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- Rollers destroy Italy to claim world championship Hot-shooting young gun Jaylen Brown was the star for the Australian Rollers as they were crowned men's wheelchair basketball world champions in Canada.
- Are global stock markets heading for a crash? The European Central Bank raised rates last week, highlighting the hit to the eurozone from the conflict.
- Explosions from mid-game bus fire and eye gouge mar Wallaroos’ loss to France Australia’s women’s rugby team crashed to a last-gasp defeat against France, who prevailed despite being reduced to just 11 players in the first half.
- Ugly scenes as refs have projectiles hurled at them after NRL semifinal The New Zealand Warriors are in a new home, hosting the Newcastle Knights in an NRL semifinal at Eden Park.
- Child found dead, two after stabbing A child has died and two others have been rushed to hospital in critical condition, along with a woman, following a stabbing.
- Lachie Neale will fight gut-punch suspension at AFL tribunal in bid to play in grand final The Lions midfielder is no stranger to attention in grand final week, and finds himself there again, with a tribunal case on the cards.
- Wanted duo accused of attacking man in Braddon venue The alleged victim received serious facial injuries, police say.
- ‘Regressive’: Experts warn sexy Sydney Sweeney campaign could harm young boys The ad prompted swift opposition from female athletes and politicians, but psychologists claim it could do even more harm.
- Demon fires as Aussie pair click in Davis Cup triumph Max Purcell and Rinky Hijikata have held their nerve in a high-quality Davis Cup doubles encounter with Poland to give Australia a 2-1 lead in Brisbane.
- Sorrento shark attack: Capture gear set as family pays tribute to Greg O’Neill Capture gear has been set 1.5km off Sorrento Beach as the family of shark attack victim Greg O’Neill pays tribute to the swimmer.
- WAFL 2026: Swan Districts hold off fast-finishing West Perth to claim sixth reserves premiership Swan Districts have capped off a dominant season by claiming a sixth reserves premiership, holding off a gallant West Perth in a thrilling four-point win at Optus Stadium on Sunday.
- Italian-Australian icon Franco Cozzo remembered in retail revival With his animated appearance and distinctive dialect, Franco Cozzo inadvertently became a Melbourne cultural icon while flogging furniture on commercial television.
- Macron, Carney to meet in French Atlantic archipelago French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Mark Carney as Canada seeks to deepen ties with the European Union amid trade tensions with the United States.
- AFL bans loom for bottle-throwing Hawthorn fans Hawthorn fans who threw bottles at umpires after a finals exit face lengthy bans if identified by the AFL and Victoria Police.
- AFL Grand Final: Fremantle Dockers to wear purple in decider Fremantle have revealed which kit they will wear for Saturday’s AFL grand final against Brisbane.
- More Australians to live into their 90s as life expectancy forecast to rise over coming decades Treasury’s latest intergenerational report projects life expectancy at birth will reach 89 for women and 86 for men by 2066.
- Eden, NSW: Teenager dies after car crashes with kangaroo on Princes Highway, others taken to hospital Three other people were in the car at the time of the collision.
- APOD: 2026 September 20 – Analemma over the Callanish Stones In the foreground are the Callanish Stones, a stone circle built around 2700 BC during humanity's Bronze Age.
- Just the right amount of silly: Spamalot comes back to Melbourne New play Luke tells the story of two teachers and a student.
- Just the right amount of silly: Spamalot comes back to Melbourne New play Luke tells the story of two teachers and a student.
- Just the right amount of silly: Spamalot comes back to Melbourne New play Luke tells the story of two teachers and a student.
- NASCAR drivers get physical after incident Ryan Blaney didn't have too many words for NASCAR rival Carson Hocevar after their incident in the race, the two punching each other on pit road.
- The secret to DCE’s 424-game career? A ‘goldfish memory’, Ted Lasso and Dolphin days Daly Cherry-Evans weighed up signing with the Dolphins last season, 30 years after discovering rugby league as a barefoot kid in Redcliffe.
- Activist group using AI to flood ABC with thousands of bias complaints The AI system lets campaigners deliver thousands of messages from their supporters with different language, tone and length but the same meaning.
- Rollers capture first wheelchair basketball world title in 12 years Australia defeated Italy 81-57 to win the men's IWBF World Championships final. Jaylen Brown led the scoring for the Rollers with 28 points.
- Albo wanders in to Tim Apple’s place to fix the internet When the prime minister spent a morning at Apple Park in California, it felt a bit like a scene from The Truman Show.
- Hawthorn duo James Sicily and Tom Barrass cop large fines for post-siren words with AFL umpire Hayden Meyer Hawthorn duo James Sicily and Tom Barrass cop large fines for post-siren words with AFL umpire Hayden Meyer.
- Germany's chancellor set for fresh election pain Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under pressure as two German states head to the polls, two weeks after the far-right Alternative for Germany won in Saxony-Anhalt.
- The four tests the Wallabies must pass to beat the Springboks The back-to-back world champions will provide Les Kiss’ toughest test since he took charge of the Wallabies.
- Resident assisted severely burnt neighbour after fatal housefire A man has died and two people remain in hospital following a fire at Redhill in South Australia's mid-north last night.
- The UN is an abject failure at stopping war. Could Australia help it escape Trump’s America? The United Nations is powerless to protect democracy, and its most powerful members use their veto to prevent action against atrocities.
- Bathla hit with 300 safety breaches in the five years before collapse Some of the most common safety warnings related to falls from heights, electrical hazards and falling objects.
- Elizabeth left for an afternoon run. She never made it home She is one of nine women whose bodies have been found in a South African province over the past two months.
- HK honors Tung Chee-hwa, the first post-colonial leader Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, has been farewelled with a state funeral in the Chinese financial hub.
- Three contentious free kicks, one crazy minute: The detailed verdict on preliminary final umpiring calls Ray Chamberlain has umpired three AFL grand finals, now he joins two of our football scribes to stand in judgement of the three big calls of Saturday’s preliminary final.
- Man breaks arm at Oktoberfest arm wrestling contest Oktoberfest has kicked off in the German city of Munich, where a reveller who came second in an arm wrestling competition broke his arm during the contest.
- Coalition vows to cut $15 off tank of petrol when global prices spike The opposition is proposing to cut the fuel tax in half when global prices hit $US100 over two weeks.
- Three-hour experience to rescue man trapped in 30-metre rock crevice A man has been rescued after falling down a 30-metre rock crevice at San Remo, about 120km south-east of Melbourne.
- Wallaroos give up big lead as France make miracle comeback in match delayed by burning bus On a day of Test rugby, exacerbated by off-field drama when the second half was delayed by a bus on fire adjacent to the Stade Maurice David in Aix-en-Provence.
- Cycling a portion of Britain Exploring picturesque Welsh estuaries on two wheels.