South Africa have conceded they didn't do a good enough job making Australia's bowlers toil in the first Test, a point they must address at St George's Park.

Australia's 'big four' bowlers have entered the most rarefied of air as they approach a 10th year together, with the benefit of age playing into their hands.

British comeback player Sonay Kartal has kept the shocks coming at the Wuhan Open with one of the best wins of her career over Ukrainian star Elina Svitolina.

Spanish youngster Rafael Jodar has continued his inexorable rise, defeating Casper Ruud to make the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters at the age of just 20.

The Kia Tigers and the LG Twins, the two teams that have combined to win the past three Korean baseball championships, will renew their postseason rivalry starting this weekend. The two clubs will have their first Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason showdown in 10 years when the first game in their best-of-five semi-final round opens at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Tigers' home, Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, some 270 kilometers south of Seoul. The Twins are the defending Korean Series champions and they also won the 2023 title. They are trying to become the first team since the 2015-2016 Doosan Bears to capture back-to-back Korean Series titles. The Tigers were the 2024 Korean Series champions but missed the postseason in 2025. The Tigers will host the first two games, with the second game scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Sunday. The series will shift to the Twins' home turf, Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, for Game 3 at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and, if necessary, Game 4 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. If the series goes the distance, the deciding fifth game will be back in Gwangju at 6:30 p.

Former Olympic champion Mima Ito has been dropped from Japan’s latest national table tennis squad, replaced by 28-year-old breakthrough player Hitomi Sato, who finished runner-up at the recent WTT China Smash. Across the border, meanwhile, followers of rival powerhouses China have focused their attention on widely circulated Chinese media reports that the Japan Table Tennis Association plans to dismantle the high-profile mixed-doubles pairing of Sora Matsushima and Miwa Harimoto. Under the...

Melbourne have bounced back into form to take down the Tigers and put themselves in a strong position as finals football approaches.

Sydney FC and Western Sydney were left lamenting missed opportunities after the A-League Men rivals settled for a goalless draw to kick off the new campaign.

After an encouraging end to their season on the field, things have turned particularly sour off the field for the Blues, who now have two players suspended for the start of next season.

Six-time NBL MVP Bryce Cotton has produced some late magic to sink Tasmania, but coach Trevor Gleeson was not there to see it due to a five-year-old promise.