Liam Durkin

Arguably Australia's greatest-ever jockey, Damien Oliver, announced his retirement last week. Oliver will ride this year's Spring Carnival, before hanging up the silks.

The 2023 North Gippsland Football-Netball League senior Grand Final may well go down as the most ironic ever. Two teams, in Traralgon Tyers United and Woodside, who had kicked goals with ease during the season, struggled to find the middle for most of Grand Final day.

The Kangaroos look set to have a very bright future after its thirds took out the North Gippsland Football-Netball League premiership.

Sale fell short of Gippsland League reserve grade glory for the second consecutive year at the weekend - and against the same opponent.

Sale news, sport and weather

With the cricket season set to begin next weekend, all is in readiness to welcome a new era for the sport in the region, as the Traralgon District Cricket Association and Latrobe Valley District Cricket Leagues combine.

Thousands are expected to descend on Sale Turf Club this Sunday to witness country racing at its finest at one of Victoria's premier racing facilities.

The local sporting community was left shocked over the weekend, after learning the Fish Creek Football-Netball Club social rooms/change rooms at Terrill Park had been gutted by fire.

A mighty innings of 139 from Stefano Di Bartolomeo guided the Lizards to victory over Stratford in Round 4 of the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association.

The Wild Dogs were undone by Sale-Maffra in Round 3 of the Gippsland Cricket League, succumbing to the Sharks' three-pronged spin attack of Dylan Bolton, Isaac Love and Jack Rietschel.