Today
2000 customers: Zac’s big plans for gold outside the pool
In June, swimmer Zac Stubblety-Cook qualified for the Paris Olympics and began his first business. “I’ve definitely burnt the candle at both ends,” he says.
- Zoe Samios
Yesterday
Want to play the world’s top golf courses? This app could get you there
This avid golfer used his tech background to create an app that lets private club members hit the links together.
- Richard Allen
This Month
- Opinion
- The AFR View
War-torn world pauses in gratitude for Olympic Games
In 2024 with geopolitical tension everywhere, the Olympics are once again showing their power to get on with important matters like playing games.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Andrew Liveris is wrong: the Olympics are by their nature political
Letters from readers on Brisbane’s Olympic Games; the energy conundrum; and more music for the US election soundtrack.
Your guide to the Olympics: Who to watch and when
The Games are back and some of the world’s most decorated athletes will be centre stage. These are the events and competitors you won’t want to miss.
- Zoe Samios
‘No time’ to get business case for Brisbane Games stadium
Hours after Brisbane 2032 Games boss Andrew Liveris pleaded with politicians not to make it a political football, they did.
- James Hall
How the billionaire ‘godfather of the Olympics’ made his fortune
LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault created the world’s biggest luxury group - and that lavishness will be on full display at the Paris Olympics.
- David McHugh and Thomas Adamson
The 14-year-old Olympian who could make history in Paris
Skateboarder Chloe Covell could become the youngest gold medallist in Australian Olympic history.
- Roger Vaughan
Schauffele roars to second major win of year at British Open
The American golfer has delivered one of the British Open’s great finishing rounds to tame blustery Royal Troon after the Australian challenge petered out.
- Ian Chadband
This delisted Sydney Swan is going to the Olympics
After his AFL dream was dashed by knee injuries at 19, Jackson Collins followed in his father’s footsteps kayaking for Australia at the Olympics.
- Gus McCubbing
‘True giant’ Kevan Gosper, Olympic veteran and businessman, dies
The Olympic silver medallist, who was planning to go to next week’s Paris Games, gave Australia’s fledgling Olympic movement business-like governance.
- Michael Bleby
NSW stuns Queensland in brutal Origin fightback
The Blues clawed back to win the State of Origin series in a chaotic, epic decider that saw Cameron Murray sin binned off the bench.
- Scott Bailey and Murray Wenzel
This Olympian started her business seven months before Paris
Being a professional athlete is hard enough. Somehow, beach volleyball star Mariafe Artacho del Solar has found time to start a small business.
- Zoe Samios
Alcaraz destroys Djokovic’s dream in Wimbledon final
Carlos Alcaraz has cancelled Novak Djokovic’s goal of a record-breaking 25th grand slam tennis triumph, outclassing the seven-time champion to defend his crown.
- Updated
- Ian Chadband
Barbora Krejcikova wins women’s final
More than 25 years since her late mentor famously triumphed after previous heartbreaks, Barbora Krejcikova has become Wimbledon singles champion.
- Ian Chadband
England eye Euro history after stunning late goal
England downed the Netherlands 2-1 in the European Championships for a chance to take on Spain in the final.
- Updated
- Steve Douglas
‘Devastated’: De Minaur forced to quit Wimbledon with injury
Alex de Minaur was set for a blockbuster showdown with Novak Djokovic. Instead, he had to pull out just hours before the match.
- Ian Chadband
De Minaur slays his Wimbledon demon to reach quarter-finals
The Australian Alex De Minaur could meet Novak Djokovic in his first-ever Wimbledon quarter-finals.
- Updated
- Glenn Moore
Olympic hope Jess Hull stars on record-breaking night in Paris
The Australian runner smashed her Oceania 1500 metres record by more than five seconds to leap to fifth on the world all-time list.
- Ian Chadband
Can the NRL pull off its biggest ever expansion?
The NRL is deciding whether to expand to a 20-team competition. The rewards could be huge, but the clubs aren’t so confident.
- Zoe Samios