The South Sydney Rabbitohs will don an all-white jersey when they take on the Brisbane Broncos tonight to honour former Rabbitohs and Queensland forward Jai Arrow.

The 30-year-old retired last month after announcing he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. The only colour on the jersey will be Arrow’s name in green and the player’s numbers in black.

Bravo South Sydney.

£54.7 million ($AU105 million)
The boost to London’s economy from women’s sporting events in 2025, including hosting the women’s Rugby World Cup, according to Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office. The world cup alone generated £48.5 million.

“Of course, it is unfortunate as well, what happened to Omar [Artan], the referee from Somalia. But… we don’t control everything. We try, we will discuss, we will speak, we will see. Maybe sometimes it is good as well to just, you know, chill, relax. We work on everything, we try to solve everything. Sometimes to immediately start screaming and shouting has the opposite effect of finding a solution.”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino at a press conference ahead of the men’s World Cup, after the U.S. denied entry to Somali referee Omar Artan. Somalia is on the Trump administration's travel ban list. Artan, who is one of Africa’s top referees, has since returned home.

Australian swimming legend Shane Gould is not only the only swimmer in history to have held world records in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m freestyle, as well as the 200m individual medley, all at the same time. She is also an Olympic gold medallist, the oldest person to have ever won Survivor, and has a PhD. Gould won Survivor Australia in 2018 at the age of 61. Save some achievements for the rest of us!  

🏀 The New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history, coming back from 29 points down to beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 in Game 4 at Madison Square Garden. OG Anunoby starred for the Knicks with 33 points, including the winning basket as New York stole the lead with less than two seconds remaining. The result means the Knicks now have a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Knicks now need one more win to secure their first championship in more than 50 years. The series returns to San Antonio for Game 5 (Sunday 10.30am AEST on Kayo). 

🎾 Serena Williams’ return to professional tennis has a spanner in the works, with her doubles partner Victoria Mboko injuring her knee in the singles competition at the Queens Club. Williams, a 23-time grand slam winner, entered the doubles side of the grass-court tournament with Mboko for her first pro appearance in nearly four years. Mboko slipped and fell on the grass in her singles match against Karolina Pliskova and had to retire, allowing Pliskova to proceed to the quarter-finals. Mboko and Williams are set to play their next match overnight (AEST). 

🏏 English cricket captain Ben Stokes has been dropped from the lineup for the second Test of England’s three-Test series against New Zealand after an altercation at a London nightclub. Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson broke the team's curfew while celebrating their win in the first Test, and an altercation followed that left a security guard needing stitches. Atkinson also missed selection for the second Test. In a statement, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed the pair had been dropped “given the ongoing investigation”. Joe Root will captain the side, with batter Jordan Cox and fast bowler Jofra Archer now slated to appear. 

🏊 Jamie Jack, the brother of Olympic gold medallist Shayna Jack, has secured his spot at the Commonwealth Games with a dominant performance in the 50m free. Jamie qualified fastest for the finals, over world-record-holder Cam McEvoy, and was right behind McEvoy to land second on the podium. The Glasgow Games will be Jamie’s first time representing his country, while Shayna’s first heat at the trials is set for Friday morning. Tonight’s slate includes the women’s 200m backstroke finals, where Kaylee McKeown qualified first from the heats. 

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Australian sprinting sensation Gout Gout made his Diamond League debut this morning (AEST) in Oslo, Norway, finishing sixth in the men’s 200m behind Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo. 

The Diamond League is athletics’ top international series. 

Here’s what to know. 

The 18-year-old athlete, who has a personal best of 19.67 seconds, finished in 20.60 seconds behind a field of more experienced senior athletes. Botswana’s Tebogo ran a season’s best time of 19.84 to win the race ahead of South Africa’s Sinesipho Dambile (20.12) and Trinidad and Tobago’s Jereem Richards (20.5). 

Gout told media after the race: “There’s definitely a lot more room for me to improve, but I have plenty of time on my side. There’s always pressure on me but all I do is try my best and keep focusing on just having fun.”

Tebogo cautioned that Gout should take his time in making the jump to senior racing, telling Citius Magazine he “still has a long way to go.” 

“He should by all means play with his age mates where he is a bit more comfortable because the more he runs, the more he pushes and the more injuries he is going to get,” Tebogo said. 

Aussie pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall claimed his second Diamond League victory this season, clearing a height of 5.82 metres to edge out Norway's Sondre Guttormsen and the U.S’ Sam Kendricks. It comes days after Marschall handed Sweden’s double Olympic champion, Armand Duplantis, his first loss in more than 1,000 days at the weekend’s Diamond League meet in Stockholm.

Other notable results included Ky Robinson setting a new Australian record of 12:50.82 in the men’s 5000m. Robinson finished eighth but lowered a record set by Craig Mottram in 2004. Meanwhile, 17-year-old American Cooper Lutkenhaus produced an impressive upset in the men’s 800m, beating reigning Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi by one hundredth of a second. 

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The 2026 World Cup kicks off on Friday across  the United States, Canada and Mexico. Australia are back for a sixth straight tournament and will compete  in Group D. 

Here's who the Socceroos will face in the group stage. 

Starting with our team. Australia is  ranked 27th in the world. Coach Tony Popovic took charge in September 2024 and has set a quarter-final as his target. That target would be new ground. Australia's best result is reaching the round of 16, which was achieved  in 2006 and again in 2022. 

The Socceroos’ 2022 run ended with a 2-1 loss to eventual champions Argentina. Popovic’s 26-player squad includes 17 players set  for their first World Cup. Among  them are Cristian Volpato and Tete Yengi, who both debuted for Australia in last week's 1-1 draw with Switzerland. Yengi marked the occasion with a goal. 

Thirty-five-year-old attacker Mathew Leckie, playing in his fourth World Cup, is the only man in this squad who scored in Qatar, netting the winner against Denmark in the group stage. Goalkeeper Mat Ryan will captain the side, also in his fourth World Cup. Other players who will bring much-needed experience to the side include midfielder Jackson Irvine and defender Harry Souttar. 

Australia will kick off their World Cup campaign against Türkiye, ranked 22nd in the world. The teams have only played each other twice, in a 2004 friendly series where Türkiye won both matches. 

Türkiye missed the 2022 World Cup and is back at the tournament for the first time since 2002. Third place in 2002 remains the country’s best-ever finish at a men’s World Cup. Coach Vincenzo Montella has also built a young side. Real Madrid playmaker Arda Güler and Juventus forward Kenan Yıldız are the headline names, with Inter Milan captain Hakan Çalhanoğlu in midfield. 

The match is at BC Place in Vancouver and will kick off at 2pm (AEST) on Sunday 14 June.

Tournament co-hosts the U.S. are the group's top-ranked side at 17th in the world. Australia have faced them four times for one win, one draw and two losses. 

The most recent meeting came in October, when the U.S. fought back to win 2-1. In 2022, the U.S. reached the round of 16, where they were beaten 3-1 by the Netherlands. Their best finish was third place at the first World Cup in 1930. It is also Australia's first World Cup meeting with a host nation since 1974. 

The U.S. are coached by former Argentine international Mauricio Pochettino, and their star player is AC Milan forward Christian Pulisic. 

This is expected to be the Socceroos’ toughest group-stage fixture and the earliest start for Australian viewers, kicking off at 5am (AEST) at Lumen Field in Seattle on Saturday 20 June.

Australia have never lost to Paraguay across five meetings, with two wins and three draws. Their coach is part of that history. Popovic scored against Paraguay in 2006 in his final match for Australia, a 1-1 draw. At their most recent meeting in Sydney in 2010, Australia won 1-0. 

Ranked 41st in the world, Paraguay also missed 2022 and is back for the first time since 2010. The quarter-finals that year remain their best run. 

Argentine coach Gustavo Alfaro favours a compact defensive setup. Their most familiar name is Miguel Almirón, who played for the English Premier League’s Newcastle United and is now at Atlanta United. 

Australia faces them last at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara at 12pm AEST on Friday, 26 June. Notably, Levi’s Stadium is where this year’s Super Bowl was played.