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Cambage threatens Tokyo boycott over AOC’s ‘whitewashed’ promo shoots

The WNBA star has taken aim at the Australian Olympic team’s lack of diversity in promotional shoots and indicated she won’t play at the 2021 Games.

  • by Vince Rugari

NRL

Matthew Johns, Andrew Johns and Sonny Bill Williams.
Opinion
NRL 2021

Johns brothers won’t be ‘laying out witches’ hats’ for Samoa coach Parish

Matthew Johns has rejected calls from the Samoan coach to be his assistant as the battle to coach the Pacific nation intensifies.

  • by Andrew Webster
Penrith players celebrate win No. 8 in Bathurst last weekend.

Think Penrith is doing well in the NRL? Check out the rest of the club

Penrith’s success has spread to all three grades, and beyond, with coach Ivan Cleary hailed as the man behind the club’s ten-year dream.

  • by Christian Nicolussi
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Insight & Analysis

Mum’s the word: why I’m in awe of dual-role netballers

Liz Ellis
Liz Ellis

As we approach Mother’s Day, it is nothing short of inspirational to see outstanding athletes on court while their children sit in the stands.

The Brumbies start fast and the Reds finish strong. Who wins the rest?

Morgan Turinui

Queensland and the Brumbies are the last two sides left standing in Super Rugby AU, and the form guide shows how tightly contested the final will be.

Players still playing catch up on how to hold each other accountable

Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons

Corey Norman posting a photo of himself with Jarryd Hayne is a strong show of public support for his mate. Some will find it touching, even inspiring. I find it troubling.

Cricket

Pat Cummins in his hotel room in India.

Eerie silence and sacred cows as Cummins awaits passage from India

Cooped up in his Ahmedabad hotel as the Australian contingent began to leave India for the Maldives to wait out the government’s travel ban, Pat Cummins had time to reflect on a very different IPL experience.

  • by Malcolm Conn
Composite: Stuart MacGill on Instagram. 7 Parraween St , Cremorne, where former Australian test cricketer Stuart MacGill lives. Photographed Wednesday 5th May 2021. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 210505

‘Not involved in any other backstory’: Police say MacGill did not owe alleged kidnappers a debt

How the 50-year-old former international cricketer came to be a kidnapping victim, taken from outside his home on Sydney’s lower north shore, allegedly by four men including the brother of his girlfriend, has left those who know him stunned.

  • by Andrew Wu, Fergus Hunter and Laura Chung

Soccer

AFL

Lance Franklin is poised to play at the MCG for the first time since 2018.

Buddy’s back but Swans scrambling for COVID coaching solutions

The coach-depleted club is exploring a range of technological solutions to ensure Dean Cox, Jarrad McVeigh and Don Pyke can still be involved at the MCG.

  • by Andrew Wu
North Melbourne coach David Noble, his Collingwood son John ... and the Hulk.

A Marvellous footy family: How superheroes keep the Nobles close

David Noble has Marvel superhero nicknames for his family. This weekend, he and his son John will be on opposing sides as coach and player ... at Marvel Stadium.

  • by Anthony Colangelo

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Cambage threatens Tokyo boycott over AOC’s ‘whitewashed’ promo shoots

The WNBA star has taken aim at the Australian Olympic team’s lack of diversity in promotional shoots and indicated she won’t play at the 2021 Games.

  • by Vince Rugari
Who will take over Usain Bolt’s mantle?

Life after Usain Bolt: who can be the fastest of them all?

The great Jamaican dominated the 100 metres at the past three Olympics. Who will replace him on the dais as the quickest man in the world at this year’s Games?

  • by Michael Gleeson

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