The boy who grew up to beat his idol
"He's the reason I wanted to be a better swimmer," said Joseph Schooling after defeating his hero in the 100 metres butterfly.
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Malcolm Knox
Opals stand tall in face of home ground advantage
The peace-loving welcome of Rio's opening ceremony did not extend to the basketball court, where the Brazilian women's team and a feral home crowd double-teamed to stun Australia in their opening pool match on Saturday. Calling on all their experience, the Opals prevailed 84-66 after trailing at the first two breaks.
Why Mike Baird had to ban Origin
We simply cannot and will not stand by and allow the widespread and systemic mistreatment of New South Wales rugby league supporters.
As sporting heroes tumble, Sally Pearson stands tall
Sally Pearson is the way we like our sporting heroes: gritty, imperfect, up for the struggle.
Why I'm over the Hayne fairytale
But at least he made the NFL, didn't he? Or you could say, the whole thing was a marketing scam to suck in all of us who wanted to believe the best of people.
Take the sporting NOPLAN test
If NAPLAN turns education into sport, we would like to redress the balance and turn sport into education. In our test, called NOPLAN, don't stress - everyone's a winner.
It was hype – pink ball didn't pass test
The further you were from the game, the better last year's day-night Test match was.
Leicester City: My part in their ascent
Leicester City have kept me waiting a long time. My role in the club's success began at Christmas 1993, when I went with friends to see the Foxes at the old Filbert Street ground to play Watford.
Spieth's eye fails him in the '30 minutes that hopefully I'll never experience again'
The size of Jordan Spieth's achievement, that phantom win, can perhaps be measured by the mental collapse he suffered.
Willett wins Masters after Spieth collapse
Englishman Danny Willett has won the 2016 US Masters after a final-round collapse from Jordan Spieth.
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