Sport
‘It would be nice to have some sort of say’: AFL’s youngest skipper critical of new rules
Players might not like rule changes but they admit they will adjust, with some even conceding game might improve as a spectacle as a result.
- by Owen Leonard, Michael Gleeson and Peter Ryan
AFL
‘Ensure every precaution taken’: May concussed, not locked in for round one
May was taken from the field looking groggy in the final term after colliding with Bulldogs ruckman Tim English and the club has not set a return-to-play date.
- by Anthony Colangelo
‘A long way to go’: All AFL clubs can learn from Collingwood racism report, says Betts
Carlton star Eddie Betts says Amazon’s Making Their Mark documentary will reveal the impact racism has on him and his family.
- by Peter Ryan
Insight & Analysis
Running the risk: NRL’s need for speed could put brakes on excitement
Roy Masters
Welcome to the season of “clockball,” the new game invented by the ARLC’s ultra-innovative chairman Peter V’landys.
Cricket
Soccer
Sydney 2 Western United 0
Match report
Milestone man Grant scores as Sydney FC stops the rot with much-needed win
The Socceroo celebrated his 200th A-League game with a goal that essentially sealed all three points for the reigning champions on Wednesday night.
- by Vince Rugari
Juventus crash out of Champions League after extra-time thriller against Porto
The Portuguese side will be joined in the quarter-finals by Borussia Dortmund, whose 2-2 draw with Sevilla was enough for an aggregate victory over two legs.
- by Staff
Racing
Tennis
Djokovic breaks Federer’s record for most weeks as ATP No.1
The Serbian star has just started his 311th week at top spot in the men’s rankings, one more than the previous record held by Roger Federer.
- by Howard Fendrich
‘Is the knee going to hold up? I’m not sure’: Federer’s fear before comeback
The 39-year-old is preparing for his first match since the 2020 Australian Open, when he takes on either Dan Evans or Jeremy Chardy in Doha on Wednesday.
- by Staff
NRL
Opinion
NRL 2021
‘I could easily become a recluse’: Why Smith took so long to say his career was over
- by Andrew Webster
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Opinion
Women in sport
Instead of removing it, let’s celebrate the W in sport
Meg Lanning’s push to remove the W is understandable. But it would be sad if the only way to gender equality was to suppress rather than celebrate difference.
- by Greg Baum
A tale of two starts, America’s Cup all square after day one
Team New Zealand won the first race by 31 seconds but Jimmy Spithill’s Italian challengers Luna Rossa charged back to take the second by seven seconds.
- by Nick Mulvenney
Japan to keep foreign spectators away from Tokyo Olympics, Kyodo says
- by David Dolan and Chris Gallagher