Sport
Explosion imminent? The NRL’s most combustible halves enter the Suncorp furnace
Only South Sydney’s Cody Walker would join Mitch Moses and Jarome Luai on a podium of the game’s most fiery playmakers as they return to rugby league’s most hostile environment.
- by Dan Walsh
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
Cleary named to return while other Panthers set for post-Origin rest
A trio of experienced playmakers return to clubs in vastly different predicaments on the NRL ladder.
- by Billie Eder, Dan Walsh, Adam Pengilly and Michael Chammas
Opinion
State of Origin
Fun and mind games: Origin Madge is a better coach than NRL Madge
He’s manipulated the press, got under Queensland’s skin, rattled Billy Slater and upset Gorden Tallis. He’s made for this arena.
- by Andrew Webster
Analysis
State of Origin
Why Aerosmith and Origin have more in common than you might think
- by Roy Masters
Harry Potter? Boxing? Inside the weird world of Blues wizard Zac Lomax
- by Christian Nicolussi
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
‘I have given it my all’: England manager Southgate’s big call after heart-breaking Euros defeat
Gareth Southgate announces he’s leaving his role as England manager after they lost to Spain in the European Championship final, their second straight loss in the final of the continental tournament.
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
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
Updated
Paris 2024
Bogut calls for ex-teammate Mills to be benched as Boomers give stacked Team USA a fright
The powerful US team began with the quintet of Steph Curry, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, LeBron James and Anthony Edwards, but Australia were still within four points with just minutes to play.
- by Jon Pierik
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
New hit: Contact sport, CTE link to Parkinson’s-style disease
New research from Boston University links repeated head knocks to physical and mental deterioration.
- by Greg Baum
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?
- by Marc McGowan
