The Sunshine Girls went home empty-handed after defeating the Silver Ferns last month when NZ netball officials refused to let them take the competition trophy back to Jamaica.

The Melbourne Storm look to have put their early season jitters behind them with a 50-10 drubbing over the NZ Warriors, while the Dragons have moved clear on top of the NRL ladder after a win over the Roosters which was overshadowed by a bunker controversy.

A big Anzac Day win has Collingwood up to fifth on the AFL ladder and dreaming of September action, while Essendon's expected season of emergence is beginning to unravel.

Port Adelaide midfielder Sam Powell-Pepper will miss a third consecutive game, after the AFL found he inappropriately touched a woman at an Adelaide bar while he was drunk.

Tim Cahill's hopes of some much-needed game time before the start of the World Cup are handed a blow after he is slugged with a three-game suspension for elbowing an opponent in the neck.

Mohamed Salah's exquisite display leads Liverpool to a 5-2 win over former club Roma, leaving the English team in sight of the Champions League final.

In 1943, a journalist and former footballer wrote up the rules for a hybrid code called Austus. It blended Australian rules football and gridiron, and a game played between Australians and US soldiers was captured on film.

Injuries have stunted the career of GWS Giants rising star Will Setterfield, but the 20-year-old is determined to fight his way back into the AFL from a severe knee injury.