Australia's flooding nightmare

Chevron has followed through with plans to join Australia's fledgling shale gas industry, paying $US95 million ($95 million) under the first of a multi-stage farm-in into Beach Energy's Cooper Basin properties.

The time is right for NSW to select Canberra's barnstorming centre Blake Ferguson. Ferguson has shown over the past few games that he is now well-and-truly ready for the State of Origin cauldron...

SYDNEY (AFP) - The New South Wales Waratahs said Monday they had signed Queensland Reds utility back Jono Lance and French-based backrower Tala Gray for the 2014 Super Rugby season.

Beaten Victorian coach Gary Ayres has urged State league officials to increase the profile of interstate matches by fixturing them as curtain-raisers to AFL games.

A man and a woman managed to escape uninjured after a fire broke out in their Coomera home while they were sleeping.

West Coast games record holder Glen Jakovich says he saw the qualities in a young Darren Glass that would make him a champion when he arrived at the club almost 14 years ago.

Western Force passports will be tucked away in the bottom drawer for the rest of the Super Rugby season as the club finally gets to play a series of matches at home.

Explosives and fertiliser maker Incitec Pivot's first half profit has dropped 23 per cent with its fertiliser operations hit by the high Australian dollar.

The Melbourne Vixens overcame an early battle with the NSW Swifts to win 50-42 and maintain their strong run in their trans-Tasman netball league.

SYDNEY (AFP) - The race has tightened for this year's Super 15 rugby championship with four points separating the top five teams after this weekend's 13th round of matches.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AFP) - Flank Luke Watson and fly-half Demetri Catrakilis starred as Southern Kings put a three-week Super 15 nightmare behind them by defeating Otago Highlanders 34-27 Saturday.

Prop Ben Hannant is in doubt for the State of Origin opener after suffering a calf injury in Brisbane's NRL loss to Parramatta.

Jarryd Hayne and Chris Sandow have led Parramatta to an upset 19-18 NRL win over Brisbane at Parramatta Stadium.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - James O'Connor, a leading contender to play at flyhalf for Australia against the British and Irish Lions next month, was forced to leave the field with a chest injury in Super R...

James Horwill has recovered from a head knock and will join the Queensland Reds on their two-game Super Rugby tour of South Africa.

The Queensland Firebirds have edged back to the top of the trans-Tasman netball league with a 76-51 win over the Canterbury Tactix in Christchurch.