Women in sport
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Australian cricket
Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost
Australian cricketers in women’s domestic competitions will earn an average salary of $160,000 as Cricket Australia announces a new Twenty20 competition and a change to the WBBL under a new multimillion-dollar plan to bolster growth in women and girls cricket.
- by Carla Jaeger
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Sixteen, 55kg and fearless: Is ‘Baba’ the Waratah Australia’s smallest pro footy player?
Diminutive Waiaria Ellis will play for NSW in the Super Rugby grand final on Sunday. But it’s her rivals who should be scared.
- by Iain Payten
‘I was in so much pain’: The unspoken ‘big issue’ affecting women athletes
Eleanor Cardwell was in so much pain, she couldn’t even complete a warm-up without discomfort, and she was not alone among her netball peers. It’s why she thinks it’s mad that sports bras aren’t treated with the same priority as football boots or mouthguards.
- by Marnie Vinall
‘There’s nowhere for them to go’: When girls are booted out of football
At 13, Phoebe Guppy is at a crossroads. Travel over an hour for footy training, or give up the game she loves. Daisy Pearce has been at the crossroads before her, and many more will follow.
- by Hannah Kennelly
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
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