Sport
Double delight for Voss as Blues overpower Port and rule tweak starts well
The Carlton coach left the Adelaide Oval rapt with his team and skipper and impressed with how the umpires adapted to the new interpretation of holding-the-ball decisions.
- by Steve Barrett
Updated
Super Rugby
Collapse of Rebels sparks legal battle, puts MCG World Cup final in doubt
- by Sarah Danckert, Iain Payten and Carla Jaeger
AFL
Every player picked in the 2024 AFL mid-season draft
Tasmanian teenager and new North Melbourne player Geordie Payne was crowned the No.1 pick of the mid-season draft as one of 19 young men who found AFL homes on Wednesday night.
- by Marc McGowan, Roy Ward and Luke DAnello
Dreamtime heads north: AFLW moves showpiece Indigenous match to Darwin
Essendon and Richmond will head to the Top End this AFLW season; a move Tigers chief Brendon Gale hopes will “lay the foundation for future Dreamtime games in Darwin.”
- by Marnie Vinall
Insight & Analysis
Forget the contract, Max King must leave the Saints
The St Kilda forward is at a crucial moment in his career and needs to start asking the hard questions about his future.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
‘Toxic and unwelcome’: The issue driving young people out of community sport
A new study revealed more than half of LGBTQ young people in community sport have witnessed some form of homo/bi/transphobia, while 40 per cent reported first-hand experiences of being discriminated against.
Marnie Vinall
Sports reporter
Why cricket needs to pitch its growth plan to Chinese Australians
There are almost 1.4 million Australians with Chinese ancestry. Yet, of the 54 people with diverse backgrounds named Cricket Australia ambassadors, none have professional ties to China.
Andrew Wu
Sports Writer
Soccer
Basketball
Craig Hutchison’s sports empire offered $40m to sell Perth Wildcats
Sports Entertainment Group is considering an offer for its NBL club Perth Wildcats, as an August deadline looms for the group’s multimillion-dollar debt repayment.
- by Roy Ward
NBA drops probe into Josh Giddey
The Aussie NBA star has been cleared by the league over allegations he had an improper relationship with an underage girl.
Racing
Tennis
De Minaur cruises into French Open third round
Aussie star Alex de Minaur cruised into the third round of the French Open with a win over Jaume Munar in Paris.
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
NRL
How this Blues ‘brotherhood’ got their Christmas present six months later
- by Christian Nicolussi
Exclusive
NRL 2024
You’ll never guess which NRL club is performing best – and worst – off the field
- by Adrian Proszenko
Opinion
NRL 2024
Benji Marshall puts his family ahead of football. Why are we attacking him?
- by Andrew Webster
‘Complete package’ Moses taunts Sharks as Eels snap run of outs
- by Paul Zalunardo and Adam Pengilly
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