Sport
Analysis
AFL 2024
The killer stat that shows Harley Reid really is the new Dusty
All the hype about Harley Reid was justified. Well, most of it anyway. The teenage phenomenon is the AFL’s No.1 tackle-buster, and in just nine games, he’s already made a start on a hall-of-fame highlights reel.
- by Peter Ryan
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
‘Weird, uncomfortable’, but Goldstein gets win over Roos; Saint Webster cleared over bump
- by Marc McGowan, Danny Russell and Peter Ryan
AFL
Opinion
AFL 2024
To those saying no to an NT team in the AFL, your arguments are a crock
It’s only fair that there will be an NT team in the AFL some day soon. And when you look at the reasons why, it adds up.
- by Greg Baum
Parker facing extended Swans exile after hospitalising VFL opponent
Luke Parker is facing an even longer stint out of the AFL after a brutal collision in a VFL game that is likely to attract a multi-week suspension.
- by Vince Rugari
Palm Sunday: Harley Reid brushes Petracca, Oliver aside in stunning performance
- by Marnie Vinall and Peter Ryan
Insight & Analysis
The list-demographics sweet spot fuelling the high-flying Bombers in 2024
We should have seen Essendon’s uprising coming – and the reason why helps explain two other fringe Melbourne-based finals contenders not meeting external expectations.
Marc McGowan
Sports reporter
The stats that show why the AFL should undo Hocking’s rule changes
The AFL’s implementation of the six-six-six rule and other recent changes have failed to deliver on the promises of enhanced scoring and improving the game’s look. Instead, we have confusion.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
The Premier League has exposed Postecoglou as a purist in an impure world
The Australian is running Tottenham with principle. But English football is not always good and nourishing, and Postecoglou is not always patient with deviation.
Emma Kemp
Sports reporter
Soccer
Basketball
Superstar's savage farewell to fans
Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards waved goodbye to Nuggets fans during the NBA playoffs game seven.
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
Racing
Tennis
Demon on verge of top 10 but Rome thrashing a French Open warning for Australia’s No.1
Alex de Minaur’s final match before this month’s claycourt grand slam ended in a humbling defeat as he bids to improve his underwhelming record in Paris.
- by Marc McGowan
‘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
NRL
Perspective
NRL 2024
Mam or Dearden? Why Munster agony should signal Ezra’s moment to shine
- by Nick Wright
Exclusive
NRL 2024
Inside the Magic Round meetings that saved PNG’s NRL bid from collapse
- by Andrew Webster
Also in Sport
NASCAR stars brawl in pit lane over on-track clash
Ricky Stenhouse Jr threw the first punch in an off-track brawl after Kyle Busch took him out of the NASCAR All Star Race.
Analysis
World Boxing
Who is the greatest? Ranking boxing’s undisputed heavyweight champions
Oleksandr Usyk is the undisputed world heavyweight champion after beating Tyson Fury. But how does he rate against Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and George Foreman?
- by Gareth A Davies
