The summer of cricket continues this weekend with the second Test match between Australia and New Zealand in progress at the WACA ground in Perth.
But there is plenty more going on in the world of sport, including international football, A-League football and the Fed Cup tennis final.
Added to that is the biggest name in women's Mixed Martial Arts, Ronda Rousey, fighting in Melbourne.
Ronda Rousey is making headlines, whether you like the idea of women -- or men -- fighting in a cage or not.
When she is not kicking and punching her opponents into submission, she keeps herself busy on the prime late-night television talk shows in the United States.
And her marketability has her making more money from endorsements than any of her opponents in UFC, or the Ultimate Fighting Championships.
Her success in the ring means Melbourne's Docklands stadium will be close to a sell-out, with more than 60,000 fans expected to watch her against fellow US fighter Holly Holm.
Considered by some more of a marketing juggernaut than a talented and fearsome fighter, she says she is out to change those perceptions.
Despite her growing wealth, fame and notoriety as one of the best female fighters ever, the 28-year-old says there is only one thing she loves more than all the glamour.
"Fighting! It's just I go back to the gym, and it's the only place I don't have a first and last name, you know? And so the crazier and more grand everything gets, the more I just kind of want to return to that place. It's like it's my place of comfort, and it's really like the only real stable (thing) in my life."
Moving to A-League, there is a full round of action this weekend.
Melbourne City goes up against the Western Sydney Wanderers in a match that can be seen on SBS from 7:30 tonight.
After a sluggish start to the season, the Wanderers are now shooting for their third straight win.
But despite having a chance to move into second on the ladder, Wanderers coach Tony Popovic says his side must stay focused.
"You know, we don't look at the ladder. Well, we certainly don't at the moment. I think that will take care of itself as long as we keep performing and getting the results. You know, we got a great result last week away at Newcastle. We've got another away game, and, you know, we want to go home with another three points."
But the biggest clash of the weekend is, without doubt, the match that has become known as the Big Blue.
Sydney FC meets the reigning premiers, the Melbourne Victory, at Sydney Football Stadium.
Around the globe, football fans will be praying their nations can qualify for next year's Euro finals in France and the World Cup itself in Russia in 2018.
The first legs of the Euro playoffs take place this weekend, with Boznia and Herzegovina kicking off the action against Ireland in the early hours of Saturday morning AEDT.
On Sunday morning, it is Ukraine versus Slovenia and Sweden against Denmark.
And on Monday morning, Hungary takes on Norway.
The big match in South American World Cup qualifying pits Brazil against Argentina in Buenos Aires.
There are some important friendlies, too, with the top-ranked nation in world football, Belgium, up against Italy, while France meets Germany.
Add in a match between England and Spain, which can be seen on Saturday morning on SBS at 6.30 AEDT, and it is a feast for football fans.
In women's tennis, Russia is hoping to deny the Czech Republic a fourth Fed Cup title in the last five years in the final this weekend in Prague.
The last nation to achieve that feat was Russia back in 2008.
Maria Sharapova admits Russia goes into the final as the underdog, but she says the chance to represent her country is a special feeling.
"Tennis is usually such an individual sport. I actually enjoy the atmosphere and the format of Fed Cup very much. I probably (most) enjoy the spirit of the team and going out and competing not just for yourself, but your teammates and the nation that's watching you."
The teams last met in the final in 2011, when the Czech Republic defeated Russia in Moscow.
