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Australia’s Jack Jenkins suffers the first loss of his career and it’s come in gruesome circumstances against Chepe Mariscal! The two fighters were grappling on their feet and then fell to the mat as Mariscal went for a wizard kick and Jenkins’ right elbow dislocated as he attempted to break …

Australian superstar Cameron Smith is returning Down Under to contest his home PGA and Open tournaments this year. The world No.11 and last year’s British Open champion will defend his Australian PGA Championship title at Royal Queensland in Brisbane on November 23-26. He will then strive to win his first …

When the gun fires to mark the start of the women’s marathon at Budapest’s world athletics championships on Saturday afternoon (AEST), Lisa Weightman will pitter-patter away from Heroes’ Square as the oldest athlete on Australia’s 66-strong team. The 44-year-old mum from Melbourne has returned to Hungary for the first time …

Tim Horan believes two Australian clubs are “nearly broke” while Stephen Hoiles says the Super Rugby model is “broken” as the national body begins a “strategic reset” of the game. Rugby Australia on Wednesday announced major changes were afoot, including a push towards centralisation, as it issued a lengthy press …

Wide World of Sports brings you all the big hits and controversies from the undercard fights before Nikita Tszyu and Jack Brubaker in the main event.

Australia’s Rob Stannard will miss this year’s Cycling World Championships after receiving a provisional suspension for an alleged anti-doping rule violation. Stannard’s absence from the event, which kicks off on August 3, was confirmed via a statement from AusCycling late on Wednesday night. “AusCycling was informed of the UCI’s provisional …

The Ashes fifth Test teams ENGLAND: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Moeen Ali, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Mark Wood, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson AUSTRALIA: 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus …

Mollie O’Callaghan has become the first woman in history to clinch the freestyle double at a world championships by pinching gold in the women’s 100m freestyle final in Fukuoka, Japan. Swimming in the fifth lane, O’Callaghan kicked in the final 20m to edge ahead of Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey in …

A fundamental failure had Will Power blowing up deluxe on the radio to his team after he was forced to relinquish a potential podium finish in the latest IndyCar race. The Team Penske driver was challenging Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta for third on the Toronto streets when the call came …

In the years that have passed since Zoe Buckman last competed on the Olympic stage, the Australian running champion has faced battles that went close to breaking her. The Canberran has encountered a terrible run of injuries, been abandoned by sponsors, grown “disenchanted” with the sport of running, lived in …