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.

Perth Wildcats star Bryce Cotton has walked out on the final year of his contract with the club, citing unforeseen circumstances, after the NBL announced big pay cuts in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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.

Each state and territory is relaxing their coronavirus restrictions differently — and some Australians will be able to do plenty more this weekend than others. Here's what's on the cards.

The New Zealand Warriors will take part in the NRL season, after receiving permission to travel to Australia.

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.

The reigning champions of the Women's World Cup have the equal pay elements of their multiple-claims lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation tossed out by a federal judge.

Sporting organisations can afford to join the national redress scheme for institutional child sexual abuse but have chosen not to, according to government documents obtained by the ABC.

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.

Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin says he did his best "Bradbury" to avoid the carnage and win the virtual IndyCar race at Indianapolis.

Five men are charged with match fixing offences — some of which carry penalties of up to 10 years in jail — as part of the first Australian criminal investigation into esports.

The New Zealand Warriors, minus two players, touch down in Australia on a charter flight from Auckland to prepare for the resumption of the NRL season.

Melbourne Storm players prepare to hit the road for Albury, where training will recommence on Wednesday at their new temporary base.

The consensus across football and netball clubs in the west and north-west of Victoria is the season should only start if fans are allowed to attend games.

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.

South Sydney and the NRL breathe a sigh of relief as three Rabbitohs players — including Latrell Mitchell, fresh from being fined for breaching social distancing on a camping trip — return negative results to coronavirus tests.

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.

The NRL ticks another box ahead of its planned restart later this month, as the players officially sign off on a new pay agreement ahead of a return to training this week.

Cycling's governing body responds to the coronavirus pandemic, announcing a jam-packed 100-day schedule with a string of major races — including two Grand Tours — in October alone.

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.

With coronavirus putting a pause on the AFL season, Melbourne's Marty Hore and Collingwood's Flynn Appleby return to their family dairy farms.

The NRL announces players who choose not to have the flu vaccination on religious, medical or conscientious grounds will be allowed to train and play, but they must sign a revised waiver.

The Adelaide Crows and the AFL investigate a possible breach of the code's training protocols by a group of players at a Barossa Valley resort being used as a quarantine hub.

Questions have been raised around the making of the new Michael Jordan documentary, or why it even exists. But maybe we should just enjoy the show, writes Paul Kennedy.

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.

Three Gold Coast Titans players, including Bryce Cartwright, have been stood down for refusing to have a flu shot only a day after the NRL announced its revised stance on vaccinations.

This swimmer spent years battling endometriosis, an insidious enemy within her own body that consumed her with crippling pain. The fact that most coaches in women's sport are men also didn't help, she says.

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 coronavirus crisis upended the star-studded Met Gala, so late-night TV host James Corden put on the Pet Gala. Yes, it was as cute as it sounds.

David Beckham, Dakota Fanning, Eddie Redmayne and "Harry Potter" himself, Daniel Radcliffe, have all signed on to read chapters of "The Sorcerer's Stone."

Former anchor Linda Vester and others have been called in.

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

"Little Eyes" puts the Argentinian surrealist alongside writers — Shirley Jackson, Toni Morrison — whose horrors expose the rotten parts of ourselves.

Times critics Justin Chang and Glenn Whipp discuss Marvel's "The Avengers," winner of the #UltimateSummerMovie Showdown, Week 1.

Sculptures commemorating plagues were common in Europe. Our art critic suggests America could build its own, and Trump provides inspiration for where.

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

Netflix's new documentary, "Becoming," a companion to Michelle Obama's memoir of the same name, is unlikely to change one's view of its subject.

Rapman moves from YouTube to feature films with "Blue Story," a tale of two South-East London friends living in different neighborhoods torn apart by gang violence.

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

What's on TV Wednesday, May 6: Brockmire series finale on IFC; coronavirus; season finales of Riverdale, Summer House; movies on TV;

"Blue Story," the feature filmmaking debut from Rapman, faced many obstacles on its way to reaching U.S. screens and being a U.S. hit.

TikTok, a popular based social video app owned by China-based ByteDance, has seen explosive growth this year amid the coronavirus crisis. The company has plans to hire more people, including at its Culver City office.

A 1974 "King Lear" will be streamed for free. The amazing cast led by James Earl Jones also includes Raul Julia, Rosalind Cash and Paul Sorvino.

L.A.'s train station is empty and "it's eerie," says the man who feeds the fish. But it's also "a real escape from what's going on in the outside world."

On the anniversary of the birth of the Works Progress Administration, it's worth asking what a post-COVID Federal Writers Project might look like.

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.'

On Tuesday's "The Tonight Show," Jimmy Fallon impersonated Nicolas Cage playing "Tiger King's" Joe Exotic, complete with a mullet and sunglasses.

Florian Schneider, the co-founder of Kraftwerk, the German electronic group that changed the sound of pop music, has died of cancer.

The drive-through is derided; the drive-in, nearly extinct. But the coronavirus outbreak has made them essential for food, tests, a movie and church.