Sport
Analysis
State of Origin
We asked data nerds to pick the NSW Origin team. Here is who they selected
The team have been in the lab crunching the numbers, our experts have their say and we also get AI on board for the NSW campaign.
- by Dan Walsh
Young star shines on debut as Sea Eagles snap three-match losing streak
- by Phil Mitchell and Billie Eder
Cowboys 42 Tigers 28
NRL 2024
Payten ‘gobsmacked’ by hip-drop call as Holmes faces nervous Origin wait
- by Chris Nicholson and Christian Nicolussi
NRL
Lomax firming for shock Origin call-up alongside Suaalii
The St George Illawarra star was thought to be on the fringes despite a blistering start to the year, but has burst back into the frame.
- by Adam Pengilly, Adrian Proszenko and Christian Nicolussi
‘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
Opinion
State of Origin
Why Michael Maguire simply cannot pick Latrell Mitchell for Origin I
- by Andrew Webster
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
Cricket
Soccer
Irankunda wants Socceroos call-up but won’t rule out international switch
Bayern Munich-bound wunderkind Nestory Irankunda won’t rule out a switch of international allegiances if he continues to be overlooked for Socceroos squads.
- by Anna Harrington
Live
Friendlies
LIVE updates: Russo goal proves the difference as Arsenal beat A-League All Stars 1-0 at Marvel
Follow along as two All Stars A-League sides take on Newcastle United and Arsenal Women.
- by Marnie Vinall
Atalanta 3 Leverkusen 0
Europa League
Fifty-one and done: Atalanta stun Leverkusen in Europa League final
- by Padraic Halpin
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
Exclusive
Development
V’landys says he will have final say on turning Rosehill Racecourse into housing
- by Michael McGowan
Also in Sport
‘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
