Sport
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
Blues make big call on Curnow; Battle for Battle heats up
The Blues are confident Charlie Curnow would be available for the first final in a fortnight’s time, should the club qualify, as Ross Lyon admits he has “no idea” where Josh Battle will end up next season.
- by Andrew Wu
Dicey Topics
Good Weekend
‘There are crashes ...’ Paralympian Madison de Rozario on an occupational hazard
- by Benjamin Law
AFL
‘I’m a bit of a non-conformist’: Why this AFL coach lives in a van
Craig Jennings is the GWS Giants’ offence coach. He’s also a rare books salesman, and an animal rescuer. Oh – and he doesn’t have a house. Not in Sydney, anyway.
- by Vince Rugari
Analysis
AFL 2024
Inside the ‘war room’ that sparked Hawthorn’s stunning rise
Hawthorn had just finished barely above the bottom four despite having one of the league’s oldest lists, so something had to give.
- by Marc McGowan
Insight & Analysis
Inside the ‘war room’ that sparked Hawthorn’s stunning rise
Hawthorn had just finished barely above the bottom four despite having one of the league’s oldest lists, so something had to give.
Marc McGowan
Sports reporter
Immortals heaven is filling up fast. When will the ‘Full House’ sign go up?
The game’s administrators are happy to kick these questions down the road until a future generation is forced to close the border.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
Finals of fortune: The dollars, deals and reputations up for grabs in September
Several halves - from the biggest earners to unlikeliest match-winners - are stepping out of the shadows and into the NRL spotlight.
Dan Walsh
Sports Reporter
Rugby Union
Exclusive
Australian rugby
Fittler junior considering career in rugby after Waratahs, RA offer
- by Iain Payten
Cricket
Exclusive
Broadcast rights
Indian boss to take over world cricket amid $4.5 billion TV rights fight
- by Daniel Brettig
Soccer
Footballer sent off for urinating on field
A footballer was shown red after appearing to urinate by the side of the pitch during a match in Peru.
Premier hints at Matildas home clash; Socceroos to hit Melbourne in November
The Socceroos will host a pivotal FIFA World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia in November and a Matildas home game could be in the pipeline as well.
- by Roy Ward
Basketball
Australia 85 Serbia 67
Paris 2024
‘This is sick!’ Opals dominate Serbia to seize semi-final spot
- by Konrad Marshall
Serbia 95 Australia 90 (OT)
Paris 2024
If this was Patty Mills’ final Olympic act, it belongs in the Louvre. It wasn’t enough
- by Greg Baum
Racing
Waller team springs into action with nod and a Winx to the future
There is always a horse that is front of mind in racing. Right now, it’s the front-running Pride Of Jenni, and even Chris Waller can’t escape her.
- by Chris Roots
‘Losing millions a year’: The $610 million racing code on the precipice
Five years ago, Victoria was considered the best harness racing precinct in Australasia. Now it is facing an ‘unprecedented crisis’.
- by Danny Russell
Tennis
Also in Sport
Adam Hills turned down King Charles’ birthday party to go to footy training
The comedian will be the first Australian to take on a prestigious rugby league role in the United Kingdom.
- by Adam Pengilly
Opinion
NRL 2024
Immortals heaven is filling up fast. When will the ‘Full House’ sign go up?
The game’s administrators are happy to kick these questions down the road until a future generation is forced to close the border.
- by Malcolm Knox
