The growing pains of Jarryd Hayne
5:08 PM Early in the San Francisco 49ers' game against the Detroit Lions last weekend a play was drawn up for Jarryd Hayne to score a touchdown.
Cricket
Test team of 2015: a groundbreaking line-up
Chloe Saltau The 12-person Test team of the year has at least one big surprise.
Head blasts Adelaide to victory over Sixers
Daniel Lane 1:31 AM The New Year's Eve fireworks were ignited in Adelaide by local hero Travis Head who guided his team to an incredible five-wicket victory after being set 177 by the Sydney Sixers.
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Top stories
O'Donovan headbutt sours Mariners' win
Emma Kemp 9:34 PM Football: It took 11 matches and nearly three months, but Central Coast finally have something to celebrate with a controversial 3-1 A-League win over Wellington to bring in the new year.
Hawks break NYE hoodoo with Crocs mauling
Mitch Cohen 10:04 PM Basketball: The Illawarra Hawks recorded their seventh win in their past eight matche, thrashing Townsville on Thursday night.
The one critic Hayne answers to
5:07 PM American Football: Jarryd Hayne has had to endure many critics on his NFL journey, but there's one he truly listens to.
Arnold mystified by Simon suspension
Sebastian Hassett Football: The furious Sydney FC coach says the elbowing of Central Coast Mariners defender Jake McGing should never have been referred to the match review panel.
A year of wheel drama, on and off the bike
Rupert Guinness 2:43 PM Cycling: From the continued scrutiny of Tour de France winner Chris Froome to Lance Armstrong's attempts to muscle back into the limelight, 2015 was an incident-packed year.
Flood of online support for SBW's graphic pics
Laura Walters Rugby: Sonny Bill Williams has received a flood of online support for his decision to share two pictures of dead children on social media in an attempt to raise awareness of Syria's refugee crisis.
League
Cowboys and Rhinos to honour Murray
Matt Bungard The best player in the World Club Challenge in 2016 will receive the Graham Murray Medal.
Walters named Queensland Origin coach
Jim Morton New Queensland State of Origin rugby league coach Kevin Walters insists he has no hard feelings after Paul Green was initially approached for the role.
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Football
A-League needs free-to-air TV: experts
Emma Kemp Football: The A-League will never make headway if Football Federation Australia (FFA) does not sacrifice valuable revenue to secure a broadcast deal with a mainstream free-to-air TV network, experts say.
Vukovic admits he has to get better
Michael Lynch 7:12 PM Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Danny Vukovic doesn't need to be reminded that he hasn't quite performed to his usual high standards this season.
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Horseracing
Kensington track set to be resurfaced
Chris Roots There will not be another race meeting held on the Kensington track at Randwick until it is ripped up and resurfaced after another disastrous performance during a set of barrier trials on Tuesday.
Jiayuguan a Tatts hope at her favourite trip
Chris Roots John Thompson took a while to work out Jiayuguan but the secret might have been the 2400m journey of Friday's Tattersalls Club Cup at Randwick.
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More sport
Murray not expecting any lip from Kyrgios
Tennis: World No.2 Andy Murray says he's not expecting any pranks from Australian bad boy Nick Kyrgios when they cross paths at the Hopman Cup.
Ingles plays team tune through tough season
Roy Ward 6:49 PM Basketball: Australian star Joe Ingles is keeping time with his Utah Jazz despite their up and down season.
Kokkinakis: not the present but still the future
Linda Pearce 12:30 PM Tennis: When Thanasi Kokkinakis speaks of the "obstacles" he had to negotiate in his breakthrough season in the top 100, he is opening up a can of worms.
McCaw receives NZ's highest accolade
Kevin Norquay Rugby: On top of the rugby world at Twickenham two months ago, Richie McCaw has now been lifted to New Zealand's highest accolade in the New Year's Honours.
Hewitt sweating it out for his Open swansong
Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt's unprecedented 20th consecutive (and final) Australian Open campaign next month will be the culmination of a brutal summer fitness regime.
NBA player shot, robbed of gold caps on teeth
Cindy Boren Basketball: Reports say that the incident occurred when three cars boxed in an Uber vehicle carrying him and his girlfriend and the people demanded his "gold."
Highlights
Big Bash League just not cricket
It's just not cricket; and that's what makes it such a crowd-puller. As a sport in its infancy, T20 is developing fast, requiring new ways of playing and watching.
The Swans' best wins
From the Lake Oval to the Harbour City, there's been a bit of water under the bridge for the Swans over the past 45 years.
Frosty's year to savour on the track
Yearender: We look back at 2015 in motor sport.
South Africa are ripe for a walloping again
We came to this series with South Africa No.1 in the world but at the moment they are in a mess.
Sport: The week's best plays
From incredible blocks to remarkable goals, these are the most exciting, silly and downright crazy plays in the sporting world this week.
Don't leave Windies out in the cold
The moral of the current Test series is clear: improvement comes from playing up, as bruising as it can be.
Test cricket has to take a leaf out of T20's book
Coloured clothing, cheaper tickets and faster pace would help attract modern fans
Time to give Dellavedova respect he deserves
The critics of Matthew Dellavedova are the same kind of people who'd find fault with Scooby Doo for having a speech impediment.
United's decline is painful to behold
The days when United would lift their city and sporting spirits everywhere are now just a distant memory.
Surprises, Russia and Jack has Hale of a time
Athletics: The cheers could not have been louder when a Bolt from the blue nudged Gatlin for the world 100 metres title.
Windies lose Test but find some heart
For a while, the West Indies kept pace with the federal government frontbench.
At the end of the day, it was all over
In the beginning, there was the end. Everyone knew what it would be, it was just a matter of when: quickly, the last session, the next day. As it happened, it was this day, but not until after 6pm.
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