This Month
Women’s basketball chases investors for $20m-plus slam dunk
The WNBL is for sale. It’s attracted interest from Aussie rich-listers to offshore funds.
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- Zoe Samios
Melbourne Rebels survive but fight with ATO, Rugby Australia not over
Former Melbourne Rebels director Georgia Widdup said the decision meant plans for a “financially sustainable future” could progress.
- Zoe Samios
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- Rebels
PwC dragged into Melbourne Rebels fight, Rugby Australia alleges bias
Tensions over the future of the Victorian rugby union club escalated dramatically on Thursday when Rugby Australia fired off a letter to PwC.
- Zoe Samios
April
Rugby Australia stakeholders oust director, former NRL exec elected
The governing body’s shareholders were required to vote for five board directors at the annual general meeting. Only four were elected.
- Zoe Samios
Racing Victoria boss resigns after months of shareholder pressure
Andrew Jones, who served under two chairmen in his time at the helm, said it was the right moment to leave and make way for a new chairman and board.
- Zoe Samios
Melbourne Rebels may have traded insolvent since 2018: PwC
The rugby union club’s administrator, PwC, recommends it be rescued rather than liquidated to ensure creditors and staff receive the most money possible.
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- Zoe Samios
Can the NRL’s worst team finally turn itself around?
To say the Wests Tigers have underperformed over the past two decades would be an understatement. Shane Richardson has a plan to change the team’s fortunes.
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- Zoe Samios
Cruising Yacht Club feud explodes in shower of abuse accusations
The Darling Point institution, home of the Sydney to Hobart, said one member had falsely alleged another sailor had slurred him after their boats collided.
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- Zoe Samios
This absurd boxing match shows how profitable sports media’s become
Why did a famous ex-baseball player get into a fight with a 21-year-old internet intern, and what does it say about popular culture?
- David Bockino
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- Horse racing
History made as Winx foal becomes the most expensive filly in the world
Ingham’s family scion and Winx part-owner, Debbie Kepitis, outbid American thoroughbred tycoon, John Stewart, offering a staggering $10 million.
- Zoe Samios
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- Australian rugby
Ex-NRL executive in frame for Rugby Aus board as club tensions mount
Alexi Baker is one of two candidates up for election at the company’s AGM as it tries to rebuild the game and change its fortunes.
- Zoe Samios
Leigh Clifford-backed consortium moves to takeover Melbourne Rebels
A group led by the former Qantas chairman is trying to move the rugby union team, which collapsed into administration this year, to the city’s western suburbs.
- Zoe Samios
March
Developers find easy targets among cash-strapped golf clubs
They take up swaths of land and face big bills to renovate and keep courses in order. Could surplus golfing greens help solve the housing shortage?
- Larry Schlesinger
The Aussies taking charge at an English soccer icon
In 2023, Tottenham Hotspur was forced to make some serious changes to management. They brought in three Australians.
- Zoe Samios
Winx’s first foal is for sale. She’s expected to make history.
The birth was one of the toughest endurance tests for Australia’s champion mare Winx. Now her filly could break another record.
- Zoe Samios
Defining legacy: Brisbane’s messy path to the Olympics
It will be a long haul to transform the QEII stadium to Olympic standard. That’s just one of the hurdles for Queensland.
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- Zoe Samios, Michael Bleby and Tess Bennett
Lang Park to host Brisbane 2032 ceremonies after review rejected
Lang Park will be the site of opening and closing ceremonies while the old venue for the 1982 Commonwealth Games will be upgraded to host athletics.
- Zoe Samios and Michael Bleby
$50,000 to join a golf club? Members are coming in droves
Not only are the top clubs extremely expensive, they’re also extremely secretive. And in high demand.
- Zoe Samios
Sydney scraps half-marathon
In a bid to be part of the World Marathon majors, Sydney has scrapped the 21km race from this year’s event in September.
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- Zoe Samios
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- Rugby Australia
Wallabies’ World Cup campaign blew budget by $2.6m as staff splurged
Rugby Australia’s review into the performance identifies poor culture and a lack of trust. Its CEO, Phil Waugh, says personnel changes had already been made.
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- Zoe Samios
