Sport
Opinion
Tokyo Olympics
At end of a Games like no other, is it time to backpedal on the medals?
There are lots of reasons not to get sucked in by the medals table, a gimmick and guilty pleasure too often turned into a boast. It excludes too many successful achievements.
- by Malcolm Knox
NRL
Biff, beers and Brookvale: why Hasler and Bellamy are best of enemies
The intense rivalry between Manly and Melbourne has produced many famous - and infamous - moments. The one constant has been two coaches cut from the same cloth.
- by Roy Masters
‘Eric is glad it’s Adam’: The sad twist to a record-breaking moment for Souths
Battling dementia, Eric Simms will not be aware when his Rabbitohs’ points record is passed. But his family are glad Adam Reynolds will be the one to set a new mark.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Updated
NRL 2021
‘Deeply personal and sensitive matter’: Pangai out of Penrith clash
- by Christian Nicolussi
Knights 28 Broncos 20
Match report
Pearce’s return one of few highlights as Knights hold out Broncos
- by Christian Nicolussi
Analysis
Rugby League World Cup
Hemispheres, and powerbrokers, collide over decision to postpone World Cup
- by Adrian Proszenko
Tokyo Olympics
Analysis
Olympics
Australia’s Insane Games: Best gold haul since modern Olympics began
- by Chip Le Grand
Insight & Analysis
Hemispheres, and powerbrokers, collide over decision to postpone World Cup
Adrian Proszenko
The decision to postpone the Rugby League World Cup has been as divisive as it was inevitable.
Rugby Union
Cricket
Archer to miss Ashes campaign, England bounce back in first Test
A recurrence of a stress fracture had already ruled Jofra Archer out of the first Test at Trent Bridge where England are fighting back after two days against India.
Updated
Twenty20
Australia’s Twenty20 side stagger to seventh defeat in eight matches
Comfortably beaten by Bangladesh, the tourists fell 0-2 behind in a Twenty20 series that is not even being broadcast into Australia.
- by Daniel Brettig
Updated
Australian cricket
Australian cricket team’s first TV blackout since 1994 confirmed
- by Malcolm Conn and Daniel Brettig
Soccer
AFL
Bloods brothers: How COVID has strengthened ties that bind Swans
Already tight-knit after the challenges of 2020, this year’s tumult has further strengthened the connection among Swans players, says Callum Mills.
- by Andrew Wu
How Swans will manage Franklin in run to finals
The bye after round 23 is shaping as the ace up the Swans’ sleeve as they aim to have the champion forward ready to fire in the club’s return to the finals.
- by Andrew Wu
Analysis
AFL 2021
The race is on: Which teams are best-placed to make the eight?
- by Jon Pierik and Sam McClure
Racing
Also in Sport
Aggressive McSweyn makes the running as he and Hoare reach 1500m final
Twice now in Tokyo, Stewart McSweyn has taken a tactically aggressive plan into his races and got through. He knows he can’t do that again in his bid to claim a medal.
- by Michael Gleeson
Biles thanks secret Japanese gym that nursed her through the twisties
Biles spent several days out of the spotlight at the gym where she was able to overcome the disorientation she had experienced.
