Sport Info

Ecuador star Richard Carapaz has claimed a historic gold in the men's cycling road race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, beating the rest of the field by over a minute.

French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova grasped for an air tube during a medical timeout and grew frustrated at the lack of ice in a court-side container.

South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett believes it's not his right to "deprive" any of his Rabbitohs players of competing in the Rugby League World Cup and has warned rival NRL clubs of being guilty of "a double standard".

The Stingers have kick-started their Tokyo Olympics campaign with an 8-5 win over Canada in Group A.

Cronulla have extended the stay of a key member of their halves rotation, with Matt Moylan agreeing to a new deal that will last until the end of next year.

It was a mixed bag for the Aussies on the first day of tennis competition at the Tokyo Olympics, with John Millman and the team of Storm Sanders and Ash Barty winning comfortably, but Sam Stosur losing.

Warriors winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak scored the opening try of the Rabbitohs clash and dedicated the four-pointer to his newborn, who arrived in the world last night.

Australia's softballers lost 7-1 to Canada on Saturday morning, all but ending any gold medal hopes.