Alex Keath and Josh Bruce remain in limbo after a four-way trade proposal was shut down by the Western Bulldogs over the weekend.

St Kilda champion Leigh Montagna has questioned why so many players are either keen to leave Port Adelaide or have been linked to potential trades.

Few could deny Walkinshaw Andretti United, James Courtney and Jack Perkins deserved their Bathurst 1000 podium.

Welcome back to the 2019 AFL trade period.

In his first season as a full-time Supercars driver in 2012, Alex Premat suffered heat exhaustion ahead of a Sydney 500 race, and was replaced by a teenage Scott McLaughlin.

After a sleepless night replaying Japan’s historic Rugby World Cup victory over Scotland in his head, captain Michael Leitch has warned quarter-final opponents South Africa that lightning can strike twice.

Former Adelaide captain Taylor Walker has led the tributes to Eddie Betts after his trade to Carlton was made official, with the Blues welcoming him back with a brilliant and creative video.

North Queensland has snapped up a Kiwi Test star from Wests Tigers.

The Miami Dolphins aren’t good. They know that, and we know that.

Eddie Betts is officially a Carlton player once again.

The AFL’s silly season is underway, with players finding new homes for the 2020 season and beyond.

An answer given in a live broadcast interview sparked officials into action in the Bathurst drama that shrouded Scott McLaughlin’s historic victory.

A photo has emerged of Melbourne star Suliasi Vunivalu, allegedly proving he was punched inside a Bali bar over the weekend.

Ollie Wines’ manager Nick Gieschen has vehemently denied he approached Carlton asking them to consider trading for the Port Adelaide midfielder.

Jose Mourinho has named 1994 and 2002 World Cup winner Ronaldo as the greatest player he has ever seen - ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

And so there were eight.

The NRL season might be over, but there’s still plenty of rugby league left in 2019.

Scott McLaughlin’s Bathurst 1000 title has not yet been made official after his Ford outfit was charged with breaching team orders regulations.

American boxer Patrick Day was fighting for his life in critical condition in hospital on Sunday night, still in a coma following a vicious knockout by Charles Conwell the night before.

Ben Youngs has cautioned England against believing their “own hype” as they bid to avoid the upset against Australia that would end their World Cup.

Monday morning was a monumental morning for the Gold Coast Suns.

Port Adelaide unveiled their commemorative 150th anniversary logo over the weekend, a design that unifies its AFL and SANFL teams.

Nelson Asofa-Solomona’s defence for allegedly being involved in a violent brawl in Bali may be helped by CCTV vision, and the evidence of a local Seminyak club owner.

Ever wondered what it feels like to be tackled by the Melbourne Storm forward pack?

Manchester United have the highest wage bill EVER reported by a Premier League club — despite their awful form under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Try as they might, Victoria and South Australia couldn’t find a way to contrive a result in their drawn Sheffield Shield season-opener, with the stupefying stalemate probably a fair reflection of the lifeless Junction Oval pitch.

Melbourne Storm are generally considered one of, if not the, best run club in the NRL.

James Maddison has been left sweating over his England future by Gareth Southgate.

Not even football itself captures the attention quite like the annual AFL trade period.

Louis Lancaster may not be a manager you’ve heard of but he’s the man largely responsible for the development of one of the Bundesliga’s hottest talents; Jadon Sancho.

Cheering fans danced on Tokyo’s famous Shibuya crossing and grown men were reduced to tears in the stadium as Japan made history by reaching their first-ever Rugby World Cup quarter-final.

Gold Coast fans finally have something to cheer about after young star Ben King put pen to paper on a two-year extension.

Pre-season numbers often mean almost nothing. Rotations are unusual, starters rarely play much, and few if any teams are putting a premium on winning games.

After the longest off-season in world football, the A-League is back. And the opening weekend was definitely worth the wait, with eleven goals, a red card, and more drama than a Hollywood soap.

Bradley Hill has nominated St Kilda as his preferred home of choice, but another Victorian club has emerged as a potential suitor.

Brigid Kosgei of Kenya won the Chicago Marathon on Sunday in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 4 seconds to break the world record in the event.

Get ready, people. It’s that time of year again.

A “shattered” Chaz Mostert has apologised to Tickford teammate Cameron Waters after causing a decisive accident late in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

3-0 against Kuwait. 5-0 against Nepal. Now it’s time for the Socceroos to play the third match on the road to Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Manchester United star Daniel James appeared to be briefly knocked out — before being allowed to carry on as Wales faced Croatia.

Melbourne Storm have confirmed they and the NRL are investigating star prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona’s involvement in a violent brawl while holidaying in Bali.

Drinking from the bottle and dancing with his teammates, this was Nelson Asofa-Solomona innocently letting his hair down on an end-of-season trip — before it all went wrong.

The head of the NRL’s integrity unit has flown to Melbourne to interview Melbourne Storm players at the centre of the vicious Bali brawl involving giant prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona.

Scott McLaughlin was crowned Bathurst champion for the first time in his career on Sunday afternoon, along with co-driver Alex Premat. However, the actions of his other teammate were branded “disgraceful”.

The salary cap squeeze is on at Collingwood as their growing list of stars require more money.

There was a little graze under the right eye of Oleksandr Usyk, nothing to worry about, but something that might be food for thought for the heavyweight elite.

Chelsea legend Petr Cech took up a familiar position in between the posts on Sunday afternoon - even saving a PENALTY and getting named man of the match on the way to a win.

A move to the United States is back on the cards for Scott McLaughlin after the Supercars star impressed American motorsport giant Roger Penske with his stunning maiden Bathurst 1000 victory.

Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum struck an absolute thunderbolt after heading home the first goal in a 2-1 win over Belarus, while Gareth Bale was also on the scoresheet in a busy morning of 2020 European Championships qualification.

Jurgen Klopp rejected taking the Manchester United job in 2015 as he “hated” how Ed Woodward runs the club, according to Liverpool legend and current Brisbane Roar coach Robbie Fowler.

No need for a Hail Mary, as the New Orleans Saints already have some holy support this week.

She insists she is no superstar, but Simone Biles can now be considered among the greatest gymnasts ever after on Sunday becoming the all-time record holder for most medals won at world championships.

American teenage sensation Coco Gauff has became the youngest player to win a WTA title in 15 years by beating former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the Linz Open final.

Daniel Ricciardo has gone from furious to thrilled as the Aussie F1 superstar finished sixth at the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix.

History has been made after host nation Japan made the Rugby World Cup knockout stages for the first time after holding on to beat Scotland 28-21 in Yokohama.

It’s on again.

Former Wallabies captain Stephen Moore has urged selectors to take a lineout risk and include Jack Dempsey in the starting side to play England in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinal.

After experiencing Rugby World Cup heartbreak Canada didn’t just sit around and mope. They picked up shovels and helped clean up a typhoon ravaged Kamaishi to win admirers around the globe.

Wales set up a Rugby World Cup quarter-final with Six Nations rivals France as they topped Pool D with a far-from-perfect 35-13 win over minnows Uruguay on Sunday.

Test all-rounder Mitch Marsh has injured his bowling hand after punching a dressing-room wall during Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield draw with Tasmania.

Socceroos captain Mark Milligan credits a series of in-depth discussions with coach Graham Arnold for convincing him to play on for Australia. Just as he did after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Milligan contemplated retiring from the national team in the wake of January’s Asian Cup quarter-final exit.

Brisbane have been saved by the VAR after being awarded a goal in the dying moments of their 1-1 draw with Perth at HBF Park.

Valtteri Bottas has won the Japanese Grand Prix, as Mercedes wrap up a sixth-consecutive Formula 1 constructors’ championship, with Australian Daniel Ricciardo seventh in his Renault.

Race days at Mount Panorama are unforgettable. For the rest of Scott McLaughlin and Alex Premat’s lives, October 13, 2019, will be one of those days.

Tonga enjoyed a final flourish at the Rugby World Cup as they beat the United States 31-19 to maintain their 20 year dominance over the Eagles on Sunday.

Over four and a half hours into the race, and it amounted to nothing.

The good news is that the Wallabies are just three Tests away from lifting the Webb Ellis Cup.

The A-League entered a long-awaited new era when the competition’s fledgling side Western United claimed victory in their maiden match in the competition.

Former England international Stuart Barnes and 71-cap Wallaby have picked apart the weaknesses of Eddie Jones’ side ahead of a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match-up.

Fight fans have blown up on social media following a sickening knockout at the latest UFC fight night in Tampa.

Sebastian Vettel secured a stunning pole position for the Japanese GP in Sunday's delayed qualifying, as Ferrari turned the tables on favourites Mercedes to seal a surprise front-row lockout.

Adelaide will unveil its next head coach by Monday, with GWS assistant Matthew Nicks firming as Don Pyke’s heir apparent.

NRL superstar Sam Burgess’ week has taken another hit with the South Sydney Rabbitohs player splitting with wife Phoebe.

Brodie Kostecki was given the all clear to drive again in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 after a carbon dioxide poisoning scare.

Clive Churchill Medallist Jack Wighton is expected to test the market on the November 1 deadline.

It was one lap and one crash at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, as Tim Slade had an unwanted meeting with the wall.

Adelaide chairman Rob Chapman has set a deadline on his tenure, confirming he will stand down after the next AFL season.

Earlier this week Lachie Hunter and his long term partner Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe became engaged in picturesque Positano.

Shell V-Power Racing has struck the final blow ahead of the Great Race, with Fabian Coulthard setting the fastest time in Sunday morning Warm Up.

World Cup organisers have cancelled a third game because of Typhoon Hagibis, deciding early Sunday morning to call off the last of the Pool B games between Canada and Namibia.

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev has remarkably reached his ninth final of the season after he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 at the Shanghai Masters.

It took seven practice sessions, qualifying and a Top 10 Shootout, but we have the grid for the 2019 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

Wellington host A-League newcomers Western United on Sunday evening (AEDT) and there will be no love lost between the two sides, according to Steven Taylor.

When the Western Sydney Wanderers played their first-ever A-League match on October 6, 2012, an 11-year-old boy named Daniel Wilmering was among the ball-boys at ‘Wanderland’, Parramatta Stadium.

St Helens have ensured there was no fairy-tale ending for underdogs Salford by condemning them to a 23-6 defeat in an enthralling English Super League title decider at Old Trafford.

Scott McLaughlin’s record Top 10 Shootout lap may stand the test of time ahead of technical changes made from next season.

It’s back to the start for Australia and probable quarterfinal opponents England, who will build up to their Rugby World Cup showdown in isolated training bases.

How has it come to this, that ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated games of the Rugby World Cup, the talk is of weather forecasts and threats of legal action?

World player of the year Johnny Sexton scored two tries as 14-man Ireland secured a 47-5 bonus point win over Samoa to reach the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday.

Faster, and faster, and faster. That has been the tone of the weekend for Scott McLaughlin.

Compared to previous years, there hasn’t been much movement yet this trade period. But that means there could be plenty in the final three days — or the final three hours.

Australian captain Tim Paine has finally broken his triple-figure drought, registering just his second first-class century on Saturday — almost 13 years after his first one.

Essendon has thrown up an array of young gun Swans as potential compensation for losing Joe Daniher.

Kurtley Beale’s health status won’t be known until midweek but the wellbeing of Australia’s backline play will come under immediate focus in their preparation for the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals.

Kamsoba found the back of the net, but the dawn of new A-League eras for Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City has ended in a 0-0 draw at Marvel Stadium. With coach Marco Kurz on the touchline for an A-League match for the first time for Victory and Erick Mombaerts likewise for City, both sides had decent chances to claim all three points but had to settle for a share of the spoils in front of 33,523 fans on Saturday night.

The Sydney Kings won their home opener, and, while there are still some unknowns, it appears as though one key issue has been solved.

Roger Bannister, Neil Armstrong, Usain Bolt — now add Eliud Kipchoge to that company.

Captain Mitchell Duke’s double has earned Western Sydney a 2-1 opening-round A-League home victory over Central Coast, with the winner coming from a penalty after VAR intervention.

Could it have been anyone else? A new lap record. A margin of over four tenths.

Race 2 of the Toyota 86 Racing Series at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 has been marred by a final-lap rollover for Peter Vodanovich.