Women in sport
Why the hottest basketball player in the world is a 22-year-old university student
Steph Curry and LeBron James move aside: Caitlin Clark is the most famous basketball player in the world right now, and she’s only just getting started.
- by Billie Eder
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From Moe to the big stage: The Aussie staring down basketball’s record-breaking phenom Caitlin Clark
Moe’s Jaz Shelley is one of the Australians riding the exploding popularity of US women’s college basketball, playing in front of millions and hoping to lead Nebraska to a fairytale run in “March Madness”.
- by Roy Ward
At 16, Sauaso is a rugby prodigy. Can she be kept in the game?
Even at the official launch of the Super W season this weekend, there was concern over rugby union’s ability to fend off rival football codes.
- by Nick Wright
‘Be loud and proud’: Top female athletes on pay, power, passion … and GOATs
For International Women’s Day, we asked a star cricketer, a Matilda, a Diamond, an AFLW spearhead, a rugby sevens Olympian and an NRLW captain what they would change if they had the power.
- by Carla Jaeger, Billie Eder, Emma Kemp and Marnie Vinall
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Test cricket
Healy out for 99 as Australia build commanding lead over South Africa
Captain Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney combined to shore up the Australian innings after an early collapse in the one-off Test in Perth.
- by Justin Chadwick
Women’s soccer is booming, but behind the explosion is a serious issue
Women’s soccer is booming, but one star says the foundations of the sport are not developing fast enough to keep up with demand.
- by Marnie Vinall
How a ragtag bunch of women renewed my love of football
They were a pleasure to coach, in part because they never took their footballing adventure, or me, for granted.
- by Paul Connolly
Opinion
Gender pay gap
Three myths hold back pay parity in women’s sport. Let’s smash them
Interest in women’s sport is at an all-time high. But persistent myths are blocking progress on equal pay, pathways for female stars and corporate investment.
- by Emily Mahler and Adele Labine-Romain
‘They don’t want to see me sad any more’: Why Alex Chidiac’s family is happy to see her back with the Victory
While many Matildas are making their names in the Women’s Super League overseas, Matildas midfielder Alex Chidiac knows the best version of herself, on and off the pitch, is back in Melbourne.
- by Marnie Vinall
‘Wicked’ and dizzyingly expensive: The guide to making an Australian tennis champion
Teenager Roisin Gilheany is on the path to becoming a professional tennis player. To get to where she is now took an almighty effort and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- by Marc McGowan
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Australian cricket
Taxpayers stump up $50k in failed Fire trademark bid
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services has backed down from its attempts to prevent the state’s cricket governing body trademarking the name used by its women’s team since the 1990s.
- by Cameron Atfield