Sport
Australian Open 2016: Kerber says believing in herself helped her beat Williams
Linda Pearce Australian Open winner: Angelique Kerber. Remarkable. What a match. What a result. "It sounds crazy, but I can say I'm a grand slam champion now," said the player whose name had just been engraved on the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup following her 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 defeat of the great Serena Williams.
The Italian women football team that defied the mafia by playing on
Tony Gentile This seaside town in Italy's deep south has long been a hotbed for the Calabrian mafia, which uses threats and violence to extort virtually every businessman, from the pizzerias to the fishmongers.
Refugee team to participate in Rio Olympics
VICTOR MATHER A small team of international refugee athletes will participate in the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this year, Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, confirmed.
Trans athletes
More transgender athletes could compete under new Olympic guidelines
Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in the Olympics and other international events without underdoing sex reassignment surgery, according to new guidelines adopted by the IOC.
Sexism in sport
Chris Gayle is a symptom of a much larger problem in sport
Erin Riley "Whether playing or reporting or even talking about sport, women's presence in the arena is closely monitored and policed."
Sexism in sport
'Don't blush baby': Cricket star Chris Gayle sleazily tells journalist Mel McLaughlin
Matt Bungard and Adam Morton McLaughlin tersely responding "I'm not blushing" as Gayle awkwardly laughed the comment off.
Reports of rape rise on college game days
Jeanna Smialek College football game days may have a sinister side: They're associated with a higher incidence of sexual assault, according to a new study that explored links between campus party culture and rape.
LGBTI in sport
NBA referee comes out as gay after homophobic slurs
"I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man."
Rousey fulfils marine's viral video wish by attending ball
Mixed martial arts star Ronda Rousey lived up to her promise by attending a Marine Corps Ball with a marine who asked her to be his date in a social media post which went viral in August.
Sexism in sport
'Sexist' German footballer made to referee girls game after insulting comment
The governing body banned Kerem Demirbay for five games, but his club came up with an unusual lesson of their own.
Rousey: I will be back
Ronda Rousey's trainer Mike Dolce has declared the defeated UFC world bantamweight champion will bounce back from her upset loss to Holly Holm, as she has done before.
Rousey knocked out in shock UFC loss
Matt Murnane Holly Holm has caused a massive upset at UFC 193 by knocking out reigning bantamweight title holder Ronda Rousey early in the second round at Etihad Stadium.
Women in sport
The Australian women trailblazing in male-dominated sports
Daisy Dumas Her comments might have taken some of her male colleagues aback but Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne's now-famous "get stuffed" riposte came as little surprise to other elite athletes taking on the uneven playing ground of male-dominated sports.
Calling yourself a professional: women's sport has a long way to go
Holly Ferling Sportswomen need to be united and be advocates for each other.
PFA, FFA clinch new bargaining agreement
Michael Lynch Football Federation Australia and the players' union have finally signed off on a new four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Socceroos, A-League Players and Matildas.
Sexist coverage
#CoverTheAthlete: Video shows what would happen if media treated male athletes as they do women
Jenny Noyes Would a male athlete ever be asked to show off his outfit with a twirl?
Melbourne Cup
Michelle Payne becomes first female jockey to win Melbourne Cup, tells sexist doubters to "get stuffed"
Tom Decent "Because women can do anything and we can beat the world."
FFA rejects paid maternity leave for the Matildas
Dominic Bossi The Matildas have slammed the FFA's refusal to offer paid maternal leave or care as unfair.
Matildas threaten to boycott tour over pay row with FFA
Dominic Bossi The Matildas have made the extraordinary decision to withdraw from an upcoming training camp after claiming to have been disrespected during pay negotiations.
Women in sport
Tennis champ Serena Williams has no time for pathetic body-shamers
"I have Grand Slams to win."
Women in sport
The choices women make to pursue a coaching career
beth newman The choices women make to pursue a coaching career
Women in sport
Aussie women win the Ashes
Ian McCullough Australia's women have regained the Ashes after beating England by 20 runs to win the second Twenty-20 international at Hove.
All-female team to race at Bathurst 1000
Swiss driver Simona De Silvestro will team up with Australian rising star Renee Gracie in an all-female team for this year's Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercars endurance race.
Shine bright
Aussie Diamonds cap off magnificent week for Netball to take home the World Cup
Liz Ellis It was the final we had waited four years for. It was tough, it was emotional and it was played in front of a world record crowd. And it was, in the end, the Diamonds' day.
Women's footy
AFL to launch women's league in 2017
Samantha Lane The AFL is launching an aggressive push to boost professional women's football, with plans for up to one-third of its 18 clubs to field teams by 2017.
Ashes within grasp as Southern Stars crush England
Jesse Hogan Australia are on the cusp of wrenching back the women's Ashes after crushing England in the one-off Test in Canterbury.
Offensive play
A no-girls-allowed rule got this kid's basketball team disqualified
Petula Dvorak No, this absurd bit of sexism did not happen in 1963. This happened last weekend.
Testosterone levels
Should female athletes have to prove they are women?
Alice Dreger The intense scrutiny athletes with high testosterone levels are put under.
Sport sexism
Manchester United women's jersey sparks controversy
The new design has been branded "horrendous" and "sexist" by fans online.
Body shaming
UFC champ Ronda Rousey smacks down body shamers
"I think it's femininely badass as f--k because there's not a single muscle on my body that isn't for a purpose."
I stand with Adam
Adam Goodes' booing ordeal is a test of who we are
Michael Gordon Suddenly, perversely, Australian Rules Football is no longer a showcase for reconciliation. How did it come to this?
The Arizona Cardinals hires Jen Welter as NFL's first female coach
The Arizona Cardinals were being hailed as groundbreakers on Tuesday after hiring the National Football League's first female coach.
Women's soccer
FIFA 16 video game puts woman on cover, male fans react with sexist jokes
Bet you can't guess what their "jokes" were about.
Victorian sports clubs given $10m to build female-friendly changing rooms
Sport Minister John Eren says women's changing rooms are often rundown or non-existent, which is unfair to women who play sport.
Victoria Azarenka doesn't have time for stupid questions about her grunting
Michael Chammas "[It's] annoying because guys grunt. I was practicing next to Nadal, and he grunts louder than me, and nobody notice that."
Nadal grunts louder than me: Azarenka
Michael Chammas The queen of scream, or perhaps the princess if you consider Maria Sharapova, has hit out at questions about her grunting during her Wimledon quarter final loss to Serena Williams on Tuesday.
Sexist tweet shows how far women's soccer has to go
Ishaan Tharoor You would hope American soccer authorities would never tweet what the official account of the English national team did.
Women's World Cup
Soccer player kissing her wife after World Cup victory wins photo of the day
It was a joyous moment for a country still celebrating the legalisation of same-sex marriage.
When pregnancy spells the end of a career
Linda Pearce Many sportswomen's career prospects evaporate when their waters break.
Football final
Watch this Women's World Cup final preview and get pumped for the game
This fan-made video will get your blood running for today's final.
Dress code
This professional tennis player was reprimanded for wearing a black sports bra
Owen Roberts Wimbledon has been rocked by a scandal so disgraceful, so shocking, it would certainly place staunch fanatics into a raving furore.
Teenage girl is first ever woman eligible for the Major League Baseball
Now that's one impressive 16-year-old.
Norway's national soccer team hilariously parody sexist stereotypes about women in sport
"If I run first and then receive the ball... That's offside, isn't it?"
Go Matildas
Five reasons why you should be watching the Matildas in the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Lucy Zelic SBS soccer expert Lucy Zelic on why you should already be screaming "Go Matildas!" at your TV screens.
Australian women's rugby player goes viral after big tackle
She took a nasty blow to the face before getting up and dishing out a big hit of her own.
Clem Ford
Why some sports should remain a women's game
Clementine Ford Women have built sports like netball and roller derby from the ground up. So shouldn't we be given some credit?
Women's cycling team pushes past roadblocks in Afghanistan
Krista Mahr and Mirwais Harooni "Nothing will stop us."
#PlayLikeAGirl
Why this image of netballer with a black eye screams toughness, not violence
Liz Ellis I look forward to a time a woman with a black eye is not routinely asked "who did this to you?" but "so, did you get the ball?"
Matildas players faced sexist abuse from British soldiers during match
Dominic Bossi The Matildas' friendly football match against England in Cyprus has been overshadowed by claims that players were the targets of sexist abuse.
Sports girls
What it's like to be a top-level sportswoman
"Women are constantly reminded what their bodies look like, but can easily forget what it is their bodies can do. Sport can change that."
Watch Mo'ne Davis pull a wicked spin basketball move on Kevin Hart
"Just leaving Kevin Hart in the dark, embarassing him. Oh man, what a move."
Women in sport
Five minutes with Australian netball captain Laura Geitz
We chat to Laura Geitz about life as captain of Australia’s most successful women’s sporting team.
Saudi Arabia wants to host a men-only Olympics
Claire Cohen The International Olympic Committee has slapped down any suggestion of Saudi Arabia making a joint bid with Bahrain and holding men and women's events in different territories
Williams sisters
Serena Williams and her sister Venus deserve more respect and we should cherish them while we can
Charlie Eccleshare The Williams sisters are both in the Australian Open quarter-finals and are tennis greats, yet while their contemporary Roger Federer is fawned over, the sisters' achievements are met with relative indifference.
Eugenie Bouchard deserves better than sexist 'twirl' request
Clem Bastow Why are female stars still subjected to sexist requests from journalists?
Sporting taboo: 'I have nightmares about getting my period at Wimbledon'
Radhika Sanghani Heather Watson has attributed her Australian Open loss to her period and other sportswomen have spoken out in support.
Teenage tennis player hit by coach after loss says she 'deserved' it
Matthew Day Andrada Surdeanu, 16, comes to her father's defence after a violent altercation when she lost a match left her with a bloody nose.
Running truths
The pros and cons of running for exercise
Rachel Clun New research suggests running may slow down the ageing process, but one Sydney academic urges caution.
Community creates perfect day for terminally ill basketballer Lauren Hill
Pack tissues. And lots of 'em.
