Rugby Union
The Wallabies lost to Italy for a second consecutive time and all but kissed their chances of a 2027 World Cup seeding goodbye in the process.
Joe Schmidt opted not to play his best possible team, leaving star centre Len Ikitau out of the squad entirely despite him being match-fit off the back of a stint with English Premiership side Exeter Chiefs, and he was made to pay with a performance that he said was bereft of the team's "early season sharpness".
It's understandable that Schmidt is trying to manage the workloads of a team that has played more internationals (13) than any other Tier 1 country in 2025, particularly as he builds the team up towards a hopeful upset win over Ireland and/or France in the coming fortnight.
But defeating Italy was absolutely vital to the rankings permutations surrounding December's 2027 Rugby World Cup draw, where the top-six ranked teams will be placed into separate pools.
Australia fell down to eighth place in the rankings as Scotland's narrow loss to New Zealand was enough to see them leapfrog both the Wallabies and Argentina (seventh) into sixth, meaning they're going to have to win at least one of their games against Ireland and France to regain a couple of points and head back up the table.
Read the match report of the Wallabies' loss to Italy here.
Rugby League
It wasn't always the most convincing of performances at times, but Kevin Walters' first series in charge of the Kangaroos was an ultimately successful one.
Australia maintained their lengthy series winning streak over the English, including a rare whitewash, further solidifying their status as outright favourites to win the 2026 Rugby League World Cup on home soil.
"It wasn't perfect by us, but I'm just really proud of the group," said Kangaroos captain Isaah Yeo after game three.
"I thought everyone defended really well, and we had to do that for long periods. The 30-8 doesn't reflect how hard it was and how well they played."
Understandably, head coach Kevin Walters wants more future Ashes series after the Kangaroos waited more than 20 years for the concept's revival - albeit filling the gaps with haphazard Tri- and Four Nations series inbetween - and bumper crowds across the three venues in London, Liverpool and Leeds suggests there's a renewed sense of hunger in the UK for international rugby league despite the result.
Walters rejected any suggestions that the Kangaroos had it easy during their clean sweep and has backed the next series to be even tougher.
Hopefully the expansion of the English Super League from 12 teams to 14, including the injection of French club Toulouse Olympique, will help develop a higher standard that will trickle into the national team.
Read our full summary of the three-game series, including analysis and talking points, here.
Football
It was a fairly quiet weekend for our overseas footballers with only a few noteworthy positive performances.
In the USA on Saturday morning our time, Archie Goodwin assisted the only goal for Charlotte FC in a Major League Soccer playoffs loss to Aiden O'Neill's New York City FC.
Connor Metcalfe assisted St Pauli's only goal in a Bundesliga loss away to Freiburg, whilst in the Netherlands there was an assist from Ajdin Hrustic in one of Heracles Almelo's two goals in a 2-1 win over Excelsior Rotterdam.
Formula 1
Oscar Piastri's dramatic collapse in the Formula 1 Driver's World Championship continued at the weekend when his McLaren teammate Lando Norris took out the Sao Paulo GP by a mammoth ten second margin to Mercedes' second driver Kimi Antonelli, who moved to seventh in the standings with his second podium of the season.
Piastri missed the podium for a fifth consecutive race, having done so in only two of his first 16 races of the season, leaving the Championship almost out of reach with three races to go.
It now appears he's going to fall behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen by season's end, prompting speculation that the team made some changes to his vehicle to favour Norris' Championship run.
Piastri subtly hinted that the team made some poor decisions during the race regarding his run when describing it as "a tough afternoon".
“I think in terms of the championship there’s no point thinking about it very much," Piastri said after the race.
“There’s clearly some things we need to sort out. Just a tough weekend from a number of fronts, so I’ll focus on that instead.”
Read our report of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix here.
Basketball
The future of our men's national basketball team appears in excellent hands and we were reminded of that on the weekend when 22-year-old Atlanta Hawks star Dyson Daniels recorded his first double-double of the 2025-26 NBA season as the Hawks thrashed the LA Lakers by 20 points.
His Boomers teammate Josh Giddey fell one rebound short of what would have been a fourth consecutive double-double (15PT 9R 6A) and that was in part because he had to leave the game early with what appears to be a rolled ankle. There was no news of a diagnosis on his condition at time of publication, other than him being listed as 'questionable' for their next game on Tuesday our time, so fingers crossed his absence will be minimal.
Tyrese Proctor also had an excellent night out on Saturday when shooting a career-best 17 points in 18 minutes as his Cleveland Cavaliers bulldozed the last-placed Washington Wizards by 33 points, though he was his usual quiet self on Sunday when recording just six points in 12 minutes against Giddey's Bulls.
Tennis
The end-of-season ATP Finals got underway during the weekend, where the overarching story will be the battle between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner to finish the year with the world number one ranking.
The ATP Finals sees the best eight players in the world split into two groups of four, where they play a single round-robin before the top-two of each go through to the semi-finals next weekend.
Number seven seed Alex De Minaur got his campaign off to an unsuccessful start when losing his opening match in straight sets to Alcaraz, who either needs to win all three of his group stage matches or reach the tournament final to retain the number one ranking at the end of 2025.
De Minaur has failed to beat Alcaraz from five attempts.