Michael Gleeson is a senior AFL football writer and Fairfax Media's athletics writer. He also covers tennis, cricket and other sports. He won the AFL Players Association Grant Hattam Trophy for excellence in journalism for the second time in 2014 and was a finalist in the 2014 Quill Awards for best sports feature writer. He was also a finalist in the 2014 Australian Sports Commission awards for his work on ‘Boots for Kids’. He is a winner of the AFL Media Association award for best news reporter and a two-time winner of Cricket Victoria’s cricket writer of the year award. Michael has covered multiple Olympics, Commonwealth Games and world championships and 15 seasons of AFL, He has also written seven books - five sports books and two true crime books.
The youngest members of Australia's athletics team have been in lockstep since becoming best friends as 11-year-olds. This week they are both representing Australia at the World Athletics Championships in London.
A picture perfect end is looming for Usain Bolt at the world athletics championships. Just don't ask him about Andre De Grasse.
Young pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall and javelin thrower Kelsey-Lee Roberts have been earmarked as the rising stars who could jump into medal contention at this year's world athletics championships.
After losing two years to a string of awful injuries, Sally Pearson is back. She is fit, strong and fast and believes that next week she can be back on the podium at the world championships.
Nitro has fast-tracked athletes into the Australian team for the world championships in London starting next week.
Queensland schoolgirl, 17-year-old Riley Day, has been added to Australia's team for the world championships in London next week only months after jumping to prominence racing Usain Bolt in Melbourne for Nitro.
Race walker Claire Tallent gave birth just two months ago to the fist child. Next month she will join her champion husband Jared on the team for Australia at the world athletics championships
Tyrone Vickery's business partner used funds from their restaurant to buy three racehorses, pay trainer's fees and make regular cash advances to gamble at Crown Casino, without the consent of the Hawthorn footballer.
Andre De Grasse has gusted to the equal third quickest time ever for the 100m sprint with a sharp 9.69 seconds victory in Stockholm early Monday morning.
Sally Pearson's rival and the reigning Olympic gold medallist, Brianna Rollins has been banned for a year for a drug offence.
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