For the umpteenth time across the weekend, punters who laid a winning bet with the TAB tote were sold short. The culprit? The much-touted World Pool.

Four years after failing to steer the Kiwis past Australia in the 2022 World Cup semi-final, Jahrome Hughes still carries the weight of that loss.

Dark horse Cairns have made it three consecutive wins, knocking down 18 three-pointers to see off the plucky Illawarra by 10 points in Wollongong.

Brodie Kostecki looked down and out late at Mount Panorama after a big pit stop error, but a mistake from Team 18 delivered the Mustang driver his second title.

Adam Scott has finished 13th at the Baycurrent Classic in Japan, failing to kick on after a superb third round left him just one shot off the lead.

Catch up with all the week’s football fixtures and results here.

American Laura Knibb and Vincent Luis of France have won the Hawaiian Ironman triathlon world titles, after a dramatic twist at the end of the women's race.

North Melbourne are on top of the ladder and Carlton are lurking just outside the top four after the two teams posted strong AFLW wins on Sunday.

Brodie Kostecki and teammate Todd Hazelwood are crowned champions at the Bathurst 1000.

Anton De Pasquale runs out of petrol on the final lap in a heartbreaking ending to his Bathurst 1000 pursuit.

Adelaide have inflicted Sydney's first loss of the season in a grand final rematch highlighted by another heated clash between Bryce Cotton and Kendric Davis.

A double century from NSW opener Oliver Davies set up the Blues for a crack at a Shield victory, but Tasmania slammed the door shut on Sunday.

Pre-race favourite Dominic Ngeno fell agonisingly short of setting a course record in winning Sunday’s Perth Running Festival Marathon.

Like them or loathe them, contestable kicks are now a major factor in winning Test matches. And New Zealand convincingly won the battle in the skies at Eden Park.

Brodie Kostecki loses the race lead of the Bathurst 1000 after a slow stop for the Shell V Power squad, Zach Bates assuming the top spot.

Australia's Travis Bazzana had a quiet night but Jose Ramirez got the job done with the bat as Cleveland triumphed over Chicago White Sox in the MLB playoffs.

AFL club Carlton says players Will Hayward and Lachie Cowan's trips to hospital this weekend stemmed from separate incidents.

Just a day after being forced to use crutches, Sam Fanning has hit an unbeaten 14 off 82 balls batting at No.10 to lift WA to a memorable Shield victory.

Sobhana Mostary struck a scintillating and record-breaking ton for Bangladesh before Australia's Georgia Voll responded in kind to secure a crushing ODI win.

Cathy Freeman and the women she mowed down in the iconic women's 400-metre race at the 1996 Stawell Gift reunite and reflect 30 years on.

One of the pair learnt from Cavani, Kimpembe, and even Neymar. Now he’s tasked with restoring his new side to its former glory.

Carlton players Will Hayward and Lachie Cowan have been involved in two separate incidents over the weekend, with both players ending up receiving treatment in hospital.

Qualifier Mat Goggin is the surprise leader as Australians dominate the top of the leaderboard at the PGA Tour Champions tournament in Palm Coast, Florida.

Hamming it up in front of more than 5000 devoted Samoa fans at Mt Druitt, the Eels’ new five-eighth was in his element.

Former Wallabies coach Dave Rennie’s imprint was all over the All Blacks’ performance in the Bledisloe Cup opener.

2025 Bathurst winner Matt Payne is deemed to have forced David Reynolds off the track in the overtake, copping a five-second penalty.

Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest marathon runner of all time, hadn’t won a marathon since 2023 – but he did it in Melbourne on Sunday, and in record time.

The Age sport reporter Andrew Wu checks in from the start and finish line of the Melbourne Marathon.

The Bathurst 1000 gets underway as Aaron Seton leads the pack through the first lap.