Sport
‘Lucky to be alive’: How Souths legend learned to walk again after a coma
Nathan Merritt will take a simple stroll in Indigenous Round this weekend that represents a significant milestone in his recovery from a debilitating bout of double pneumonia.
- by Dan Walsh
NRL
Analysis
NRL 2024
Are Manly, Anthony Seibold and Isaac Moses still on the same page?
The Sea Eagles have told their coach that contract talks are on hold after three straight losses. But Seibold insists he didn’t storm out of a meeting on the eve of a season-defining clash.
- by Adam Pengilly
NRL suspends Taylan May, Brandon Wakeham under no-fault rule
The footballing careers of Taylan May and Brandon Wakeham are under a cloud after they were officially stood down from playing duties.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Dragons star Bird cleared of fracture after agonising injury
- by Adam Pengilly, Dan Walsh and Adrian Proszenko
Burton dazzles in 11th-hour Origin audition as Flanagan says Dragons ‘so bad you’ve got to laugh’
- by Chris Nicholson and Adam Pengilly
Updated
NRL 2024
‘His emotions were intense’: Why Warriors star skipped team song
- by Adrian Proszenko and Dan Walsh
Insight & Analysis
There is one Rabbitoh NSW must pick for Origin … and it’s not Latrell
Origin can bring out the best in players looking to escape the dramas at their club. Michael Maguire can do that with South Sydney’s mercurial star.
Andrew Johns
League columnist
I’m calling it: Why ‘marvellous’ moments in sports commentary are dying out
Where are the Benauds, the Comettis, and the Warrens of the new generation? It might be the case that the talent is there, but we’re just not listening like we used to.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Why sprinting with a roaring 30kg chainsaw is just all part of this game
Australia’s top woodchopping athletes will contest the World Trophy in Milan this weekend, armed with axes and saws of all varieties.
Emma Kemp
Sports reporter
Rugby Union
Analysis
Super Rugby
The Eddie-shaped shadow hanging over a Cheika rescue mission at Waratahs
- by Iain Payten
Exclusive
Rugby Australia
Rebels could drop Rugby Australia lawsuit threat if it backs plan to save club
- by Sarah Danckert and Carla Jaeger
Cricket
Soccer
Two decades on, the Mariners are a miracle of Australian sport
The A-League’s smallest club has survived a series of near-death experiences over nearly 20 years to become an underappreciated gem of the national sporting scene.
- by Vince Rugari
Atalanta 3 Leverkusen 0
Europa League
Fifty-one and done: Atalanta stun Leverkusen in Europa League final
Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman scored the first hat-trick in Europa League and UEFA Cup final history to condemn the German champions to their first loss of the season.
- by Padraic Halpin
As it happened: Newcastle beat Spurs on penalties, Kuol sinks shot in front of 78,419 at MCG
- by Marnie Vinall and Roy Ward
AFL
Basketball
NBA closes investigation into Josh Giddey’s alleged relationship with underage girl
The NBA has ended its investigation into Australian basketball star Josh Giddey for an alleged inappropriate relationship with a teenager, ESPN reported on Thursday.
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
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‘Eight-storey building onto a four-foot reef’: Why Teahupo’o is so perfect ... and terrifying
Five surfers have died at the iconic and infamous Tahitian break, venue for the Olympic competition in July, which translates as “place of skulls” in the local Polynesian dialect.
- by Dan Walsh
Exclusive
Swimming
‘I just wanted the pain to end’: Olympic gold medallist announces sudden retirement
A member of Australia’s Olympic gold medal-winning women’s 4x100m medley team has called time on her swimming career just months before Paris.
- by Tom Decent
BBC told to ‘hang heads in shame’ after signing Kyrgios for Wimbledon
- by Simon Briggs and Tom Morgan
