Sport
‘More than smiles and flower caps’: Why artistic swimmers are Games’ fittest athletes
Meet some of Australia’s toughest competitors. They train eight hours in the pool every day, all year, in a sport that is often completely misunderstood.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Opinion
State of Origin
Fun and mind games: Origin Madge is a better coach than NRL Madge
- by Andrew Webster
Analysis
Wimbledon
Out-served, outgunned, outplayed: Is this the end of the Djokovic era?
- by Marc McGowan
Paris 2024
Analysis
Paris 2024
Headaches mounting for Matildas as Foord joins growing injury list
The Matildas have fallen 2-1 to Canada in their last warm-up match before the Paris Olympics, with coach Tony Gustavsson left sweating over the fitness of Caitlin Foord.
- by Vince Rugari
Updated
Paris 2024
Aussie star backed to break Olympic drought after stunning world record run
Jessica Hull stunned the athletics world with a blistering run in the 2km in Monaco, less than a month from Paris 2024.
- by Iain Payten
NRL
Analysis
State of Origin
Why Aerosmith and Origin have more in common than you might think
The Blues and Maroons will be living on the edge when they battle for interstate supremacy at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night.
- by Roy Masters
Harry Potter? Boxing? Inside the weird world of Blues wizard Zac Lomax
Why the young St George Illawarra winger, who apparently is desperate to play centre, polarises fans. Even Dragons supporters.
- by Christian Nicolussi
‘It’s an accident, but not OK’: NRL defend Kennedy ban for colliding with referee
- by Adam Pengilly, Dan Walsh and Michael Chammas
Insight & Analysis
The Souths axing behind war of words between Maguire and Tallis
Paul Gallen has fired back at Gorden Tallis after the Maroons legend’s attack on Blues coach Michael Maguire.
Danny Weidler
Sport columnist
Dogs’ days are over, and it’s only eight years too late
The news this week was as sickening as it was predictable. Cats may have nine lives, but surely the greyhound racing “industry” has run out of second chances.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Double, double toil and trouble: Can England, Blues and Rory shake off their curses?
The fascination is gruesome, morally dubious but endlessly fascinating. You keep watching, but are you cheering for the competitors or for the curse?
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
Rugby Union
Wallabies 36 Wales 28
Wallabies
‘We have to be better’: Flying Filipo saves blushes as Wallabies secure win over Wales
- by Iain Payten
Cricket
Updated
Australian cricket
Who is Cooper Connolly? The story behind Australian cricket’s newest wildcard
- by Daniel Brettig
Analysis
Australian cricket
Australia are about to tour England. This is why it’s bad for cricket
- by Daniel Brettig
Soccer
Breaking
Australian soccer
Failure to launch: Football Australia’s mooted national second division in doubt
Hopes of a 10 to 12-team home-and-away competition kicking off in 2025 hinge on the outcome of an FA board meeting on Thursday.
- by Vince Rugari
Opinion
European Championships
At the final whistle, England looked as if they had their hearts ripped out
England’s 58 years of misery goes on as the ultimate prize of a major soccer title slips away again.
- by Oliver Brown
AFL
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
Bedford, Cameron handed three-match bans; Parker emerges from the ‘dark times’ a player reborn
- by Jon Pierik and Vince Rugari
Basketball
Boomers give NBA-stacked USA team a fright in Olympic warm-up
The US began with an elite quintet of Steph Curry, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, LeBron James and Anthony Edwards but Australia were within four points with minutes to play.
- by Glenn Moore
She’s played at four Olympics, but this hoops legend has never felt so much pressure
She might be an all-time great, but Lauren Jackson has never felt so much pressure as she did before Australia’s Olympic basketball teams for Paris were announced. Like Patty Mills and Joe Ingles, she’s off to her fifth Games.
- by Roy Ward
Racing
Also in Sport
Updated
Baseball
Ku-Ring-Gai to Cleveland: Bazzana becomes millionaire Australian MLB success
Sydney’s Travis Bazzana has been selected by the Cleveland Guardians with the top pick in Major League Baseball’s draft.
- by Billie Eder and Claire Siracusa
Analysis
Wimbledon
Out-served, outgunned, outplayed: Is this the end of the Djokovic era?
Doubting Djokovic is a dangerous game, but even he is starting to do it.
- by Marc McGowan
