AFL - Fremantle finally have some silverware to put in their trophy cabinet after locking up their first AFL minor premiership, their 54-point demolition of Melbourne - in which they booted the first 10 goals of the match - giving them an unassailable lead at the top of the table with one round to play.
GOLF - Aussie Jason Day held a five-shot late in the final round of The Barclays PGA event, the opening event of the FedEx playoffs.
TENNIS - Samantha Stosur, the only player to bring down Serena Williams in the last four years in New York, believes suffocating pressure shapes as the American's biggest threat to her grand slam quest when the US Open gets underway on Monday.
SOCCER - Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal was left lamenting a costly five-minute lapse in concentration as his side slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Swansea City, while Southampton finally got their campaign rolling with a 3-0 demolition of Norwich.
CYCLING - Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin has edged out Chris Froome in a frantic finale to claim victory and the overall race lead on the ninth stage of Spain's Vuelta.
MOTORSPORT - Italian Valentino Rossi has moved to the top of the world championship standings, beating home Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Dovizioso to claim his fourth victory of the season at the British MotoGP at Silverstone.
CRICKET - The decisive third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka is on a knife edge, India 3-21 in their second innings for an overall lead of 132 after 15 wickets fell during a dramatic third day's play in Colombo.
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