St Kilda pull off greatest comeback in AFL/VFL history against Melbourne

  • Saints recover from 46 points down at three-quarter-time

  • Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera slots two late goals in frantic finish

St Kilda pulled off the greatest three-quarter-time comeback in VFL/AFL history, storming home from 46 points down to stun Melbourne in a crazy finish at Marvel Stadium.

Off-contract star Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera was the hero, slotting two goals in a frantic climax to pinch a miracle six-point victory. The Saints slotted nine unanswered goals in the final term to win 15.6 (96) to Melbourne’s 13.12 (90).

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Cameron Green and Josh Inglis continue hot form as Australia beat West Indies again

  • West Indies 205-9; Australia 206-7 | Australia win by three wickets

  • Green and Inglis hit 50s as Australia take 4-0 lead in T20 series

For the fourth time in as many games, Australia impressively chased down a West Indies total in their best-of-five Twenty20 series.

Glenn Maxwell lived up to his Big Show nickname and Cameron Green and Josh Inglis continued their hot form, as Australia swept to a 4-0 lead in the T20I cricket series against West Indies in St Kitts.

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Alex de Minaur storms into Washington final with demolition job on Corentin Moutet

  • Australia’s No 1 beats Frenchman 6-4, 6-3 to book place in decider

  • World No 13 to meet Ben Shelton or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Alex de Minaur is through to the final of the Washington Open after demolishing Frenchman Corentin Moutet.

In promising signs ahead of next month’s US Open, the Australian No 1 and seventh seed stormed to a 6-4, 6-3 victory at the event where he reached his maiden ATP 500 final back in 2018.

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Tim David smashes Australia’s fastest T20 century in victory against West Indies

  • Third T20I: WI 214-4, Aus 215-4; Australia win by 6 wickets in St Kitts

  • Middle-order powerhouse hits 11 sixes in 37-ball unbeaten hundred

A remarkable record-breaking innings from power hitter Tim David has carried Australia to a six-wicket win and an unassailable 3-0 lead in their five-match T20I series against the West Indies.

Chasing a testing target of 215, Australia were struggling at 87 for 4 in the ninth over of their run chase at the small Warner Park ground in Basseterre, St Kitts.

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Demons to appeal Steven May’s three-game AFL ban for brutal collision

  • Melbourne defender found guilty of rough conduct at tribunal

  • Collision left Francis Evans concussed and with broken nose

Melbourne has confirmed it will appeal defender Steven May’s three-match ban for his devastating collision with an opponent that has divided the football world.

May was found guilty of rough conduct at the AFL tribunal on Wednesday night for the collision that concussed Francis Evans and left the Carlton forward with a broken nose and a chipped tooth.

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Josh Inglis and Cameron Green blast Australia to eight-wicket T20 win over West Indies

  • Pair put on unbroken partnership of 131 off 64 balls in Jamaica

  • Adam Zampa claims 3-29 from four overs to halt host’s brisk start

Josh Inglis and Cameron Green have smashed half-centuries to power Australia to an eight-wicket win over West Indies in their second T20 clash in Jamaica.

The hosts posted 172-8 before Inglis (78 not out from 33 balls) and Cameron Green (56no from 32) led Australia to 173-2, and victory with 28 balls to spare.

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‘Knee cooked’: Nick Kyrgios limps along road to recovery in return from injury

  • Former world No 13 completes first ATP Tour match in four months

  • Australian joins Gael Monfils in first-round doubles defeat at DC Open

Nick Kyrgios has come through his first match since March, and just his sixth this year, completing almost an hour on court in a men’s doubles defeat at the ATP Tour’s DC Open.

Partnering French veteran Gael Monfils, and playing in front of NBA star Kevin Durant, Kyrgios had a tough opening draw against third seeds Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Hugo Nys.

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Sydney player Riak Andrew faces AFL suspension over homophobic slur

  • 20-year-old cited for comment towards opponent in VFL match

  • Swans boss says ‘behaviour does not reflect the values of our club’

Sydney defender Riak Andrew is facing a lengthy suspension after being cited for using a homophobic slur while representing the AFL club’s reserves team.

First-year player Andrew, the younger brother of Gold Coast star Mac Andrew, used the slur during the Swans’ VFL clash with North Melbourne on Saturday.

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James Slipper urges Wallabies to ignore ‘losing mentality’ jibe with Lions series on the line

  • Veteran calls for history to repeat after being part of fightback in 2013

  • Australia boosted by return of Rob Valetini and Will Skelton from injury

Steely Wallabies veteran James Slipper is urging his battered troops to block out the “noise” as they look to stop the Lions juggernaut in their do-or-die second Test in Melbourne.

The series is on the line at the MCG on Saturday night with Slipper offering a unique perspective in the current Australian line-up as the only player to have taken part in two series.

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Tim Tszyu faces career crossroads after defeat to Sebastian Fundora in world title rematch

  • American wins by TKO after Australian agrees to seventh-round stoppage

  • Third loss in past four bouts leaves 30-year-old’s boxing future up in air

Tim Tszyu has suffered another devastating setback, losing once again to American Sebastian Fundora in the pair’s much-hyped world title rematch in Las Vegas.

Tszyu had been hunting redemption after losing a split-decision bloodbath to Fundora 16 months ago.

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Socceroos star Nestory Irankunda signs five-year deal with Watford in move to Championship

  • Winger secures switch from Bayern Munich to Watford

  • Move should delight Australia coach Tony Popovic ahead of 2026 World Cup

English soccer fans can brace themselves for plenty of dazzling backflips after the young Socceroos star Nestory Irankunda secured a five-year deal with the Championship outfit Watford.

The Hornets announced the signing on their website late Friday, with the club’s sporting director Gian Luca Nani taking great pride in welcoming Irankunda.

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Moesha Johnson wins Australia’s first 10km open-water swimming gold at world championships

  • Compatriot Kyle Lee takes bronze in men’s 10km race in Singapore

  • Events were postponed multiple times due to water quality concerns

Moesha Johnson has won Australia’s first 10km open water world title as compatriot Kyle Lee opened the team medal tally with bronze in the men’s race.

It is Australia’s fifth open water world title over all distances with Johnson and Lee in the quartet that will defend the mixed-team title at the Singapore world aquatics championships.

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Australia bowl West Indies out for 27 as Boland takes hat-trick and Starc joins 400 club

  • Third Test, day three: Australia 225 and 121; West Indies 143 and 27

  • Australia wrap up 176-run victory and claim 3-0 series sweep

Mitchell Starc has produced one of the all-time great bowling spells and Scott Boland taken a hat-trick as Australia bowled West Indies out for 27 to win the third Test.

On a historic day in Jamaica, Australia’s quicks ran riot to wrap up a 176-run victory and claim a 3-0 series sweep of the Frank Worrell Trophy.

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Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii learns from Origin pain before renewing hostilities with Lions

  • Wallabies star plays down feud with Sione Tuipulotu

  • 21-year-old was sent off in State of Origin debut for NSW Blues

Wallabies gun Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has avoided throwing fuel on the fire ahead of a possible spicy rematch with British and Irish Lions centre Sione Tuipulotu in Saturday’s opening Test in Brisbane

The star league recruit and the Melbourne-raised Scotland captain had to be separated in a skirmish in their first meeting at Murrayfield last November.

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Cameron Green plays lone hand as Australia batting woes worsen in West Indies

  • Third Test, day two: Australia 225 and 99-6; West Indies 143 at stumps

  • No 3 batter hits 42 not out after Sam Konstas falls for a duck

Australia’s selectors have four Sheffield Shield matches to sort their openers for the Ashes, after the team’s top order crumbled under lights in Jamaica.

The tourists went to stumps on night two at Sabina Park at 99-6 in their second innings, leading West Indies by 181 but with the game firmly in the balance.

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