The experienced Test batsman is left without a Cricket Australia men's contract, while Tahlia McGrath is added to the women's list following a lengthy absence from the national team.

The resumption of the NRL season on May 28 remains in doubt, with the players seeking answers over pay and other conditions only days out from their planned return to training.

The cries of football fans demanding players return to the field under any circumstances have become shrill as the craving for lockdown distraction turns from stoical whimsy to rank desperation, writes Richard Hinds.

The NRL has declared its intention to come back in four weeks, but the Government wants you to beat them onto the park, court, even bowling green.

Former footballer, AFP assistant commissioner and ASADA boss David Sharpe says his first challenge at the newly former Sport Integrity Australia will be to tackle organised crime.

With many families getting priced out of junior football, one club in Perth is waiving fees, and it could signal a new direction for grassroots sport in Australia, writes Samantha Lewis.

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has reportedly appealed against his eight-year suspension for doping — it is the three-time Olympic champion's last hope to remain eligible for a fourth Games in Tokyo.

Americans should have been marking a milestone at the weekend — both in sport and the civil rights movement. Instead, a grieving nation has been forced to go without.

The livewire forward feels guilty about how AFL great Adam Goodes was driven out of the game, which is why he wants young Indigenous Australian players to call out racism.

Residents in the Adelaide Hills will cover the cost of an "unfortunate" planning error involving state soccer authorities which has led to construction of smaller pitches than intended in original plans.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says NRL players like the Gold Coast's Bryce Cartwright who refuse to be vaccinated ahead of the May 28 restart should be banned from competing.

With the recent flurry of changes in Rugby Australia leadership, confusion increases for those involved with a game already in crisis as concerns continue that an expected loan won't be large enough to help.

It is one of south-west Victoria's biggest money-spinning events, attracting thousands of partying racegoers — but the local economy came in last when this year's May Racing Carnival ran with no spectators.

A successful season relaunch on May 28 has the potential to give the NRL a desperately needed leg-up on the fierce battlegrounds of Australia's football codes, where it is often overshadowed by the AFL, writes Richard Hinds.

The Adelaide Crows will be dealt with in an "educative way rather than a punitive way", police say, after players broke coronavirus quarantine guidelines during a training session.

Queensland bicycle shops say they're having to turn customers away because of two-month delays on new stock, while overwhelming demand for repairs has them working 12-hour days.

The author has been everywhere, in life and fiction. "A Children's Bible" passionately fuses the two: "You've gotta be Chicken Little sooner or later."

Pop star Selena Gomez will executive produce and star in a quarantine cooking show on HBO Max, alongside master chefs who will join remotely.

"Short Circuit," "Twister" and "Crimson Tide" are also in the running for this week's crown in the #UltimateSummerMovie Showdown.

All members of CNN anchor Chris Cuomo's family are healthy again, according to a recent Instagram update from his wife, Purist founder Cristina Cuomo.

Walt Disney Co. reported earnings for the first time since its U.S. parks closed amid the coronavirus crisis.

Anderson Cooper says he and ex-partner Benjamin Maisani are not back together, but they will co-parent new baby Wyatt Morgan Cooper.

President Trump toured an N95 mask manufacturing plant Tuesday, with Guns N' Roses' "Live and Let Die" playing loudly in the background.

Critic Lorraine Ali writes of seeing her immigrant upbringing in the San Fernando Valley reflected in the Mindy Kaling Netflix comedy 'Never Have I Ever.'

Prince Harry shot the sweet video of Meghan Markle reading a book to their son, Archie, for #SaveWithStories, a coronavirus-relief initiative.

Adele returned to Instagram for the first time in several months to thank fans for their birthday wishes and salute workers on the pandemic's front lines.

"I am recovering from surgery and barely alive so may my typos b forgiven," Grimes replied to boyfriend Elon Musk after tweeting the inspiration for baby name X Æ A-12.

Andrew Ahn's lovely second feature "Driveways" also stars Hong Chau and Lucas Jaye.

What Hulu's 'Mrs. America' gets right and wrong about Republican congresswoman Jill Ruckelshaus and evangelical activist Lottie Beth Hobbs in Episode 6.

The feature directing debut for actor Clark Duke, "Arkansas" amiably places Liam Hemsworth in a dangerous world of low-level criminals.

Adele's celebratory Instagram spurred compliments and criticism that are just as sexist as Donald Trump's comments about Donna Reed.

We chat with two movie vets featured on Disney+'s "Prop Culture": the director of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and the animator of "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

Amazon's docuseries "Regular Heroes" tells the stories of people on the pandemic's front lines, including an L.A. woman working with the homeless.

Milo Ventimiglia, who plays beloved dad Jack Pearson on the NBC drama "This Is Us," discusses life and work in — and after — the coronavirus outbreak.

Television Academy reiterates a rule change made in March after Oscars relax rules amid pandemic.

ABC's "The Wonderful World of Disney" summer movie programming includes "Moana," "Thor: The Dark World," "Up" and "Big Hero 6."

More pensive than lively fun, Christophe Honoré's "On a Magical Night" casts Chiara Mastroianni as a woman rethinking her marriage after 20 years of her own infidelity.

Billie Eilish will co-host an Apple Music radio program with her father, Patrick O'Connell, called "me & dad radio."

Nadiya Hussain, winner of "The Great British Baking Show," embraces canned food in her new Netflix series, "Nadiya's Time to Eat."

Matt Wolf's latest documentary, "Spaceship Earth," is a layered and absorbing account of a widely dismissed but remarkable scientific study.

X was supposed to tour behind its new album "Alphabetland." Now, bassist John Doe is home in Austin with his partner, his two horses nearby: "They keep me sane."

On Thursday, Bob Dylan's Twitter account posted an image of what may be the cover of an album, "False Prophet." Two songs have been surprise-released in past weeks.

L.A.-based live music video streaming service LiveXLive said it plans to acquire PodcastOne, a Beverly Hills-based podcast production company. The all-stock transaction is the latest sign of growth in the podcast industry.

What happened to Pat Henschel after the end of Netflix's documentary "A Secret Love"?

Former First Lady Michelle Obama paid a personal tribute to her mother, Marian Robinson, on Instagram ahead of Mother's Day this weekend.

Movies on TV this week: Sunday, May 10, 2020

TV highlights for May 10-16 include Joaquin Phoenix in "Joker" plus the "Feeding America Comedy Festival," "The Disney Family Singalong: Volume 2" and "Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020"

"Gooba" is 6ix9ine's first single since being granted an early release from prison due to the spread of COVID-19.

In March, Hollywood unions applauded a government package to help entertainment gig workers. Flaws in the rollout meant many couldn't access it.

Artivist Nikkolas Smith combines personal storytelling with issues of national significance in his work.