Sport
Tigers 13.9 (87) Giants 12.11 (83)
Match report
Tigers fight back from the brink to run over gallant Giants
The best player in the competition strapped his team onto his back and carried them over the line against Greater Western Sydney at Marvel Stadium.
- by Andrew Wu
AFL
Swans 10.12 (72) Magpies 5.12 (42)
Match report
Pies held to one goal after quarter-time as Swans stroll to victory
Sydney have heaped more misery upon struggling Collingwood, overcoming a lacklustre start to notch an important 30-point win on Saturday.
- by Vince Rugari
Lions’ roar getting louder after blowing away Gold Coast
After a slow start to the season, the Brisbane Lions have continued their push up the ladder with their fifth win in a row, blowing away Gold Coast by 73 points.
- by Andrew Stafford
Insight & Analysis
Backflips, half jabs, synchronised snubbing? IOC runs rings around Tokyo
Greg Baum
Many new and strange events will appear at the Tokyo Olympics, but there can be only one winner.
Cricket
Afghanistan Test to be Ashes warm-up for stars with Perth to host series finale
- by Andrew Wu and Daniel Cherny
Soccer
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Kids sport
‘Using your head is probably not a good thing’: Safety concerns for soccer kids
Football Australia is reviewing the medical evidence for whether young players should be taught how to hit the ball with their heads, a practice that has been banned for younger children in the United States and Britain.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Western United 0 Sydney FC 1
Match report
‘I didn’t think it was a pen’: Even Sydney FC admit they didn’t deserve VAR winner
Sydney FC beat Western United thanks to a VAR decision so contentious that the Sky Blues concede it shouldn’t have been awarded.
- by Dominic Bossi
Racing
Tennis
Djokovic plays twice as Nadal cruises into Rome final
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal had starkly different days at the Italian Open on Saturday.
- by ANDREW DAMPF
Updated
French Open
‘Brutal’ conditions: Arm injury hampers Barty as French Open looms
The world No.1 was forced to retire from her Italian Open quarter-final against Coco Gauff, raising doubts about her participation at the French Open.
- by Scott Spits
NRL
Roosters 30 Cowboys 16
Match report
Magic moment from Tedesco puts gloss on ugly win for Roosters
- by Christian Nicolussi
Also in Sport
Ewan abandons Giro d’Italia one day after stage win
Caleb Ewan abandoned the Giro d’Italia on stage 8 on Saturday just one day after claiming his second stage win of the race.
Magpies 60 Thunderbirds 56
Super Netball
Magpies swoop on Super Netball win, Thunderbirds left languishing
Collingwood have secured their first win for the Super Netball season - keeping them within striking distance of the top four - after edging out the Adelaide Thunderbirds.
- by Sarah Burt
