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• Crystal Palace climb Conference League table as Uche sparks Shelbourne stroll

  11-12-2025 23:00
  This might be Crystal Palace’s first European campaign but they are learning very quickly. Having arrived in Dublin missing some of their big-hitters including star striker Jean-Philippe Mateta and the marauding wing-back Daniel Muñoz, they left with a comfortable victory that virtually assured them of a place in the Conference League playoffs.Oliver Glasner has already said that he will play a weakened team against Finnish side KuPS in their final group stage match next week despit
  
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• A hull of their own: On board the first all-female Sydney to Hobart crew in seven years

  12-12-2025 09:33 via smh.com.au
  
  First Light is a passion project for skipper Elizabeth Tucker, who wanted to create a space for herself as much as for her crew of five women.
  
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• Women’s Super League to review TV slots in summer after concern over viewing figures

  12-12-2025 09:00
  Average 59,000 Sky viewers for last Saturday’s noon gameReview planned with main rights holders, Sky and BBCThe Women’s Super League will review its broadcast slots at the end of the season amid disappointment at some viewing figures during the first half of the campaign.An average audience of 59,000 watched live Sky Sports coverage of Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Liverpool last Saturday lunchtime, even fewer than the 71,000 people who watched Arsenal v Chelsea on Sky in the same noo
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: big climbs, unlikely comebacks and elite camels

  12-12-2025 09:00
  Have you been following the big stories in cricket, football, motor racing, darts, climbing, athletics and the NFL? Continue reading...
  
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• Even Bazball’s implosion can’t shake Barmy Army’s crew of Ashes veterans | Emma John

  12-12-2025 09:00
  If anyone knows how to weather a whitewash, it’s the merry band of England fans marking their 30th anniversary at their spiritual homeCourage, soldier. Ben Stokes’s England team may be heading into the third Ashes Test already 2-0 down, but not everyone in English cricket is fazed. There is one group tailor-made for this scenario, a crack(pot) unit who can lay claim to be the ultimate doomsday preppers. Have your dreams been shattered? Are you crushed beneath the weight of unmet expe
  
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• Chess: Magnus Carlsen wins Freestyle Tour title despite defeat in final event

  12-12-2025 09:00
  Norway’s world No 1, 35, lost 0.5-1.5 to the US veteran Levon Aronian, 43, in Cape Town but was already sure of overall victory and a prize of around $500kNorway’s world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, was shocked by a 0.5-1.5 loss to the US veteran Levon Aronian in Thursday’s final of the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour in Cape Town, but still finished the overall winner of the five-event Tour.Freestyle chess is also known as Fischer Random and Chess 960. Pieces start randomly placed on the t
  
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• Benji's candid admission on extension

  12-12-2025 08:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Benji Marshall admits he doesn't deserve an extension after signing on until 2030.
  
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• ‘Take it off, will ya?’: Australian great slams struggling Archer, tells him to remove his gold chain

  12-12-2025 08:35 via theage.com.au
  
  Australian Test greats Ryan Harris and Ricky Ponting have criticised England’s spearhead after the visitors were destroyed in Brisbane to go down 0-2 ahead of the third Ashes Test.
  
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• ‘Look in the f***ing mirror’: Bucs coach blows up, drops SEVEN F-bombs after NFL ‘insanity’

  12-12-2025 08:08 via foxsports.com.au
  In a tight race in the NFC South, any loss could be detrimental to the Buccaneers’ season and playoff hopes.
  
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• ‘We’ve chatted’: Storm star’s big admission as multi-club contract race emerges — Nov 1 LIVE

  12-12-2025 07:34 via foxsports.com.au
  Melbourne Storm Grand Final centre Nick Meaney has opened up on an approach from the Perth Bears as he weighs up his future beyond next season.
  
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• ‘We just give it away’ West Indies skipper’s dishes out reality check after horror nine-wicket thumping

  12-12-2025 07:21 via foxsports.com.au
  Jacob Duffy took 5-38 as New Zealand cruised to a nine-wicket victory over the West Indies in the second Test in Wellington on Friday for a 1-0 series lead.
  
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• ‘Who the f*** is he?’: Tszyu fires back at US ‘hyena’ after ‘delusional’ claim

  12-12-2025 07:16 via foxsports.com.au
  Tim Tszyu says he would never have considered using “delusional” American trainer Hector Bermudez for his hyped boxing comeback bid, stressing: “I don’t even know who the f*** he is”.
  
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• Rest or runs? Contrasting roads to WBBL decider

  12-12-2025 07:10 via theage.com.au
  
  Perth have played three games in two states in the past week, including an elimination win over the Sixers in Sydney on Thursday night.
  
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• Barmy Army complain about Ashes ad; legend responds to ‘tone-deaf’ claim — Daily

  12-12-2025 07:08 via foxsports.com.au
  Cricket Australia has responded after a senior member of the ‘Barmy Army’ complained about the use of the Jonny Bairstow stumping in an Ashes hype advertisement.
  
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• Hyeronimus hopes for early luck to help turn the tables in $2m Ingham

  12-12-2025 07:00 via theage.com.au
  
  Adam Hyeronumis is second on Sydney strike rates this season and believes Estadio Mestalla can add to that with better luck early on Saturday in The Ingham.
  
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• Golden Boot winner issues Katoa update, as Walters reveals Kangaroos position

  12-12-2025 06:56 via theage.com.au
  
  As a Queensland star gave an update on his teammate’s tragic situation, his Kangaroos coach revealed he was yet to start extension talks ahead of the World Cup.
  
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• UFC champ Alex Volkanovski on rematches with Makhachev and Topuria... and McGregor superfight

  12-12-2025 06:50 via foxsports.com.au
  UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski hasn’t completely abandoned his dream of becoming a two-division champion.
  
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• ‘Need to earn it’: UFC legend’s honest admission on title hopes... and McGregor return

  12-12-2025 06:50 via foxsports.com.au
  UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski hasn’t completely abandoned his dream of becoming a two-division champion.
  
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• Ugle-Hagan brings down Brownlow Medallist with big tackle

  12-12-2025 06:47 via theage.com.au
  
  Jamarra Ugle-Hagan is impressing early in Suns pre-season training.
  
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• The ‘special’ ex-NRL stars, Wallabies legend set to mentor rising Raiders: Off-season Central

  12-12-2025 06:37 via foxsports.com.au
  The Raiders have secured a star-studded trio of coaches to join their pathways system, hiring two former NRL players and a legendary Wallaby.
  
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• Benji admits Luai clauses are staying

  12-12-2025 06:13 via theage.com.au
  
  Benji Marshall addresses the contract clauses in place for Jarome Luai.
  
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• Kirk Cousins sparks Falcons to 29-28 comeback win over reeling Buccaneers

  12-12-2025 06:03
  Cousins, Pitts Sr combine for three TDsFalcons erase 14-point fourth-quarter deficitGonzalez wins it with 43-yard field goalKirk Cousins threw three touchdown passes to Kyle Pitts Sr, and Zane Gonzalez kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired to complete the Atlanta Falcons’ rally for a 29-28 victory victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night.Facing a third-and-28 on the Falcons’ final drive, Cousins completed passes of 14 yards to Pitts and 20 yards on fourth-and-14
  
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• Opposing trainer slams Tszyu over new coach

  12-12-2025 05:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Anthony Velazquez's trainer Hector Bermudez launches a fiery attack on Tim Tszyu's recent coaching change.
  
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• ‘Surreal’ SIX-club race emerges for rising Sharks gun... as Fitzgibbon faces brutal squeeze: Nov 1 LIVE

  12-12-2025 05:46 via foxsports.com.au
  Sharks star Jesse Colquhoun has been linked to six clubs including the Bears as the pursuit of the rising forward ramps up in free agency.
  
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• Rugby Australia wanted answers about the controversial second Lions Test. They’re still waiting

  12-12-2025 05:46 via smh.com.au
  
  In an end-of-year Q&A, Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh discusses the fallout of the dramatic Lions series, the Wallabies’ slide, Joe Schmidt’s future, R360 and investment plans for women’s rugby.
  
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• Want to see the Socceroos play US at the World Cup? Here’s how much a ticket could cost you

  12-12-2025 05:40 via smh.com.au
  
  FIFA has released its ticket pricing for the 2026 tournament in the United States, to a galled global reception from fan groups.
  
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• Khawaja should play in Adelaide out of ruthlessness, not charity

  12-12-2025 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The decision whether to extend Usman Khawaja’s career has been framed, somewhat insultingly, as a charitable donation.
  
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• ‘Shadow of himself’: Legend’s radical Ashes shake-up to save ‘frazzled’ Poms — UK View

  12-12-2025 05:22 via foxsports.com.au
  Several former England players are worried for Ben Stokes as the tourists’ losses in Perth and Brisbane have highlighted a lack of leadership within the English side.
  
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• ‘Not the very top’: Why missing piece doesn’t solve GOAT puzzle for Poms Ashes hero — UK View

  12-12-2025 05:22 via foxsports.com.au
  Several former England players are worried for Ben Stokes as the tourists’ losses in Perth and Brisbane have highlighted a lack of leadership within the English side.
  
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• New video portrait of Matildas pays tribute to their legacy

  12-12-2025 05:22 via abc.net.au
  
  A 23-minute video portrait of the Matildas 2023 World Cup squad is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery, in what the institution describes as its most ambitious commission ever.
  
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