WNBL
‘Fine, I’ll show you’: This star Tiger has not given up on her Opals dream
AFLW best and fairest winner Monique Conti is having a career-best season in the WNBL. She’s going to toe-to-toe with Opals opponents and hasn’t totally ruled out that dream for herself, either.
- by Marnie Vinall
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Liz Cambage
Cambage denies racial slur as fresh footage emerges of violent incident
A new video has emerged of the violent altercation which led to fallen Opals star Liz Cambage leaving the Australian Opals on the eve of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
- by Jon Pierik
‘I fought my butt off for it’: Penny Taylor to enter Hall of Fame
Penny Taylor will become the latest Australian to enter the FIBA Hall of Fame at a ceremony in August, alongside Chinese megastar Yao Ming.
- by Roy Ward
‘I was just babysitting her for you – in the womb’
In a Torres Strait tradition, sister-in-law Serina gifted basketball star Cayla George a baby.
- by Konrad Marshall
How the Lexi Rodgers case exposed gaps in trans policies for elite sport
As the raucous crowd watches the women’s game between the Cobras and the Dandenong Rangers unfold, basketballer Lexi Rodgers sits on the bench. She is at the centre of a polarising debate.
- by Carla Jaeger
Codes to receive new guidelines for transgender athletes and high-performance sport
The process that reviewed a transgender athlete’s application to join a basketball league will be used to inform guidelines being developed by The Australian Institute of Sport.Â
- by Carla Jaeger
Queensland Fire copyright row almost hosed down basketball partnership
QFES’s copyright dispute with a women’s cricket team threatened to derail a partnership announcement with a Townsville-based WNBL side.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Lauren Jackson
Sweet victory: Hawkins and Reid fire up to lead Townsville to WNBL title in 16th-straight win
Townsville Fire won game one with its scoring but it was their ability to grind out the key moments that took them to their fourth WNBL title on Wednesday night.
- by Roy Ward
Shyla Heal lashes out at former teammates as employment case heads to court
The daughter of basketball great Shane Heal has called out her former Sydney Flames teammates, coming as Shane Heal faces claims of bullying, with the case back in the Federal Court on Wednesday.
- by Jon Pierik
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Heal takes legal action as Flames confirm bullying investigation
Australian basketball great Shane Heal is being investigated over allegations of bullying during his tenure as Sydney Flames coach.
- by Jon Pierik
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Lauren Jackson
‘See how it goes’: Jackson to delay retirement call as scans confirm partial Achilles tear
Lauren Jackson’s WNBL season is over after scans confirmed a partial tear to her right Achilles, but she will wait to see how her recovery goes before deciding if she will retire from basketball.
- by Roy Ward