Dean Bilton

In the pre-series furore, with England crowing and injury concerns mounting, Australia stayed quiet. Its response has been an emphatic and quite brilliant Ashes domination.

England's belated abandonment of Bazball gives it temporary life, but reveals a painful truth — no version of this team is a match for the soon-to-be victorious Australians.

Travis Head has become Australia's most beloved cricketer, and as another glorious Ashes century guided his team ever closer to the urn, he was eager to return the love.

The circus comes to town in Adelaide with technological madness marring a second day which, more importantly, saw England wilt again and Australia tighten its grip on the Ashes.

Alex Carey looked to the heavens as his name rang out from the Adelaide Oval stands, his emotional century saving Australia's day one and furthering his push to one day stand among the great wicketkeeper-bats.

Australia's captain is poised to make his return to the Ashes as Australia names its squad ahead of the third Test at the Adelaide Oval.

The snarl on Steve Smith's face proves conclusively that Australia doesn't just want to beat the English in this Ashes series. It wants to break them.

Australia was patient, mature and ruthless on day three at the Gabba, widening the chasm between it and an England side now set for its day of reckoning.

Australia took control of the second Ashes Test at the Gabba on a day that carried plenty of the hallmarks of failed English tours of yesteryear.

A day of tough, fluctuating Test cricket kickstarts the Ashes series at last as Mitchell Starc and Joe Root carry their sides despite concerns about what lies beneath.

The innings of a lifetime from Travis Head may be the resounding memory from an often farcical first Test in Perth, won by Australia and lost by England in spectacular fashion.

Mitchell Starc's career-best day had Australia on track for a dream Ashes opening, only for England to offer back an ominous warning for the series ahead.

The build-up to this Ashes series has been long and often painful, but will quickly be forgotten when the first bowl is bowled and all hell breaks loose today.

After being selected as the first overall pick in the AFL draft, Willem Duursma is excited about the prosect of teaming up with Eagles star Harley Reid next season.

The AFL draft is more complicated and compromised than ever before, meaning clubs rebuilding from the bottom of the ladder are doing so with one arm tied behind their backs.

With the AFL draft just around the corner, see which picks each club has to work with and the players they could select.

Footy fans are not impressed with the AFL's new finals-extending Wildcard Round, but it is all part of Andrew Dillon's grand plan for total domination of Australian sport.

All-round performances from Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma have led India to a breakthrough World Cup triumph against South Africa in Navi Mumbai.

Australia's Women's Cricket World Cup dream is over, ended by India and the greatest run chase in tournament history in a gripping semifinal. Follow live.

Sam Kerr makes a successful return to action with the Matildas, starting and playing an hour in Australia's 2-1 win over Wales.

Ariarne Titmus has given her life to a dream. As she sets off on her next adventures, she can be in no doubt that her years of sacrifice and devotion were worth it.

The AFL trade period's deadline day delivered more drama than ever — with a manager blowing up and a Hawks star suggesting Essendon is 'Alcatraz' on a social media post.

The clock runs out on deadline day of the AFL trade period, with Hawthorn failing to seal a deal for Zach Merrett, while the Swans hand over a raft of picks to clinch a move for Charlie Curnow.

Zach Merrett is one of a number of former All-Australians currently in limbo as West Coast continues to wheel and deal after another wooden spoon and Port Adelaide secures a midfielder.

Nestory Irankunda's late strike has given the Socceroos a 1-0 victory over FIFA 2026 World Cup co-hosts Canada in in Montreal.