SOCCER - The Australian women's football team have won their way through to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after maintaining a perfect record in the Asian qualifying campaign with an at times tempestuous 2-1 win over North Korea in Osaka, Japan on Monday night.
SOCCER - Newcastle's finals hopes are hanging by a thread after losing 2-0 to Perth Glory at nib Stadium on Monday.
RUGBY LEAGUE - St George Illawarra say their attack is a work in progress following their narrow loss to the Storm in their round one clash in Melbourne.
RUGBY LEAGUE - Cronulla players Jack Bird and Valentine Holmes were allegedly king hit during an incident at a Sydney bar on Sunday.
AFL - Brisbane Lions coach Justin Leppitsch has re-signed with the AFL club for another season.
RUGBY UNION - Queensland Reds coach Richard Graham has been sacked after what the franchise's head of rugby Daniel Herbert said was an inexcusable loss to the Force.
ATHLETICS - WADA says it's dismayed by revelations in a German TV documentary that contained fresh allegations of malpractice in Russia's anti-doping system and is urgently seeking confirmation.
