Naomi Osaka

<ul><li><p>Fly-half overcomes calf injury to partner Ryan Lonergan in halves</p></li><li><p>Prop Massimo De Lutiis primed to become 1,000th player capped</p></li></ul><p>After three false starts, the Carter Gordon era for the Wallabies may have finally arrived after the flyhalf was named in the Australian XV to play Japan in Townsville on Saturday.</p><p>New coach Les Kiss dropped Declan Meredith after last week’s inconsistent performance in Osaka and turned to the 25-year-old who returned to union ranks last year after a stint in the NRL.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/13/wallabies-team-selection-carter-gordon-australia-vs-japan-rugby-union-test">Continue reading...</a>

World number two Elena Rybakina survived a huge scare to battle into the Canadian Open quarter-finals on Sunday in Toronto while fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised through.Kazakhstan's Rybakina recovered from 0-3 and two breaks down in the final set to beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 before American Gauff swept aside Russian teenage qualifier Alina Korneeva, 6-3, 6-1.