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Australian captain Meg Lanning and Delissa Kimmince celebrate their semi-final win at the SCG.
ICC Women's World Cup

Australia beat South Africa and wet weather to advance to T20 World Cup final

Australia overcame the absence of superstar Ellyse Perry to score a remarkable rain-reduced five-run victory over South Africa at the SCG.

  • by Tom Decent
Groin problems: Essendon forward Joe Daniher has managed just 11 games in the past two seasons.
Essendon

 Daniher's Irish experiment on track

  • by Peter Ryan
Australia's women celebrate the wicket of Dane Van Niekirk en route to yet another T20 World Cup final.
ICC Women's World Cup

Sixes and sevens but Australia give World Cup the final it needed

  • by Malcolm Knox
Daniel Ricciardo.
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No Ferrari, no GP, says Ricciardo

  • by Matthew Clayton and Michael Lynch
There were suspicions about Ferrari's 2019 power unit, but the FIA said it could not prove rules were broken.
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FIA could not prove Ferrari's 2019 engine broke F1 rules

AFL

Lily Mithen.
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Round five AFLW teams and tips

Check out all the teams and our experts' tips for round five of the 2020 AFLW season.

Geelong.
AFL 2020

AFL fine Geelong over payment rule breaches

Geelong have been fined $40,000 for breaching the AFL Total Player Payment lodgement rules through an "inadvertent administrative error" repeated across eight years.

St Kilda’s Tarni White left Moorabbin in tears with a torn ACL last weekend.
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AFL injury ward

Changes could go a long way to fixing ACL problem

  • by Emma Kearney
Carlton key forward Charlie Curnow.
AFL 2020

Blues look to McGovern to lead the way up forward

  • by Jon Pierik
Tom Langdon seriously injured his knee in round nine last year.
AFL injury ward

Langdon considers retirement as he has last crack at beating knee injury

  • by Peter Ryan
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Insight & Analysis

Is the Australian women's team playing too much cricket?

Lisa Sthalekar

I never thought I'd pose the question. But looking at their recent schedule, I'm not surprised to see so many injuries, or some players struggling with burnout.

The new form of courage may be to not play at all

Timothy Boyle
Timothy Boyle

Despite the modern insistence that football is some kind of puzzle to be solved, the whole thing still swings on the abandonment of thought to action and on decisions rather than imagination.

In hunt for world No.1 narcissist's biggest fan, there can only be one winner

Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons

Bring it in tight, sports fans, and let’s see how quickly you can work this Who Am I quiz out?

Cricket

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Soccer

Pre-match hand shakes have been halted in the Premier League because of coronavirus.
Coronavirus outbreak

Premier League stops handshakes to halt coronavirus spread

Teams will line up as usual, but players will walk post their opponents without shaking hands.

Ante Milcic was dealt a tougher draw with the amended match schedule.
2020 Tokyo Olympics

China scare just the jolt Matildas needed

The Matildas' great escape against China could serve as the perfect lesson before their final Tokyo Olympics hurdle.

  • by Dominic Bossi
Graham Arnold's Copa America headaches could actually be soothed if Australia's World Cup qualifiers in March and June are postponed.
The Hairdryer
Copa America

Postponements could boost Socceroos' chances of success at Copa America

  • by Dominic Bossi and Vince Rugari
Back after a year's absence, Jordan O'Doherty opens up on his injury torment.
A-League

'I didn't know if I'll be the same': Uncertainty hardest for O'Doherty

  • by Dominic Bossi
Socceroo Adam Taggart is among seven Australian players tied to South Korean clubs.
Coronavirus outbreak

'Can they leave?': Aussie players stranded in Korea seek contract help

  • by Vince Rugari

Racing

Tennis

Team captain Lleyton Hewitt says there's no excuses for a successful Davis Cup campaign.
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Tennis

Hewitt says no excuses for Davis Cup campaign

Team captain Lleyton Hewitt says there's no excuses for a successful Davis Cup campaign.

Jordan Thompson gets practice in on Thursday before Australia's Davis Cup tie with Brazil.
Davis Cup

Jordan Thompson first up for Australia in Davis Cup

Jordan Thompson knows he'll get goosebumps when leading Australia's charge against Brazil in the Davis Cup tie starting on Friday.

Nick Kyrgios complains to the umpire Fergus Murphy at Queen's last year.
ATP Tour

Nick Kyrgios has incurred $50,000 in fines at Queen's in two years. He's signed up again

  • by Andy Sims
Australia's Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt.
Davis Cup

Hewitt bullish about Davis Cup prospects

James Duckworth is hopeful of gaining a start for singles in Australia's Davis Cup tie against Brazil in Adelaide.
Davis Cup

Davis Cup line-up still unclear, says James Duckworth

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