Yesterday
Pakistan blow it, and why umpires should take the stairs
Australia had it’s worst start to a Test innings at the MCG since 1911 but an agonising neacentury by Mitchell Marsh helped the home side recovery.
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- Oliver Caffrey and Shayne Hope
Labor shrugs off Australian Open deal that cost taxpayers $40m
The Victorian government has denied backflipping on its ‘triple confirmed’ promise to hold Tennis Australia to a $40 million quarantine program bill.
- Gus McCubbing
LawConnect hails ‘dream’ Sydney to Hobart underdog win
The perennial bridesmaid has claimed Sydney to Hobart line honours, finishing less than one minute ahead of its rival Comanche.
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- Ethan James
Inside Britain’s lad economy
The World Darts Championship has become an end-of-year institution, a debauched collision of fancy dress and elite sport.
- The Economist
This Month
Weather carnage leaves two maxis in the fight
Storms tore parts of yachts, wrecked rigging and threw crew members overboard as the Sydney to Hobart event became one of attrition as well as racing chops.
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- Jasper Bruce
Victoria wipes Tennis Australia’s $43m COVID debt, fuels record profit
The Victorian government gave Tennis Australia a $40 million loan as it languished in the pandemic. Now worth $43 million, that debt has been forgiven.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
The Gold Coast carnival that fuels the Magic Millions machine
Barry Bowditch has spent six months searching for Australia’s best yearlings, with more than 1400 up for sale at an event that attracts the world’s richest horse owners.
- Zoe Samios
Two more boats pull out of Sydney to Hobart as storms hit
The Sydney to Hobart fleet has been reduced to 98 boats after Maritimo 52 pulled out of the competition on a stormy first night of racing.
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- Jasper Bruce
Scallywag retires after supermaxis nearly collide
The supermaxi yacht is out of the Sydney to Hobart race with a broken bow sprit after a dramatic start that triggered a formal protest from rival Comanche.
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- Jasper Bruce
What Khawaja ended up writing on his shoe
A dropped catch gave Dave Warner a short reprieve in the opening session of the Boxing Day Test, and Usman Khawaja avoided a sanction with words on his shoes.
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- Shayne Hope
Rivals predict Wild Oats XI will be back
Wild Oats XI’s would-be rivals for Sydney to Hobart line honours have backed the champion yacht to return to the fleet in 2024.
- Jasper Bruce
Khawaja wears black armband as Australia pummel Pakistan in Perth
David Warner’s quickfire century against Pakistan at Perth’s Optus Stadium got the test off to a cracking start.
‘It’s human, not political’: Khawaja to fight Palestine shoe ban
Australian batsman Usman Khawaja says he will fight the International Cricket Council for the right to wear shoes with “All lives are equal” written on them.
- Rohan Sullivan
- Exclusive
- Business of sport
Super Rugby’s Melbourne Rebels falls behind on tax bill, stadium fees
While the ATO is demanding its directors pay up, the club’s chairman, Paul Docherty, insists the team is financially viable.
- Zoe Samios
Barry O’Farrell named interim Wests Tigers chair as board dismissed
The entire board of struggling NRL club the Wests Tigers has been dismissed and the CEO has resigned following an extensive review into its governance.
- Zoe Samios
Hamish McLennan confronts rugby’s biggest lie
Coach Eddie Jones always denied there were plans to ditch the Wallabies. Events seem primed to blow up in the faces of Rugby Australia, including the board.
- Mark Di Stefano
The NRL takes its biggest gamble yet
Documents obtained by AFR Weekend provide the clearest insight yet about what exactly the league is planning in its big push into the lucrative US market.
- Zoe Samios
No site visits, no briefings: Games’ business case done in just weeks
EY partner Dean Yates says the original business case the firm prepared for the cancelled 2026 Commonwealth Games identified significant problems.
- Gus McCubbing
No Lee way: siblings fall agonisingly short at Open
Local heroes Min Woo Lee and Minjee Lee had their chances but ultimately fell short of a rare sibling double at the Australian Open.
- Maxim Shanahan and Darren Walton
Min Woo Lee closes in on rare and famous golf double
Min Woo Lee and Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino look set for a final-day shootout for the second week in a row.
- Darren Walton
