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Australian rugby league's showpiece event will head across the Tasman for the first time, with the men's State of Origin confirmed for Auckland next year.

The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) announced on Tuesday that Game II of the 2027 series will be played at Auckland's Eden Park.

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Advocates have welcomed a fresh statement from the Sydney Swans suggesting the club is considering sanctions against players following an alleged hotel incident.

A police investigation is underway into a report of an alleged sexual assault at a Melbourne hotel where Swans players were staying.

What's next?

The Sydney Swans board was scheduled to meet overnight to agree on player sanctions and penalties.

Tifanny Abreu will no longer be able to compete in female volleyball as Brazil has banned trans women from women's sports.

It's about excluding people from public life.

On top of THAT? It gets even mondo-crazier--

Each homerun was hit to a completely different area of the stadium. This is important to note, because almost every power-hitter in history has a certain 'range of success,' i.e. a certain area of the outfield in which their individual style and skills work best to hit to, based on the pitches they commonly see, plus other factors, such as the way MLB pitchers specifically throw to them.

In terms of the context noted, Báez' accomplishment is likely ~99.9% an instant-sports record that will never be broken. And it happened from nowhere, just like that!

NOTE: this all happened just this recent Saturday, August 15th, 2026.

The Al-Nassr and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to retire soon after scoring more than 950 goals for club and country

Kai Havertz and Martin Ødegaard were also on target in Arsenal’s emphatic 3-0 win against Manchester City in the Community Shield in Cardiff

The European athletics championships conclude as Great Britain’s Amy Hunt goes for her fourth gold out of four. Join Billy Munday

AFL history is made with a second draw in a round for the first time in 1977, as Carlton hang on to seal a wildcard spot, and the Swans seal second place.

On paper, Australia's full-strength team should have wiped the floor with Bangladesh. But a lack of application to their Test match craft has left Australia vulnerable to teams that are driven to succeed in the longest format.

To many on the outside, strength sports seem like a masculinity-obsessed, all-male freak show. But what I found when I entered the strength sports world was completely the opposite of anyone’s perception. There were men of all ages, races, sizes, and capabilities, of course, and there were so many other kinds of people, too. While there are certainly gyms that are majority male and cishet, I found there are many spaces that are commanded by diverse groups of people with an even larger diversity of bodies. Queer and trans people — and I’m not talking about just gay men — account for a not-so-insignificant amount of this diversity. And the popularity of strength sports continues to grow steadily amongst LGBTQ+ people all over the world.

Jessica Bang, a promising Australian golfer, has died at the age of 18 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. 

Bang, who won her first professional event in just her fifth start earlier this year, was preparing for a tournament in Thailand on 1 August when she collapsed.

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Queensland Maroons head coach Billy Slater has announced he will step down from the role.

Slater took on the head coach role in 2021 and led the Maroons to three victories in the State of Origin series against NSW. 

What's next?

The Queensland Rugby League says it will begin a process to appoint the next head coach soon.

Britain's Amy Hunt charged to 200m glory to secure her second gold medal of the European Championships - but the sprinter has her sights set on a historic quadruple in Birmingham.

The 24-year-old wants to "be iconic" and become the first athlete to win four European gold medals in the same tournament.

Binders are popular among trans and gender diverse people, but research is yet to show if they're safe to exercise in. The University of Western Australia has led the largest study so far in the search for answers, and the preliminary results are promising.

This trans man threw himself into LGBTQ-inclusive rugby after learning about a trans-specific team in the U.K.

The WNBA on Wednesday criticized those trying to create a narrative about transgender women playing in the league.

“There are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA, and we strongly denounce the bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others,” a league spokesperson said Wednesday in a statement, hours after an anti-hate task force met virtually and discussed a variety of topics, including social media vitriol and transgender athletes.

Manchester City midfielder Tijjani Reijnders is set to join Saudi Pro-League outfit Al-Qadsiah in a £52m deal

Lionel Messi says he is unsure how much longer he will continue playing football in an emotional tribute after his father's death.

The Los Angeles Lakers are to be sold for a reported record-breaking $12.5bn, external (£9.3bn) - less than a year after Mark Walter took a majority stake in the NBA franchise.

The emergence of teenage defender Ifeanyi Ndukwe has been one of the main storylines of Liverpool's pre-season - but why can the 18-year-old only play friendly matches?