New Zealand's 206 new daily community infections have carried it past the 200 mark for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, as the nation scrambles to vaccinate its population of five million.

Italy has recorded 6,764 COVID cases in the past 24 hours. Health authorities have confirmed the deaths of 51 people. Italy's COVID-related death toll has passed 132,000 – making it the second-highest toll in Europe after the UK.

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Erebus Motorsport driver Will Brown has taken his first ever Supercars Championship pole position and will start from first position in this evening’s race at Sydney Motorsport Park. It was an incredibly tight qualifying session in which the Toowoomba …

North Canberra-Gungahlin sprung an opening-round upset of Eastlake on Saturday after Kingston Oval defied heavy recent rain to usher in the new summer of cricket. Veteran Trevor Power's masterful 68 from 85 balls anchored his side's 192 through 48.3 overs …

Joint-coach Cam Williams expects skipper and star bowler Matthew Petherick to be right for Russells Creek's one-day clash with Brierly-Christ Church at Jetty Flat. "He just hurt his shoulder last week at training and he should be no worries for next week …

Gary Portelli has his sights on a second Golden Slipper with Sejardan, who has secured his place in next year’s $5 million race with another impressive performance at Rosehill. Having been put on ice after taking out the Breeders’ Plate on debut …

Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant look to settle their rivalry in the ring this weekend with all four super-middleweight titles on the line in a huge undisputed showdown. Boxing’s reigning pound-for-pound king and four-weight world champion from Mexico has held the WBA and WBC belts since defeating Callum Smith last …

Thomas Randle has been handed a three-place grid penalty after an incident with Kurt Kostecki during the first phase of Qualifying for Race 23 at Sydney Motorsport Park. The final leg of their respective three-round 2021 wildcard campaigns almost ended in tears for both Randle and Kostecki,

Mikaela Mayer's unanimous-decision victory over Maiva Hamadouche came via scores (100-90, 99-91, 98-92) that weren't necessarily indicative of how close the junior lightweight bout was in Las Vegas on Friday night.