Sport
Analysis
State of Origin
Maguire has made plenty of changes. That doesn’t mean he’s hit the panic button
There’s no Origin post-mortem like one when NSW lose. But Michael Maguire has danced a fine line between open-heart surgery to his team and making necessary changes.
- by Adam Pengilly
NRL
Eels star faces huge ban for horror Collins tackle
The Eels’ season has gone from bad to worse with Kelma Tuilagi to spend an extended time on the sideline for his horror tackle against the Roosters.
- by Adam Pengilly
Updated
NRL 2024
Manly shapes up to missing $3m in middles after downing Dragons with 13 men
Manly coach Anthony Seibold was basking in arguably the gutsiest win of his Sea Eagles tenure before turning to a cupboard completely bare of front-row stocks.
- by Dominic Brock and Dan Walsh
Insight & Analysis
Jarryd Hayne’s millions gone but woman’s family broken
The former Parramatta star has spent a sum estimated to be well over $3 million on legal fees to win his freedom. It may lead to him selling his story to the media.
Danny Weidler
Sport columnist
Twist in Chinese doping scandal hangs over Australian Olympic trials
News that three of the Chinese swimmers who tested positive to TMZ before the Tokyo Games had also returned positive tests for clenbuterol years earlier made for an uneasy backdrop in Brisbane.
Emma Kemp
Sports reporter
Origin Welcome to Country deserves bouquets not brickbats, but as for the anthem ...
Ours is a dud anthem to begin with – but when sung with very nearly a Nashville twang, it was the exemplar of the rising damp of Coca-Colonisation on the Australian national spirit.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Rugby Union
Exclusive
Australian rugby
‘A whole heap of spin’: Moves to oust rugby directors in Rebels fallout
- by Carla Jaeger
Cricket
Updated
ICC Men’s World Cup
USA, Afghanistan upset heavyweights in topsy-turvy T20 World Cup
- by Malcolm Conn
The English View
ICC Men’s World Cup
Australia have opportunity to start redeeming themselves for Ashes ‘moral failure’
- by Simon Heffer
Soccer
Vine leaves Sydney FC for US as Kerr pranks Chelsea fans before re-signing
The Matildas skipper has opted to stay at her WSL club, but the A-League Women has been dealt a blow with Cortnee Vine leaving less than 12 months after her World Cup heroics.
- by Anna Harrington
Analysis
European Championships
And the winner is … Robotinho predicts the Euro 2024 champions
After a mixed return at last year’s Women’s World Cup, our resident AI football expert is back to find the winner of the European Championships, which kicked off on Saturday.
- by Robotinho, Mark Stehle and Emma Kemp
AFL
Four Points
AFL 2024
Ignore their ladder positions, here’s why the Roos and Pies just played out the best game of 2024
- by Michael Gleeson
Dusty’s 300th
AFL 2024
Almost a time warp to Tiger glory days as 92,311 converge for Dusty
- by Andrew Wu
Basketball
Genuine icon: Jerry West, inspiration for NBA’s famous logo, dies at 86
The Los Angeles Clippers, where he worked as an executive, confirmed West’s death, saying the 14-time All-Star died peacefully with his wife Karen by his side.
- by Steve Keating
Exum’s dunk: Best play by an Aussie in NBA finals since Mills a decade ago?
The Celtics are 3-0 up in the NBA Finals and will chase a series sweep over Dallas in game four on Saturday as questions remain about why Dante Exum didn’t see the court again following his highlight dunk in the first quarter.
- by Roy Ward
Racing
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Even on a Sunday in mid-2024, when Shayna Jack’s drug ordeal is behind her and she will soon board a plane to Paris, the subject is still enough to draw tears.
- by Emma Kemp
‘I had an incredible journey’: Cody Simpson’s Olympic dream is over
Cody Simpson says he can hold his head high after falling short of his quest to become an Olympian.
- by Tom Decent
