Dec 16, 2020
Australian Tim Tszyu has beaten New Zealand's Bowyn Morgan in a brutal first-round knockout, putting him in reach of a world title.
- Tue, Dec 15, 2020It would take a 'Wizard' to become world champ at 51 but dead-eyed Aussie Simon Whitlock says he's playing the darts of his life to conjure up that magic.
- Tue, Dec 15, 2020 Emerging Australian boxing superstar Tim Tszyu says he'd prefer not to knock Bowyn Morgan out in their world title eliminator in Sydney.
- Tue, Dec 15, 2020Simon Whitlock reckons Australia could soon be celebrating a world darts champion again with the form he and Damon Heta are in.
- Tue, Dec 15, 2020 UFC legend Mark Hunt has failed to land a lunging left hook on Paul Gallen during an explosive weigh-in ahead of their heavyweight showdown.
- Mon, Dec 14, 2020
Super Netball club West Coast Fever have been found guilty of committing serious salary cap breaches during the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
- Mon, Dec 14, 2020
Rugby league great Paul Gallen says UFC legend Mark Hunt will regret ever coming out of retirement to fight him on Wednesday night.
- Mon, Dec 14, 2020 Tim Tszyu's fight with Kiwi Bowyn Morgan has taken on extra significance with the World Boxing Organisation upgrading it to world title eliminator status.
- Sun, Dec 13, 2020Australia's Brodie Summers has won the third World Cup medal of his career, finishing a close second in the moguls event in Sweden.
- Sat, Dec 12, 2020The World Surf League's season-opening events in Hawaii has been suspended after CEO Erik Logan was among multiple staff to test positive for COVID-19.
- Sat, Dec 12, 2020
Punters have returned to the races at Flemington in Melbourne for the first time since March, with 1000 people permitted to attend.
- Sat, Dec 12, 2020
A shark attack followed by COVID-19 cases among World Surf League staff have stalled Tyler Wright and Sally Fitzgibbons in the Maui Pro semi-finals.
- Fri, Dec 11, 2020 The World Surf League's season-opening Pipe Masters won't be run on Friday or Saturday as officials wait for a bigger swell to hit Hawaii's North Shore.
- Thu, Dec 10, 2020 Rugby league great turned boxer Paul Gallen says he's had enough of Mark Hunt's trash talking and plans on beating the hell out of the UFC legend.
- Thu, Dec 10, 2020 The women's World Surf League season-opening Maui Pro is set to be completed at another location after a fatal shark attack halted action at Honolua Bay.
- Thu, Dec 10, 2020
Netball Australia has released a lengthy review of the sport with a plan to turn more players into Super Netball fans among the recommendations.
- Thu, Dec 10, 2020Australian WSL tour rookie Jack Robinson has delivered on the hype to win the final heat of the day, but other Australians struggled at the Pipe Masters.
- Thu, Dec 10, 2020 Everyone knows his famous father Kostya, but Tim Tszyu credits his grandfather Boris with navigating the 25-year-old's rise up the world's boxing ranks.
- Wed, Dec 09, 2020 Finals day for the opening round of the women's World Surf League event in Hawaii was postponed after a shark attack at Honolua Bay.
- Wed, Dec 09, 2020Mikey Wright has won the first of a best of three heat battle in Hawaii with Italian surfer Leonardo Fioravanti for the wildcard spot on the world surf tour.
- Tue, Dec 08, 2020InfoTrack has continued her impressive leadup form to the Sydney Hobart by taking line honours in the Big Boat Challenge.
- Tue, Dec 08, 2020
Australian Julian Wilson says he feels refreshed and ready to recapture his best form ahead of the start of the 2021 World Surf League season.
- Tue, Dec 08, 2020 Australia's two-time world champion Tyler Wright made an epic start to the 2021 WSL season, dropping a perfect 10 in a quarter-final win over Stephanie Gilmore.
- Mon, Dec 07, 2020 Owen Wright will skip the Pipeline Masters in Hawaii in order to stay in Australia for the birth of his second child.
- Mon, Dec 07, 2020
Competition at the women's Maui Pro, the opening event of the World Surf League, has again been postponed as organisers await the arrival of a large swell.
- Sun, Dec 06, 2020Australian star Neil Robertson booked a place in the UK Championship final with another command performance in the 6-2 semi-final win over China's Zhou Yuelong.
- Sun, Dec 06, 2020The world's best female surfers are still waiting to start the World Surf League after another lay day was called at the Maui Pro in Hawaii.
- Sat, Dec 05, 2020
Australia's world No.1 Laura Peel has led from start to finish of the aerial skiing competition to claim the opening World Cup event in Finland.
- Sat, Dec 05, 2020Australian Neil Robertson achieved another snooker landmark, notching up his 750th career century break en route to beating Mark Selby at the UK Championships.
- Fri, Dec 04, 2020Australia's women's T20 World Cup winners have won the The Don Award, to become just the second team to be bestowed the honour.
- Fri, Dec 04, 2020 Australian surf star Tyler Wright missed almost all of 2019 with a mystery illness, but she is eyeing a successful title tilt in 2021.
- Thu, Dec 03, 2020
Australians Steph Gilmore, Sally Fitzgibbons, and Tyler Wright are among the contenders for the 2021 world surf title, but Carissa Moore stands in their way.
- Thu, Dec 03, 2020Neil Robertson has battled into the quarter-finals of the UK Championships as he seeks a third title in the game's second-biggest tournament.
- Wed, Dec 02, 2020
Australian Sally Fitzgibbons says she has been working hard on her aerials in a bid to finally win the WSL title.
2020 November
- Sun, Nov 29, 2020Neil Robertson was in red hot form as he launched his UK Championship bid with three total clearances of 135, 130 and 135 in a 6-1 demolition of Chris Wakelin.
- Sat, Nov 28, 2020A 1977 Holden LX Torana driven by race driver John Harvey is being auctioned online and could bring more than $1 million.
- Wed, Nov 25, 2020Wendy Tuck, the only woman to win an around-the-world yacht race, is embarking on a daring new challenge during this year's Sydney to Hobart blue-water classic.
- Wed, Nov 25, 2020A bumper 89-strong fleet has been announced for the 76th annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race but super maxis Wild Oats XI and Comanche will be missing this year.
- Wed, Nov 25, 2020 Tim Tszyu wants to knock out Bowen Morgan next month in their Sydney stadium fight before lining up his next one against one of the "top boys" in his division.
- Fri, Nov 20, 2020Collingwood have appointed Nicole Richardson to coach the Magpies in the 2021 Super Netball season after the side finished last this year.
- Fri, Nov 20, 2020Australian netball has lost two key administration figures within the space of a week, with Chris Symington to join Marne Fechner out the door.
- Thu, Nov 19, 2020
Andrew Moloney's team has filed an appeal after the Australian boxer's controversial WBA super flyweight result, arguing the referee made a "clear error".
- Thu, Nov 19, 2020Former Diamonds netballer Megan Anderson is the new coach of the Queensland Firebirds, taking over from Roselee Jencke, who stepped down after 11 years.
- Wed, Nov 18, 2020Gold Coast fighter Chelsea Hackett has lost her Contender Series flyweight fight with Victoria Leonardo in Las Vegas, with the American earning a UFC contract.
- Sun, Nov 15, 2020
The WBA super flyweight title bout between Australian Andrew Moloney and American Joshua Franco has ended in controversy.
- Fri, Nov 13, 2020
Australia's netball boss Marne Fechner has been lured to cycling to head up the sport's new governing body.
- Wed, Nov 11, 2020Young Queenslander Chelsea Hackett is fighting in Dana White's Contender Series to try to secure a UFC contract.
- Wed, Nov 11, 2020 Seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore is excited to open the tour in Hawaii next month, among a raft of changes to the WSL schedule.
- Wed, Nov 11, 2020
The World Surf League schedule for 2020-21.
- Tue, Nov 10, 2020
The Hockeyroos have been hit with rumours of a toxic and bullying culture, but coach Paul Gaudoin believes those claims are off the mark.
- Mon, Nov 09, 2020
North Melbourne have knocked back an application by former long-time Diamonds netball coach Lisa Alexander to become head coach at the AFL club.
- Fri, Nov 06, 2020Quarantine was tough, but Hockeyroos defender Sophie Taylor has overcome far greater challenges in her 25 years.
- Thu, Nov 05, 2020
Australia netball great Madi Browne says she has "fire in the belly" to succeed in her new challenge as spearhead of English Superleague side Leeds Rhinos.
- Wed, Nov 04, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has restricted the number of international entrants in this year's Sydney to Hobart, but the race will proceed as planned on Boxing Day.
- Mon, Nov 02, 2020Melbourne Cup crowds have been slipping in recent times but the global COVID-19 pandemic ensures attendance will sink to an all-time low this year.
- Mon, Nov 02, 2020The NSW government will tip funding into suburban Sydney stadiums in lieu of their scrapped ANZ Stadium redevelopment.
- Sun, Nov 01, 2020
Australian boxer Jason Moloney has been knocked out in the seventh round of his bantamweight world-title fight against undefeated champion Naoya Inoue of Japan.
2020 October
- Fri, Oct 30, 2020 He's been written off ahead of his world title fight with Naoya Inoue, but Australian bantamweight Jason Moloney is primed to shock the Japanese champion.
- Thu, Oct 29, 2020The world's major sporting events continue to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
- Wed, Oct 28, 2020 Tim Tszyu will fight New Zealand's Bowyn Morgan at Bankwest Stadium on December 16, while Paul Gallen will also take on UFC legend Mark Hunt.
- Tue, Oct 27, 2020 Australian Jason Moloney will be a rank outsider against unbeaten Japanese star Naoya Inoue in their WBA and IBF bantamweight world title fight on Sunday.
- Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Australia's Robert Whittaker has scored a unanimous victory over American Jared Cannonier in UFC254 on Fight Island.
- Sat, Oct 24, 2020Like everything else this year, the North Melbourne grand final breakfast has had to adapt in the midst of the pandemic.
- Thu, Oct 22, 2020Justis Huni has made history by claiming the national heavyweight boxing title on his professional debut in Brisbane.
- Thu, Oct 22, 2020
Team camps are usually rigorous affairs, but Diamonds coach Stacey Marinkovich says her first one will be about strengthening relationships and setting goals.
- Thu, Oct 22, 2020Super Netball says it will continue with the two-point Super Shot next season and will also introduce extra time for drawn matches in 2021.
- Thu, Oct 22, 2020Health authorities are urging the 40,000 fans attending ANZ Stadium for the NRL grand final on Sunday to plan a COVID-safe method of travel in advance.
- Wed, Oct 21, 2020Olympics-bound Justis Huni has set lofty goals ahead of Thursday's professional debut, where he'll historically fight for the Australian heavyweight title.
- Wed, Oct 21, 2020
Silver Ferns great and Sunshine Coast captain Laura Langman has retired from Super Netball, bringing to a close an 18-year career.
- Wed, Oct 21, 2020
New Australian netball coach Stacey Marinkovich will use a five-day camp to get to know players before making any call on Caitlin Bassett remaining captain.
- Wed, Oct 21, 2020 Australian Robert Whittaker says he wants to end the UFC hype train around Jared Cannonier.
- Tue, Oct 20, 2020
South African Phumza Maweni and Uganda captain Peace Proscovia will remain with Super Netball's Sunshine Coast Lightning after signing new deals.
- Sun, Oct 18, 2020 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has dashed the hopes of Melburnians wanting to have friends and family over for an AFL grand final party.
- Sun, Oct 18, 2020The Melbourne Vixens' superior defence has paved the way for their 66-64 Super Netball grand final win over the West Coast Fever.
- Sun, Oct 18, 2020The Melbourne Vixens have lifted the Super Netball title after a gripping grand final win that capped an unprecedented national league season.
- Sat, Oct 17, 2020
Melbourne hope experience will be key as retiring stars Tegan Philip and Caitlin Thwaites look to go out on a high against West Coast in Super Netball.
- Fri, Oct 16, 2020
West Coast Fever will start as underdogs in Sunday's grand final against Melbourne Vixens, but the hot form of Jhaniele Fowler has given them a winning hope.
- Fri, Oct 16, 2020Neil Robertson has rattled off another two century breaks en route to reaching the last 16 of the English Open but world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is out.
