The All Blacks have notched their seventh straight Test victory over the Wallabies with a 32-19 Bledisloe Cup rugby win in Tokyo.
In a poor start to their spring tour, the Wallabies led 16-13 at halftime, but once again failed to finish the job.
FOUR AUST (WIGAN, England)
Australia's Four Nations rugby league campaign is back on track after holding off a fast-finishing England 26-16 at DW Stadium in Wigan.
Having cruised to a comfortable 26-0 lead at halftime, Australia held on for dear life as they finished with 12 men after Johnathon Thurston was sent to the sin bin.
SOCCER AL (SYDNEY)
North Queensland have pulled away from the bottom of the A-League ladder after two goals to Robbie Fowler gave them a 2-0 win over Gold Coast United.
In Saturday night's other match Central Coast and Adelaide played out a scoreless draw in Canberra.
MOTOR PRIX (ABU DHABI)
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position for Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One grand prix.
Australian Mark Webber will start from third.
SHIELD SA (ADELAIDE)
Centuries to Chris Rogers and Brad Hodge have placed Victoria in complete control of South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval.
The Bushrangers are three for 450 at stumps on day two, a lead of 158 runs over the Redbacks.
CYCLING WORLD AUST (MANCHESTER)
Tasmanian Belinda Goss has snared Australia's first gold medal at the opening round of the UCI Track World Cup in Manchester.
The 25-year-old proved too strong in the final sprint to claim victory in the scratch race.
ATHS QLD (NOOSA, Qld)
Australian runner Collis Birmingham has successfully defended his title in the Noosa Bolt five-kilometre race.
Lisa Corrigan just edged out Sarah Jamieson to win the women's race.
CYCLING QLD (NOOSA, Qld)
Australian cyclist Jonathan Cantwell has claimed the 28th victory of his best-ever season, sprinting to victory in the Noosa Criterium.
Two-time Australian criterium champion Kirsty Broun won the women's criterium at Noosa.
GOLF ASIA (SINGAPORE)
Ian Poulter has opened up a commanding five-stroke lead after the second round of the weather-interrupted Singapore Open.
Australia's Geoff Ogilvy missed the cut in the $A5.46 million tournament co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours.
TENNIS RUSSIA (ST PETERSBURG, Russia)
Ukrainian qualifier Andriy Stakhovsky has advanced to his second career ATP final by beating MARAT SAFIN 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the semi-finals of the St Petersburg Open.
He will meet eighth-seeded Horacio Zeballos of Argentina, who beat IGOR KUNITSYN of Russia 7-6 6-3.
