Sport
Kelly Slater is 52 with a baby on the way and a dead man holding his hip together
The greatest surfer of all time concedes he is likely competing in Australia for the final time as a new chapter looms in his personal and professional life.
- by Dan Walsh
Two Sydney Swans women players caught with cocaine
- by Marnie Vinall, Sally Rawsthorne and Clare Sibthorpe
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
‘They can expect that every week from us’: Perkins defends Essendon’s edge, stands up for Wright
- by Marc McGowan and Marnie Vinall
AFL
The five Magpies who need to lift: McRae seeks energy and hunger
As Collingwood coach Craig McRae looks for a spark for his winless team, his former coach Leigh Matthews says the reigning premiers are lacking energy, and the stats show five of their key midfielders are not performing at last year’s standards.
- by Jon Pierik
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
‘They can expect that every week from us’: Perkins defends Essendon’s edge, stands up for Wright
Essendon young gun Archie Perkins has stood up for Peter Wright after the spearhead was criticised for his clash with a Swans favourite son. Meanwhile, the Demons received good news on the injury front for a pair of star defenders; and Saints big man Max King is headed to the tribunal.
- by Marc McGowan and Marnie Vinall
Analysis
AFL 2024
Sydney’s AFL teams are both 3-0. Now they’re disappearing for a month
- by Vince Rugari
Insight & Analysis
People want to see me get hurt, but here’s why I’m stepping into the boxing ring anyway
Just before Christmas, I received an unexpected offer: an invitation to join a high-profile boxing event in Adelaide during the week of the AFL’s Gather Round. This is why I accepted.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
How the AFL has developed a culture of concealment
Over the past eight years, basic facts that the AFL once reported have been removed from the public gaze.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
The horse racing boss who helped launch Chris Lilley’s career
From Sale of the Century to writing TV scripts and creating the Big Bash, Racing Victoria CEO Andrew Jones believes he is the perfect fit to attract a new generation of fans to the track. But his approach is unsettling traditionalists.
Danny Russell
Racing writer
Cricket
Exclusive
Australian cricket
Revealed: Winners and losers in Cricket Australia’s six-year Test schedule
- by Malcolm Conn
Soccer
Australia 2 Lebanon 0
Australian soccer
McGree, Bos injured as Socceroos scrap to stressful win over Lebanon
- by Vince Rugari
Basketball
Jack McVeigh's 'simply incredible' shot
Tasmania JackJumpers defeat Melbourne United with Jack McVeigh's winning shot.
The half-court wonder shot that put JackJumpers within a win of the NBL title – and Melbourne on the verge of defeat
Tasmania forward Jack McVeigh took a step over the half-court, dribbled between his legs and launched himself into the history books as his miracle shot put his JackJumpers within one win of a maiden NBL championship.
- by Roy Ward
Racing
Tennis
Murray injures ankle at Miami Open
Tennis veteran Andy Murray rolled his ankle and ruptured ligaments while playing at the Miami Open.
How Aussie giant-killer plans to topple world’s hottest tennis player
Chris O’Connell is just one win from the Miami Open quarter-finals. But to get there he must get past Jannik Sinner, who is still in smoking-hot form since his Australian Open win.
- by Marc McGowan
NRL
Minns rejects Tigers’ plea for Leichhardt Oval funding
- by Jasper Bruce, Sophia McCaughan and Christian Nicolussi
Around the clubs: Son of Panthers legend to debut, Eels dealt Cartwright blow
- by Michael Chammas and Adrian Proszenko
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Kelly Slater is 52 with a baby on the way and a dead man holding his hip together
The greatest surfer of all time concedes he is likely competing in Australia for the final time as a new chapter looms in his personal and professional life.
- by Dan Walsh
Pinned and pretzeled: Underwater wrestling regime behind Picklum’s title tilt
Australia’s brightest surfing star Molly Picklum returns home as world No.1 and in more demand than ever.
- by Dan Walsh
Two Sydney Swans women players caught with cocaine
- by Marnie Vinall, Sally Rawsthorne and Clare Sibthorpe
