Former Wales fullback Leigh Halfpenny has joined Super Rugby Pacific champions the Canterbury Crusaders on a one-year deal for 2024 after announcing his international retirement in the wake of his third World Cup campaign.

A second half fight back by the Vodafone Fiji Bati wasn’t enough to secure their second successive win against the Papua New Guinea Kumuls.

A few challenges were called out at the FMF Tuwai Boxing Promotions that was held on Saturday at Prince Charles Park.

Legendary jockey Damien Oliver’s final Melbourne Cup is in doubt after a veterinary’s discovery on his ride Alenquer yesterday.

Rassie Erasmus is to return as head coach of South Africa for the foreseeable future, he confirmed to local media on Sunday, reprising the position he held when the side lifted the World Cup in 2019.

It was meant to be a battle between the two World Cup heavyweights but the manner in which South Africa were blown away by India illustrated the gulf between the hosts and the rest of the teams competing at the 2023 tournament.

Stoppage-time goals by Sardar Azmoun and Romelu Lukaku earned AS Roma a dramatic 2-1 home win against Lecce in Serie A, their fourth victory from five league games to cut the gap to the top four to four points.

Liverpool’s Colombian forward Luis Diaz came off the bench to score an emotional late equaliser in a 1-1 Premier League draw at struggling Luton Town, dedicating the goal to his kidnapped father.

World number one Novak Djokovic cruised to a record-extending seventh Paris Masters title and became the first player to claim 40 Masters ATP 1000 titles when the top-seeded Serbian thumped Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-3 in the final.

Ethiopian Tamirat Tola crushed the competition to win the New York City Marathon in a course record two hours, four minutes and 58 seconds, while Kenyan Hellen Obiri won the women’s race in 2:27:23.

Nottingham Forest snapped a six-match winless run to beat Aston Villa 2-0 in a Premier League Midlands derby, denying the visitors a top-four spot after Ola Aina and Orel Mangala scored goals from outside the box.

The PNG Kumuls delighted their home crowd and turned around their fortunes following a poor performance last week to claim their inaugural Pacific Bowl with a 32-12 win against Fiji.