Australian surfer Chris Davidson has died after being punched outside of a pub near Sydney.

Hosts Australia fell agonisingly short of making a second appearance in the Women's Basketball World Cup final as they lost a dramatic semi-final 61-59 to seventh seeds China - watched by a crowd of 11,916 at the Sydney SuperDome.

Australia was chosen as host of the 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Congress in Arnhem in The Netherlands.

Mathieu van der Poel has pleaded guilty to common assault of two teenage girls following his arrest during the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships and been fined AUD1,500 (£900/$975).

Hosts Australia won their second consecutive game at the Women's Basketball World Cup while France and Canada also secured victories in Sydney.

Hosts Australia, surprisingly beaten in their opening day match of the International Basketball Federation Women's World Cup in Sydney, got back into full normal working as they defeated Mali 118-58 in their second Group B match.

Football Australia has appointed former FIFA official Mel Mallam as its general counsel, commencing from the start of next month.

For the first time in more than a decade, not a single athlete tested positive for taking a supplement according to a Sport Integrity Australia review for 2021-2022.

A fifth cohort of 20 performance pathway coaches have started the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) elevate coach programme in the Gold Coast as a part of the country's strategy to prepare for Brisbane 2032.

Double Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) A'ja Wilson and Tokyo 2020 MVP Breanna Stewart lead the United States' squad looking to defend their title at the Women's Basketball World Cup in Australia.

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games medallists Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva, Alex Saffy and Yangzi Liu have been named among the 10 recipients of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame's second-tier scholarship and mentoring programme.

Individual time trial events took place at Wollongong today. They mark the start of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships; but also something much bigger. Namely Australia's "Decade of Sport".

The United States and Australia both made it back-to-back victories in the group stage of tennis' Davis Cup Finals.

Australia will wear an indigenous-themed strip at this year's International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup.

Caitlin Moran, part of the Australian team which won the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, has been given a one-match ban and a significant fine by the National Rugby League (NRL) for for a post on social media about Queen Elizabeth II.