Five memorable moments from the final

Scott Spits 8:47 AM   CRICKET The moments that made Sunday's final. And yes, Mitchell Starc's first-over pearler made the cut.

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Players 'will fight to prevent doping stain'

Matt Murnane 8:30 PM   AFL Former coach Mark Thompson expects the 34 past and present Bombers facing accusations they took a banned substance to avoid lengthy suspensions.

'How thirsty are you?'

Tom Decent 11:16 AM   CRICKET Australia has won their fifth Cricket World Cup, but Shane Warne's interogation of winning players about their post-match drinking plans has caused a stir and generated some laughs on social media.

Aussie's Cardinals fall short in overtime

Roy Ward 11:27 AM   BASKETBALL Mangok Mathiang had a free throw which could have put his team into the Final Four but it missed.

Australia's win cements standing

Jesse Hogan 11:46 PM   Australia overwhelms New Zealand on the biggest stage. winning a fifth World Cup title by seven wickets.

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Starc blows McCullum's house down

Andrew Wu 1:00 AM   CRICKET It is not in Brendon McCullum's DNA to defend. He believes there is no such thing as too much aggression, that it would have been silly to change his style this late.

Thymosin Beta 4 is not on banned list: Dank

Jon Pierik 5:09 PM   AFL As calls come for "root and branch" review of how ASADA completes investigations, man at the centre of Essendon saga insists supplements program was known at highest levels of the club.

Porte stakes claim for Giro after Catalonia win

Iain Rogers 2:57 AM   CYCLING Team Sky's Richie Porte won the 2015 Tour of Catalonia on Sunday, the in-form Australian securing one of the biggest victories of his career and laying down a marker for the Giro d'Italia.

Pearson shakes off injury to win

Michael Gleeson 10:47 PM   ATHLETICS The morning after being forced to pull out of the sprint final, Olympic and world champion Sally Pearson has declared herself fit to compete in the hurdles at the athletics national titles Sunday.

Ferrari's Vettel storms to Malaysia win

9:00 PM   MOTOR SPORT Sebastian Vettel showed again that form is temporary and class permanent when the four-times world champion put in a faultless display to record his first victory for Ferrari at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.

The Cup finally runneth over

Peter Hanlon 7:47 PM   It went on and on, but there was plenty to like in cricket's one-day championships

Captain Clarke did not see any send-offs

Jesse Hogan 8:03 AM   Michael Clarke believes none of his players overstepped the mark with their treatment of dismissed New Zealand batsmen in Sunday's World Cup victory at the MCG.

Cats have high hopes for classy Cockatoo

Matt Murnane 10:42 PM   Cats are re-generating into a more complete team like the reigning premier Hawks.

'Aussie' Macedonian to face Socceroos

8:00 AM   Macedonia defender Daniel Georgievski insists there'll be no room for emotion - or bitterness at being snubbed by his country of birth - when he lines up against the Socceroos.

Serena advances, Azarenka falls to Pennetta

10:35 AM   World number one Serena Williams comfortably beat 15-year-old CiCi Bellis 6-1 6-1 while Romanian third-seed Simona Halep and Italian Flavia Pennetta also progressed at the Miami Open.

Rossi wins Qatar season-opener

9:46 AM   MotoGP great Valentino Rossi rolled back the years to win the Qatar season-opener for Yamaha on Sunday with Italian riders sweeping the podium places after a thrilling duel under the Losail floodlights.

McDonald ready for challengers

Chris Roots 7:32 PM   James McDonald has owned the first month of the Sydney autumn carnival and will head to the first day of The Championships full of confidence as jockeys from around the world come to town.

Opals star Jarry signs with new club

Roy Ward 6:37 PM   Opals star Rachel Jarry is the second player to sign with Shane Heal's South East Queensland WNBL club.

Walker wins Texas Open

10:12 AM   Jimmy Walker has won his hometown Texas Open, becoming the first two-time winner on the US PGA Tour this season.

Tahs, Brumbies dominate Wallabies group

Georgina Robinson 8:33 AM   Wallabies coach Michael Cheika's first big test of man management has begun with 15 Waratahs and 12 Brumbies players converging on Brisbane for the first formal gathering of the Test squad in a World Cup year.

Merrin rules out Panthers mid-season switch

Simon Brunsdon 12:45 AM   Trent Merrin has dismissed the possibility of a stunning mid-season move to Penrith, declaring his commitment to St George Illawarra as the Dragons found their fire on Saturday night.

Rash moment costs Lowndes

Mark Fogarty 11:53 PM   MOTOR SPORT A rash moment cost Craig Lowndes a record-setting sweep of the Tasmania SuperSprint and cleared the way for V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup to get his title defence back on course.