The number that will give the Waratahs cause for hope before their clash with the Hurricanes at the weekend.

Australia is on the brink of making basketball history at the Rio Olympics, and both the men's and women's Basketball Australia teams believe they will.

A 23-year-old has been banned from playing rugby for 46 weeks for alleged racial abuse.

Mike Baird has announced a ban on greyhound racing, after the state government considered a report tabled by a Special Commission into widespread cruelty in the industry.

At the centre of the case was a dispute over the Argentine's image rights - but what does it all mean?

Parramatta Eels have brought in a not so new recruit to give their team some sorely needed reliability for the rest of the NRL - National Rugby League season.

Two former Manchester United stars fire Portugal to a 2-0 win over Wales in the first Euro 2016 semi-final.

Sydney Swans star Kieren Jack could've taken the easy option and shied away from the media's glare. He met the challenge head on.

Mick Fanning has taken out heat one in his return to South Africa's Jeffrey's Bay, almost a year after his near-death brush with a shark when it attacked him.

NSW Blues are set to unveil their youngest five-eighth since Braith Anasta in 2002, with 21-year-old Jack Bird likely to get the nod over Matt Moylan to replace Adam Reynolds.

Australia's Olympic team chief, Kitty Chiller, has described the latest instalments in Nick Kyrgios' chequered life and times as sad and puts the blame on Tennis Australia

The family breakdown between Sydney Swans, Kieren and Brandon Jack, and their parents Gary and Donna Jack? I don't know, and to a certain extent, I don't want to know.

Three Australian cricketers have been sanctioned for gambling on matches.

All you need to know ahead of round 18 of the NRL - National Rugby League season

South Sydney halfback Adam Reynolds has been rubbed out of the third Origin game after failing to recover from a shoulder injury.

For Australian diving, life after Matthew Mitcham will begin in earnest at the Rio Olympics.

The NRL - National Rugby League has been plunged into a fresh drugs crisis, after the South Sydney Rabbitohs Kirisome Auva'a allegedly recorded a second strike under the NRL's illicit drugs policy.

Sydney Swans captain Kieren Jack says he will not get into an "immature" public slanging match with his parents over the family feud that has marred celebrations of his 200th game.

NSW Swifts star Stephanie Wood always had the potential, but it wasn't until she put in the hard work that she achieved her goal of making it to netball's top level.

Despite her defeat in the second round of the girls' singles championship on Wednesday, Francesca Jones, who has just a thumb and three fingers on each hand as well as seven toes, has her sights set on emulating her role model Serena Williams in becoming world No 1.