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Salary cap probe: NRL investigates Ponga third-party deal
The NRL has confirmed it is looking into an issue involving one of the game’s biggest stars, which could have salary cap implications for the Newcastle Knights.
- by Michael Chammas and Chris Barrett
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NRL 2024
NRL investigating racial abuse towards Mitchell and Walker
- by Billie Eder and Michael Chammas
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NRL 2024
The Tigers are hurtling to the bottom again. This play sums up why Benji Marshall has a huge problem
The best teams constantly talk about attention to detail. One moment in Tamworth on Saturday sums up how far the Tigers are still off the pace after six straight losses.
- by Adam Pengilly
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Around the clubs
‘I don’t want to sit behind anyone’: Crichton weighs up future after Fifita deal
The Roosters star said the club hadn’t spoken to him about the signing of Titans back-rower David Fifita.
- by Billie Eder and Adam Pengilly
Analysis
State of Origin
NSW have a halfback problem. Here are six contenders to replace Cleary
- by Adam Pengilly
Why Mitchell Moses may have only 80 minutes to prove he can save NSW
- by Adam Pengilly and Michael Chammas
Doubles from Young, Crichton help Roosters dominate Warriors
- by Billie Eder and Dominic Brock
Insight & Analysis
De Belin family’s fury after perjury charge
The Dragons star’s parents and sister have lashed out at the police who investigated his case.
Danny Weidler
Sport columnist
Time for an Australian sporting superstar to be roasted
If it’s good enough for the great Tom Brady, it’s good enough for one of our own.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Why the China doping scandal has created a crisis of faith and suspicion
It must be traumatic for any athlete to discover, three years on, that they competed at an Olympics against rivals who, very likely, shouldn’t have been there.
Darren Kane
Sports Columnist
Cricket
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England
‘It’s been an incredible 20 years’: Ashes foe Anderson confirms end of England career
- by Will Macpherson
Soccer
Nazi-saluting soccer fan slapped with two-year ban as police investigate
The man has been identified as a well-known member of the Western Sydney Wanderers’ main active support group, the Red and Black Bloc.
- by Vince Rugari
‘He punched me’: Sparks fly after Mariners clinch semi-final advantage
Sydney FC finished Friday night’s A-League semi-final with only nine men, and if Luke Brattan’s account is to be believed, the Mariners were lucky to not see red, too.
- by Vince Rugari
AFL
Updated
AFL 2024
‘Superbly brave, heroic’: Brereton shares Dockers’ grief for McCarthy
- by Danny Russell
Basketball
Rivalling the Dream Team: NBA superstars bound for ‘an Olympics like no other’
LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama and the NBA’s superstars are all lining up for Paris 2024 and Brian Goorjian knows he will need a gritty Boomers team to stare down an Olympic field like no other.
- by Roy Ward
Why the hottest basketball player in the world is a 22-year-old college 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
Racing
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The Canadian teen chasing Michael Phelps who can break Australian hearts
Canada’s Olympic swimming trials start this week and all eyes are on a 17-year-old who has a cat named after Michael Phelps - an athlete she could emulate in Paris.
- by Tom Decent
‘Nausea, dizziness, blood’: Djokovic says bottle blow still affecting him after shock loss
The world No.1 was comfortably beaten in the third round of the Italian Open, two days after being struck on the head by a bottle that fell from a fan’s backpack.
- by Simon Briggs
Updated
Paris 2024
‘Extremely heartbreaking’: Olympic medal hopeful suffers Achilles injury
- by Billie Eder
