A lofty battle of measurements.

As Scott Boland joined Jason Gillespie, Aunty Faith Thomas and Ash Gardner as Australia’s Aboriginal Test cricketers, Cricket Australia’s Indigenous advisory co-chair Justin Mohamed explained the decision to move away from referring to January 26...

All the action from the opening day at the MCG. Australia are chasing an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.

Jonny Bairstow believes being sent in to bat on a surprisingly green MCG pitch was the major reason for England demise.

The specialised unit’s 22 investigators spend their days online, impersonating children or paedophiles before a sting. They have never lost a case in court.

What to Expect When You’re Expecting has been a trusty companion for a generation of expectant parents. But those using the book’s app have also found a “community” section rife with scare stories and conspiracy theories.

Johannesburg: “Like falling in love” is how Archbishop Desmond Tutu described voting in South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, a remark that captured both his puckish humour and his profound emotions after decades fighting apartheid.

Melbourne City’s Hannah Wilkinson lit up AAMI Park on Sunday with a record-equalling five-goal haul in the latest edition of the A-League Women’s Melbourne derby.

Burly Victorian Scott Boland has waited 10 years to play Test cricket, and came away from day one with a wicket for a souvenir.

Cricketers will think twice about handing over their phones over to Cricket Australia’s integrity unit until protocols are tightened.

Australia are just days away from sealing another home Ashes series victory after Joe Root’s pre-game rallying cry failed to prevent a Boxing Day debacle for the beleaguered visitors.

The state recorded 1479 new cases during the Christmas weekend, but only seven patients are in hospital.

Masked-up and sanitised shoppers flocked to Sydney’s biggest retail centres on Boxing Day, while online sales rose by 25 per cent from last year.

Travel agents say increasing COVID-19 case numbers, which have forced thousands to isolate, have led to people cancelling bookings across the state.

Ben Luzz has the martinis ready for a street party in the city this New Year’s Eve which he says is going to be bigger and better than last year. 

Joe Root played with fire throughout an innings that had to be a hundred if England were to make a fist of Boxing Day.

As public health experts race to study the virulence and severity of the new Omicron strain, here’s what we know so far.

David Warner stands as the lonely marker among successful opening batters across Ashes cycles.

Bird of prey with a wingspan almost three-metres wide drops animals from height on to rocks to feast on nutritious marrow within.

Australia head into the third test at the MCG needing only a draw to retain The Ashes.

Russian Conquest looms as potentially the biggest stumbling block to Coolangatta’s march towards the Magic Millions on another day of high COVID-19 drama for the racing industry.

A 25-year-old French tourist has been charged by police after allegedly failing to comply with directions while in hotel quarantine.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel peace prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against white minority rule, has died aged 90.

Race-by-race tips and preview for Monday’s feature race meeting at the Sapphire Coast.

James Ponsonby heads to the Sapphire Coast today with two debutants but warns punters that neither are the finished article.

Five vans used to transport guide dogs in training have been stolen overnight, in what has been described as a “devastating blow” for those with low vision.

According to the Royal Life Saving Society Australia, the eight days from Christmas Day to New Year’s Day are the deadliest period for drowning.

In one of the most physical games of the season so far, the refs opted against blowing their whistles often, with the final foul count reaching 29, 16-13 in United’s favour.

Exposure sites include Westfield Garden City and Westfield Chermside, as well as a retail and hospitality venues in Brisbane City.

St Vincent’s Hospital has admitted more than 400 COVID-19 positive people were incorrectly notified that their PCR test results were negative on Saturday night.

It is a curious position for the head coach to be in after Australia’s maiden men’s T20 world title and with victory imminent in this season’s one-sided Ashes series, reflecting what has been an uneasy relationship between Justin Langer and his...

Patty Mills continues to piece together his finest season in the NBA, guiding the COVID-ravaged Brooklyn Nets to victory over the Lakers on the association’s showpiece night of the regular season.

Western Australia has recorded one new local case of COVID-19.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Thousands of homes across Perth suburbs affected by network outages are still without power this Boxing Day as temperatures are expected to reach a record-breaking 44-degree maximum.

After 24 hours of COVID-19 chaos, an 88-boat Sydney to Hobart fleet raced out of the harbour following the 1pm gun. But super maxi Scallywag’s early lead evaporated after it was struck with technical problems.

After days of waiting I finally got the result: I am a fully-fledged member of a club I had no aspiration to join.

Queensland recorded 714 new cases on Sunday, NSW had 6394 and Victoria reported 1608.

Cricket fans turned up in their tens of thousands for day one of the Boxing Day Test.

One popular reviewer of luxury hotels suddenly deleted his videos and replaced them with reviews of convenience store snacks.

The Boxing Day race meeting at Caulfield has been thrown into chaos with 12 jockeys stood down after confirmation that they attended a COVID-19 exposure site.

The silver screen was the silver lining of COVID-19 for director Damien Ryan.

It was a sought-after commodity last year, but supermarkets, pharmacies and distilleries now give away hand sanitiser.

Twenty years ago, Daniel Benson was named the NSW Gymnastics Coach of the Year. At the same time, he was allegedly sexually assaulting four young gymnasts.

Illingworth could also punch the ball aggressively through the covers or over the bowler’s head.

From Succession and Total Control to Albert Camus’ The Plague - here’s what we read and watched this year.

Save the Children says two of its staff members who were passing through the area are missing following the atrocity, in which dozens of people were killed.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is calling on people entering high-risk environments such as household visits to get rapid antigen tests instead of PCR tests to lessen the strain on the health system.

The jury is still out on how sticky inflation is going to be as the world plots its way out of the pandemic, and it’s a debate that will dominate markets in 2022.

If there’s one thing that annoyed me about 2021, it’s the way we have been aping all things American.