Inter Milan’s perfect start to the Serie A season ended as Sassuolo mounted a second-half comeback to secure a shock 2-1 victory.

Handre Pollard will start at flyhalf in one of 12 changes for South Africa in their must-win Rugby World Cup Pool B clash against Tonga in Marseille on Sunday, as coach Jacques Nienaber picked no specialist hooker and Duane Vermeulen at flanker.

New Zealand see Italy as a genuine threat in Friday’s key World Cup Pool A clash and will wait until after the match to celebrate Sam Whitelock becoming the most-capped All Black, coach Ian Foster said.

Panthers winger Sunia Turuva has capped a magnificent season by taking home the Rookie of the Year award at the Dally M Awards.

Italy head coach Kieran Crowley adds Dino Lamb (pictured), Stephen Varney and Luca Morisi to his starting XV as he names his match-day 23 for the Pool A game against New Zealand.

English duo Fikayo Tomori and Ruben Loftus-Cheek were on target as AC Milan fought back after falling behind at promoted Cagliari to secure a 3-1 Serie A victory.

Australia avoided a series whitewash in India after their top order fired together and Glenn Maxwell impressed with the ball to secure a comprehensive 66-run victory in the third and final one-day international in Rajkot on Wednesday.

An added time goal by Katie Pugh allowed New Zealand to retain the OFC Women’s Under-16 championship title.

Life after rugby is always a challenge but former Nadi and Fiji Barbarians winger Aseri Latianara, he’s enjoying his 16th year in France.

Fiji Volleyball men’s coach Tevita Lewetuitovo believes that the players who contributed to Fiji’s win against New Zealand at the Oceania Volleyball Championship in 2018 will provide a boost to the team at the Pacific Games this year.

Tailevu Naitasiri football has been boosted with a timely sponsorship for the upcoming Courts Inter-District Championship.

Tahiti have taken third place at the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship in Papeete following a high-scoring encounter with Tonga at Stade Pater.