Greg Kowald was driving through the center of Toowoomba when a terrifying, tsunami-like wall of water roared through the streets of the northeast Australian city.

Rescue workers in Queensland launched a desperate search this morning for 72 people missing after a flash flood likened to an "inland tsunami" devastated communities near Brisbane, claiming eight lives.

England academy back-row forward Matthew Sarsfield has moved from Wigan to Huddersfield in search of a quicker opportunity in Super League.

With 2010 drawing to a close, we asked our sport correspondents to cast their minds back over the last 12 months in their specialist fields to recount their moment of the year.

Hull have agreed to release former Australia international Shaun Berrigan from the final year of his contract.

To prevail this week at the place known simply as "The G", England must manage one thing above all. It is also the one thing they might have expected not to have to do a month ago. They have to find a way to dismiss Mike Hussey.

A man aged 84 was jailed for four years in Australia for lying about being a prisoner of war in order to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in pension payouts. But a Brisbane judge said Arthur Crane would be released after six months on a good behaviour bond.

Opener puts England in total control with his second hundred of the series

England's impressive opener has recaptured his authentic form thanks to a simple technical change

England are dominating the Second Test match against Australia. For the second successive day they made all the running, imposed all the authority. They are by no means home and dry yet, but the least – the very least – they can expect now is to go to Perth in a fortnight at 0-0.

Second Test, first day: Australia 245 England 55-1

The Brisbane scoreboard that showed England’s second-innings total will become an iconic cricket photograph. Who would have guessed the tourists would be responsible for another historic image only four days later?

England orchestrated a dramatic start to the second Test against Australia today. After losing the toss and anticipating a long day in the field on a pitch as flat as a World Cup bid, the tourists reduced their opponents to 2 for 3 by the third over.

Only four batsmen ended their Test careers with a superior average to the one owned by Jonathan Trott