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Riot police escorting the Sporting CP team bus watch as fans bring down fences set along the road, while celebrating after their team won the Portuguese soccer league title in Lisbon.

Four men are now in police custody over a violent brawl at a children's rugby match that's left one man, 35-year-old Josh Jones, with serious facial injuries and awaiting surgery.

Genomic sequencing on the Melbourne man's case of COVID-19 supports the theory that the infection was acquired in an Adelaide quarantine hotel.

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Mr Rioli was charged with stashing 25 grams of cannabis in his pants while on board a charter flight from Darwin to the Tiwi Islands.

A supporter of convicted rapist Jarryd Hayne has been fined for offensive conduct after allegedly spitting on the footpath outside a Newcastle court after the footballer was sentenced for sexual assault.

It's seen as the ultimate NRL weekend that will see all 16 teams play at Suncorp Stadium, but NRL Magic Round is set to cast another type of magic on Brisbane's tourism industry.

A woman who witnessed a brawl at a junior rugby league game in Brisbane which left a man needing surgery claims the man who sparked the fight was "throwing people like dolls."

The jury in the sexual assault trial of Jack De Belin and Callan Sinclair alleged rape found the pair not guilty of one charge, and were unable to reach a majority verdict on the other five.

Australian striker Sam Kerr scored one of Chelsea's goals and became just the second player to pass 20 goals in a WSL season.

Six-year-old Mia Kretzer loves skateboarding and is keen to show her stuff.

Tony Williams has been axed by the New York Freedom as a direct result of the comments he made, which included unsavoury remarks about the victim in the case.

The Sydney Roosters have been caught up in the latest COVID-19 scare, following confirmation the man who tested positive yesterday visited the Moore Park precinct.

Deaths of 2021: Who we've lost this year

A 28-year-old sumo wrestler has died, a month after suffering a serious head injury during a bout.

Australia's athletes will be given priority for the COVID-19 jab ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

A spate of sub-par golf shots colliding with cars on a motorway has led Auckland Council to close three holes of a suburban course.

Police are at the scene of a double-fatal crash at the Targa Tasmania race, after another racer died yesterday morning.

A rally driver has died in a crash on Tasmania's Mount Arrowsmith.

A speedy dog has emerged from nowhere to 'win' a high school sports race in the USA.

Former WBA heavyweight champion Lucas Browne has been roasted for his shocking round one loss to NRL great Paul Gallen, who tonight proved he's more than just a part-time boxer.

As Melburnians struggled through COVID lockdown last year one man was inspired to build a gold course now bringing his local community together.

UFC majority stakeholder, Endeavour is set to have the organisation valuated for US$10 billion, offering shares from as little as $23 per share.

State of Origin is set to return to Optus Stadium for just the second time in history in 2022.

It's a piece of prime real estate in the middle of Queensland's glitter strip, but less than 40 people have been inside the old Surfers Paradise Bowls Club in the past decade.

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk wants to rebuild the Gabba if Brisbane's bid for the 2032 Olympics is successful.

Former No.1 draft pick Jonathon Patton has retired from the AFL in a bombshell announcement that included an apology for his "unacceptable actions".

Rugby League legend Tommy Raudonikis has been farewelled by some of the NRL's finest at a funeral held on the Gold Coast this afternoon.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has squatted and stretched his way through a morning visit to a mine in Western Australia, limbering up to the tune of 'Working Class Man'.

A photo symbolising "love and compassion" of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent "hug curtain" has been named the World Press Photo of the Year 2021.

A photo symbolising "love and compassion" of a woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent "hug curtain" was named the World Press Photo of the Year.

Former NFL player Phillip Adams killed five people - including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two young grandchildren - at the physician's South Carolina home before taking his own life in his own family's home nearby.

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Rugby league is in mourning over the game's colourful champion, who has died aged 70 from cancer.

Proving that age is no barrier, 80-year-old Lorraine Tuckett is fast becoming the face of burnouts.

The Raiders have outclassed the Titans 20-4 at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium and recorded the club's 500th win in the process.

The fullback scored four tries in 11 minutes.

The cause of Tiger Woods' crash is for now being kept secret.

On the banks of the Hawkesbury River, Graeme Colless' turf farm is bathed in brown mud following the state's worst flooding in decades.

An 18th player will be added to NRL game day squads from Round 5 after the ARL Commission this afternoon approved of the change in playing conditions.

This page contains a record of high-profile people who have died in the year 2020

Matildas and Brisbane Roar star midfielder Katrina Gorry is expecting her first baby later this year.

A raft of coronavirus restrictions will further ease in Victoria at 6pm as the state celebrates eliminating COVID-19 today.

Julie Pomagalski, a former Olympic snowboarder from France, has died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. She was 40.

The Reds have hung on for a 26-19 in Brisbane as Brandon Paenga-Amosa wins the clinching breakdown penalty with the Force hot on attack.