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Opinion
NRL 2024
Benji Marshall puts his family ahead of football. Why are we attacking him?
The Wests Tigers coach has been criticised for taking a mid-season trip to Fiji.
- by Andrew Webster
Exclusive
NRL 2024
You’ll never guess which NRL club is performing best – and worst – off the field
- by Adrian Proszenko
How this Blues ‘brotherhood’ got their Christmas present six months later
- by Christian Nicolussi
NRL
‘Paul Gallen is my hero’: The gesture that stuck with Jaime Chapman
A meeting with the NSW Blues great 14 years ago made a big impression on a young Jaime Chapman, then a Kurnell Stingrays junior and now a NSW Origin sensation.
- by Billie Eder
Rye grass, whiskey bars, an ice skating rink and a cinema: Inside NSW’s Origin camp
Eight weeks ago, the hotel didn’t have a gym and the field looked like a “goat track”. It’s now the NSW Blues’ mountain hideaway.
- by Michael Chammas
Updated
Around the clubs
Tigers’ Papali’i to miss eight weeks; Roosters blood rookie Steep
- by Dan Walsh and Adrian Proszenko
Insight & Analysis
Forget the medals and PBs, I want Olympic poetry and romance
Higher, faster and stronger is far from the whole story when it comes to the Olympic Games.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Origin in reverse: Queensland are raging favourites – and they can’t hide from it
Always the team which picks the no-nonsense workers and rises above their underdog status, the Maroons are in new territory this year.
Andrew Johns
League columnist
Queensland picked Israel Folau. Why wouldn’t NSW pick Joseph Suaalii?
The relevant question about Suaalii isn’t about whether he should contest the Origin opener but on which side of the field he will play.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Rugby Union
Updated
Super Rugby
Collapse of Rebels sparks legal battle, puts MCG World Cup final in doubt
- by Sarah Danckert, Iain Payten and Carla Jaeger
Cricket
Analysis
India
‘It’s almost a no-win role’: Why you won’t see an Australian as India’s $2 million coach
- by Daniel Brettig
Soccer
‘It’s been a stressful week’: Crunch time arrives for Matildas’ Olympic hopefuls
Tony Gustavsson will unveil his 18-player Olympic squad next week, and said there are likely only three spots left up for grabs ahead of Friday night’s friendly with China.
- by Vince Rugari
Updated
Australian soccer
‘He’s got the quality – now it’s time for him to show it’: Socceroos coach throws down gauntlet to Irankunda
The most hyped young talent in the Australian game is in line to make his long-awaited debut next week as part of Graham Arnold’s new-look squad.
- by Vince Rugari
AFL
Exclusive
AFL 2024
Hawthorn racism claim terminated by Australian Human Rights Commission
- by Jake Niall
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
Also in Sport
Dominant Demon reaches uncharted territory, Kokkinakis wins slug-fest
Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis advanced to the third round on another rain-soaked day at Roland-Garros, but the challenge for both is about to get far greater.
- by Marc McGowan
Updated
Formula 1
‘Oscar, we do see the impact of the damage’: Why Piastri’s third F1 podium is his most telling yet
Australian Oscar Piastri avoided a horror crash to claim his third Formula 1 career podium ahead of some of the sport’s biggest names at the Monaco GP.
- by Russell Bennett and Jon Pierik
Updated
French Open
No-fuss Demon exacts revenge to breeze into second round at Roland-Garros
- by Marc McGowan
