Sport Newslist for Monday, Sept 25
RUGBY LEAGUE
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/TOWNSVILLE - NRL news ahead of Sunday's grand final
MELBOURNE - Melbourne squad media session ahead of the grand final, AAMI Park, 1115, followed by all-ins for Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater
TOWNSVILLE - North Queensland squad media session ahead of the grand final, 1300 Smiles Stadium, 1500
SYDNEY - Three days in rugby league exile gave North Queensland the freedom to make the most unlikely charge to Sunday's NRL grand final against Melbourne. (RL Cowboys Morgan)
MELBOURNE - Shortly before packing his bags and moving to Melbourne from Wests Tigers, flyer Josh Addo-Carr vowed to one day return to the joint venture. (RL Storm Carr)
SYDNEY - The famous Cartwright clan has claimed another premiership at Penrith, with youngster Jed starring in the club's NSW Cup grand final win over Wyong on Sunday. (RL NSW Cartwright)
BRISBANE - Queensland Cup champions PNG Hunters will do their best to put celebrations on hold ahead of a clash with NSW Cup champions Penrith before this Sunday's NRL grand final. (RL Qld Marum)
AFL
MELBOURNE/ADELAIDE - AFL news ahead of Saturday's grand final
MELBOURNE - Grand final hopes in balance as AFL match review panel looks at possible action over incidents involving Richmond's Trent Cotchin and Brandon Ellis and Adelaide's Rory Sloane.
ADELAIDE - Adelaide's Sam Jacobs in 1200AEST media conference at Max Basheer Reserve plus media session for a number of Crows players.
MELBOURNE - Brownlow Medal night, Crown Palladium.
MELBOURNE - Call it the footy gods, call it a disturbance in the force. But AFL legend Malcolm Blight says a decade ago, fortune frowned on Adelaide under coach Neil Craig. (AFL Crows)
MELBOURNE - Richmond might be AFL grand final underdogs but they plan to embrace a huge week of hype and won't be afraid to dream big. (AFL Tigers Riewoldt)
MELBOURNE - Richmond's round-16 shocker against St Kilda could have an even uglier AFL postscript for the Tigers and captain Trent Cotchin. (AFL Tribunal)
MELBOURNE- In all likelihood Richmond superstar Dustin Martin will win the Brownlow Medal on Monday night. (AFL Brownlow Preview)
CRICKET
INDORE - Steve Smith has declared his side's recent results are unacceptable for an Australian cricket team after suffering a demoralising series defeat in India ahead of the Ashes. (Cri Aust Wrap)
INDORE - Aaron Finch's eighth one-day international century has given Australian cricket a silver lining amid the darkness of a disastrous ODI series loss to India. (Cri Aust Finch)
INDORE - Usually one of Australia's best fielders, skipper Steve Smith has admitted he's failed to set the standard after his latest dropped catch in India. (Cri Aust Smith)
INDORE - Former Australia captain Michael Clarke believes Matthew Wade faces an uphill battle to retain his spot for the Ashes after being dumped from the one-day international team. (Cri Aust Wade)
BRISTOL - Moeen Ali hit the second fastest one-day international century in England's history to set up a win over West Indies by 124 runs. (Cri Windies Update)
RUGBY UNION
JOHANNESBURG - News/interviews from Wallabies ahead of their Rugby Championship Test against South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - The old-school fitness camp the Wallabies suffered through is set to pay huge dividends as they return to South Africa's Highveld, assistant coach Mick Byrne says. (RU AUst Altitude)
GOLF
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Justin Thomas has won the $US10 million FedEx Cup after American rookie Xander Schauffele won the Tour Championship in Atlanta. (Gol PGA Update) Wrap to come
TENNIS
PRAGUE - Nick Kyrgios had one match point but it was Roger Federer who ultimately prevailed 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 11-9 to clinch the inaugural Laver Cup for Europe. (Ten Laver Wrap)
SOCCER
BRIGHTON - Socceroos goalkeeper Mat Ryan kept his starting spot as Brighton and Hove Albion beat Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League. (Soc EPL Wrap)
CYCLING
BERGEN - Peter Sagan stayed quiet all day before timing his effort to perfection in the final sprint to become the first rider to claim three road race world championship titles in a row. (Cyc World)
SPORT
MONTREAL- WADA will begin an audit of Russia's anti-doping program this week as it prepares to make a recommendation on whether to reinstate the Russian agency. (Spo Russia)
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
LONDON - NFL players used the United States national anthem to show their defiance to President Donald Trump's criticism, with at least 100 players kneeling or sitting in protest and one team staying in the locker room. (NFL Protest Update)
