Latest - New Zealand driver Shane van Gisbergen has continued his rampant charge at Sandown, with the runaway championship leader clinching a fourth win from as many starts in 2021.
He claimed his second win of the weekend on Sunday afternoon, clinching the race four victory by nearly 13 seconds.
It kept alive van Gisbergen's unbeaten streak in 2021 following his Mt Panorama 500 sweep.
Van Gisbergen is now on a run of five straight wins dating back to last October's Bathurst 1000.
Craig Lowndes holds the all-time record of eight consecutive wins, setting the record in 1996 following victories across the Lakeside, Perth and Mallala events.
He has joined Allan Moffat (1972-73), Peter Brock (1980), Lowndes (1998 and 1999), Marcos Ambrose (2004-05) and Garth Tander (2007) as drivers who have five straight races.
On Saturday, Van Gisbergen broke one of the oldest record's in Australian Supercars history, fighting back from 17th on the grid to win the opening race of the Sandown round in Victoria.
Shane van Gisbergen. Photo: Edgephotographics/Photosport
The win, which broke a 56-year-old record, was made even more remarkable given the fact van Gisbergen broke his collarbone two weeks ago and had nine screws inserted into his shoulder.
Before van Gisbergen's effort, Norm Beechey's record of winning from a start of 14th place on the grid in 1956 was the best ever start-to-finish result.
Canterbury cruise to one-day victory
An 166-run partnership between skipper Frankie Mackay and in-form White Fern Amy Satterthwaite has anchored Canterbury to a eight-wicket win in the national women's one-day final.
Magicians' captain Frankie Mackay Photo: Photosport
Defending champions Auckland won the toss at Eden Park Outer Oval, but struggled for traction and were bowled out for 185 in the 48th over.
Katie Perkins top-scored with 52, but only Regina Lili'i offered support with hher 29 not out.
Satterthwaite was on song with the ball, leading the Canterbury attack with figures of 4-27 off 8.5 overs, while Gabby Sullivan and Kate Ebrahim both picked up a brace apiece.
In reply, top qualifiers Canterbury cruised home in the 38th over, Satterthwaite dismissed on 73 two overs before with the job all but done.
Mackay carried her bat to finish unbeaten on 94 off 112 balls in a controlled knock which included 10 boundaries.
Dominant Ireland find their form with England thrashing
A rejuvenated Ireland gave coach Andy Farrell the kind of performance he desperately wanted as they finished the Six Nations on a high by hammering a wretched England 32-18 with just pride and a top-half finish on the line on Saturday.
Having struggled for much of Farrell's 13-month tenure, Ireland survived some early pressure before a brilliant lineout move ended with Keith Earls touching down and a deserved second try by Jack Conan gave the hosts a 20-6 halftime lead.
Buffered by Johnny Sexton's boot, Ireland remained in total control and not even a red card for centre Bundee Aki and tries for Ben Youngs and Jonny May threatened an uncomfortable finale as the defending champions were pummelled into submission.
Arresting a run of four straight defeats by England, Ireland look set for a top-three finish and an injection of momentum for the Farrell era. England finished the championship with more defeats than victories for only the second time in 15 years.
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Team Wellington secure third premiership title
Team Wellington wrapped up the national men's football premiership with their third grand final win, downing minor premiers and old foes Auckland City 4-2 at North Harbour Stadium.
Haris Zeb (left) of Team Wellington and Alfie Rogers Photo: © Photosport Ltd 2021 / www.photosport.nz
Wellington took the early lead, when Andy Bevin pounced on the rebound after Hamish Watson's 14th minute penalty was denied by a strong hand from City keeper Cam Brown.
Jack-Henry Sinclair made it 2-0, finishing off a flowing move with a cheeky backheel finish in the 31st minute.
Auckland City clawed one back with a penalty to Argentinan stalwart Emiliano Tade, before Dylan Manickum levelled the scores at 2-2 in the 42nd minute.
Ollie Whyte's thumping shot into the top left hand corner in the 55th minute switched the momentum back to Wellington, then Andy Bevin doubled his tally for the afternoon after heading home in the 69th minute.
Scotland score record-breaking win over Italy
Scotland ran in eight tries to ensure a record 52-10 victory over Italy at Murrayfield and a return to winning ways after successive narrow defeats in the Six Nations.
David Cherry (two), Duhan van der Merwe (two), Darcy Graham, Huw Jones, Scott Steele and Sam Johnson all went over for tries while captain Stuart Hogg, in a rare outing at flyhalf, contributed six conversions.
Italy had opened the scoring with hooker Luca Bigi dotting down in the sixth minute, but that was to prove their only try of the game, which young flyhalf Paolo Garbisi converted. Garbisi later added a first-half penalty.
The 42-point winning margin for the Scots bettered their previous record success over Italy when they won 48-7 in a World Cup warm-up at Murrayfield in 2015.
The victory for the Scots, who were 24-10 ahead at halftime, follows their close losses to Wales and Ireland and means they have now won two and lost two in this yearG��s championship, with their final fixture to come against France in Paris on Friday.
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Brisbane too strong for Breakers
The New Zealand Breakers were beaten 88-67 by the Bullets in last night's Australian NBL basketball clash in Brisbane.
The Breakers somehow stayed with the Bullets for the first half before being destroyed in the second half, surrendering offensive rebounds and turning the ball over times ensuring they were never really in the contest.
Tai Webster was the leading scorer with 19 points while Finn Delaney toiled hard for his 12 points and nine rebounds but New Zealand will be keen to see reinforcements arrive soon having signed William McDowell-White and Levi Randolph.
Breakers coach Dan Shamir said it was a waiting game until star guard Corey Webster returns from injury and replacements arrive in the import positions but they need to be better to compete until that happens.
"It was a tough night for us," he said.
"There is the short term and the longer term. In the short term, we have Melbourne United so they have to be better (to compete against them).
"In the longer term, we've got to survive a few games and hopefully, players will come in, Corey is coming back in the next few weeks so that will add a bit more of an aspect to our game."
