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Fri Fix: "who would be a coach?" the footy rollercoaster takes shape

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Carlton performed an exercise in disaster aversion as Michael Voss talked about being 'targeted'. Who has greater scrutiny on Friday, Zach Merrett or...

Crunch time for golden generation Matildas

12 Mar 2026

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The Matildas have a team full of stars who play at the biggest clubs in the most prestigious leagues. They have a decorated coach, an army of loyal s...

Secret meetings, retribution concerns, a changed mind: the incredible Iran story continues

11 Mar 2026

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The Iran football story keeps evolving. On Wednesday morning, Tony Burke announced two more members of the group were granted asylum. By the afternoo...

Zac Lomax has zero regrets

10 Mar 2026

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The ex-Origin winger has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars and drawn heavy criticism from the game where he made his name, but Zac Lomax clearly ...

The Iran soccer team is THE story of the Asian Cup

09 Mar 2026

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Iran's AFC Asian Cup is over, but the on field part of their story feels insignificant in the context of the players' broader situation. Confusion an...

Danielle Scott on medals, music and telling her family to stay away

06 Mar 2026

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Danielle Scott is an Olympic silver medallist. At her fourth Winter Games the aerial skier finally won that elusive Olympic medal. The weight of expe...

Fri Fix: F1's new era throws competition wide open

06 Mar 2026

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The Formula 1 season gets underway in Melbourne this weekend and with a huge raft of changes to the cars it's safe to say we can expect the unexpecte...

The AFL returns with fresh hopes, new homes and big expectations

05 Mar 2026

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Opening Round of the AFL gets underway on Thursday night and fans of every club are all still hopeful that their team could make a run at the finals ...

Remembering Dennis Cometti as one of broadcasting's best

04 Mar 2026

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Dennis Cometti has been the soundtrack to so many of Australia’s great sporting moments, and today the record stopped. From Australian Rules to Oly...

'Heroes': The impact of the Iranian women's football team

03 Mar 2026

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The Iranian women's football team lost 3-0 on Monday night in the Women’s Asian Cup, but for many Iranians the fact they made it onto the park was ...

Sam Kerr scores but admits it ‘didn’t click’ in Matildas’ Asian Cup opener

02 Mar 2026

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Some things are just meant to be, like Sam Kerr and scoring goals in Perth. The Matildas got their Women’s Asian Cup campaign underway with a 1-0 w...

Toby Greene doesn’t “give a f*ck what you say"

28 Feb 2026

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His teammates love him, but opposition players? Not so much. Toby Greene is the AFL's anti-hero and that's just the way he likes it. But that doesn't...

Egos, fresh faces and redemption on the cards for NRL 2026

27 Feb 2026

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The NRL season is kicking off in Vegas this weekend and there are plenty of threads to pull ahead of the 2026 season getting underway. Can the Bronco...

Kyah Simon is fighting back

26 Feb 2026

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Kyah Simon has won Australia the Asian Cup. She was the first Indigenous Aussie woman to score at a World Cup. The first to 100 caps. And yet she's s...

Craig Tiley is out, he tells us why

25 Feb 2026

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As Tennis Australia, Craig Tiley has presided over immense moments of success and immense moments of controversy. Having transformed the Australian O...

Why the World Cup calamity is far from Australia's biggest T20 story

24 Feb 2026

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All summer, it felt as though Cricket Australia was warming up fans to the idea of selling part of the BBL. This hypothetical sale might deliver rive...

Milano-Cortina: The good, the bad, and the wacky from Australia's best ever Olympic Winter Games

23 Feb 2026

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The Olympic Winter Games are officially closed and the baton has been passed to France, but before we look forward to that we reflect on what was a r...

Milano-Cortina: How Alysa Liu reclaimed her joy and turned it in to gold

20 Feb 2026

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Alysa Liu retired from figure skating four years ago, aged 16, saying she'd lost herself in competition. Fast-forward to the 2026 Olympic Winter Game...

Milano-Cortina: Danielle Scott flies high for long-awaited aerials medal

18 Feb 2026

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Danielle Scott has won World Cups and medalled at World Championships but was missing one thing - an Olympic medal. In her fourth Winter Games she fi...

Milano-Cortina: Come for the curling drama, stay for the chess on ice

18 Feb 2026

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Did you see the cheating scandal in the curling and think to yourself 'I should watch that' but then have no idea what's happening on the ice? You're...

Milano-Cortina: Can 'the GOAT' Mikaela Shiffrin overcome the yips?

17 Feb 2026

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American slalom skier Mikaela Shiffrin is one of the sport's best, but when it comes to performing at the Olympic Games in recent times she's succumb...

Milano-Cortina: Gold medallist Cooper Woods on Australia's mogul magic

15 Feb 2026

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The Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics have been Australia's most successful ever with five medals so far and three won by the moguls team. Cooper Woods ...

Milano-Cortina: Basking in the glow of Cooper's gold

13 Feb 2026

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Moguls skier Cooper Woods has won Australia's first medal at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, and it's gold! He had to overcome injury, form and arguab...

Milano-Cortina: 'I'm bummed' Jakara Anthony misses moguls medals

12 Feb 2026

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Reigning Olympic champion Jakara Anthony finished last in the moguls super-final in her pursuit to become the first Australian to defend a Winter Oly...

Milano-Cortina: An Olympic cheating scandal and US athletes make a stand

11 Feb 2026

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A Norwegian bronze medallist has admitted to cheating... on his girlfriend. The biathlete has used his post-race interview to try and win back his ex...

Milano-Cortina: Big chances missed but big momentum created

10 Feb 2026

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Australians Tess Coady and Mela Stalker both finished in the top 10 of the snowboard Big Air, but neither could crack into the medals. Both competito...

Milano-Cortina: Career-ending crashes and more medal chances for Australia

09 Feb 2026

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Lindsey Vonn went into her fifth and final Olympic Winter Games without an ACL, but with her typical determination to compete. While that attitude ma...

Milan: Is this Australia's best ever Winter Olympics team?

06 Feb 2026

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Australia's best medal haul at a Winter Olympics is four, back in Beijing in 2022. The 53-strong team sent to Milano-Cortina could be the group to be...

The Aussie, the QBs, Bad Bunny: your Super Bowl guide

05 Feb 2026

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As Seattle gears up for New England, this is a Super Bowl rich with storylines. There's a revenge arc, a redemption arc, an Australian thread and a h...

Gideon Haigh on the depths of Pakistan's World Cup boycott

04 Feb 2026

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A 43-word social media post from the Pakistan government has been enough to rock cricket across the globe. Gideon Haigh explains why Pakistan won't p...

Why 2026 is crucial for the AFL and Andrew Dillon's tenure

03 Feb 2026

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Pre-season is generally when we wonder if our footy team is going to get it right this year, but the same question might apply for the AFL's head off...

Taking in the scale of the Alcaraz career slam

02 Feb 2026

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As Carlos Alcaraz sipped on champagne and plotted kangaroo tattoos as a way to mark his AO crown, the tennis industry was grappling with magnitude of...

Fri Fix: why Sabalenka is “pissed”, AO softens on cameras and Molineux on winning captaincy

30 Jan 2026

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Aryna Sabalenka is "pissed", is she right to be? We speak to Roger Rasheed about that as well as the conclusion to the "behind the scenes camera" dra...

The undercover world of professional sports betting

29 Jan 2026

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In a world where the house always wins, what happens when you beat the house? We're talking to a professional sports gambler who has been blacklisted...

Demon knows what must change, can he execute it?

28 Jan 2026

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Alex de Minaur and Carlos Alcaraz identified the exact same problem for the Australian after his AO defeat to the world number one. The question now ...

The influence of influencers at the Australian Open

27 Jan 2026

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Each summer, tennis fans descend on Melbourne Park for the Australian Open but this year has looked a little different. Tennis Australia has engaged ...

Fri Fix: The Osaka arc and Waugh on Crichton defection

23 Jan 2026

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Was Naomi Osaka out of line with her behaviour during her round two match? What about her behaviour afterwards? We pull apart that conversation ahead...

Indra Brown is the 15-year-old Olympian you should know about

22 Jan 2026

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One of the best things about the Winter Olympics is the relatively sudden arrival of new prodigies. In the next month, you're probably going to hear ...

Steve Waugh on launching a T20 league and his Ashes review

21 Jan 2026

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Steve Waugh considers himself a cricketing traditionalist, so what does it tell us that this Test and ODI great is now a co-owner of the newly launch...

Arguably the wildest end to a soccer tournament ever

20 Jan 2026

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Player protests, two fuming coaches, a controversial penalty, a botched Panenka, ball boys harassing a substitute goalkeeper, and the riot police. Di...

Are Steve Smith's Sixers the BBL team to beat?

19 Jan 2026

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He's wearing eye blacks, spraying punters, smashing sixes and finding a fidgety flow state, so is Steve Smith the key to the BBL finals? We preview t...

BONUS: Michael Dickson on his insane punting career with Seattle

16 Jan 2026

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Michael Dickson had dreams of playing for the Sydney Swans and came through the academy at the same time as Isaac Heeney and Callum Mills. He has mor...

Fri Fix: A demonic draw for Alex and after the Barty

16 Jan 2026

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Alex de Minaur has been playing the Australian Open for a decade now, so is this the year he breaks through? Wally Masur dissects a rough draw for th...

The resumption of Novak's complicated relationship with Australia

15 Jan 2026

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The last time he was at Melbourne Park Novak Djokovic was booed off the court in the latest chapter in a complex relationship with Australian tennis ...

“I made my bed”: why Smith is staying with LIV

14 Jan 2026

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When five time major champion Brooks Koepka quit LIV to return to the PGA it shook up the world of golf. Australian fans wondered whether Cam Smith m...

Ellyse Perry on the impact of Alyssa Healy

13 Jan 2026

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Ellyse Perry first saw Alyssa Healy playing cricket when the pair were nine years old. A quarter of a century on Healy has announced she's retiring f...

Australia’s female athletes have some uncomfortable truths for us

12 Jan 2026

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The ABC spoke to more than 150 elite athletes to get an understanding of their experience with sport and the testimonies don't paint a rosy picture. ...

Fri Fix: grey beards, dreamboats, grills, your guide to the NFL playoffs

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

If you've woken from an Ashes induced cricket stupor and you need to get across the NFL playoffs, we are here for you. The enigmatic Aaron Rodgers go...

How will we remeber this Ashes series?

08 Jan 2026

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Pre-summer Brendon McCullum suggest it would be the "series of our lives". With the Ashes wrapped, what's the epitaph for this edition? Starc shone, ...

The perfect imperfection of Steve Smith

07 Jan 2026

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When a player is as consistently excellent as Steve Smith, you can be inoculated to that quality. It might be doubly so when the batter in question i...

The sacking of Amorim and the United doom loop

06 Jan 2026

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Manchester United spent more than 400-million pounds in fourteen months to try and support the Ruben Amorim vision... only to decide it was the wrong...

How the Special K's are rediscovering joy

05 Jan 2026

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At times, Thanasi Kokkinakis has wondered if his career was dead and buried. Now with a deceased man's achilles tendon holding his shoulder in place,...

Re-Spin: Mark Schwarzer on Australian football's past glories and future challenges

01 Jan 2026

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The Socceroos' 2005 World Cup qualifier win over Uruguay is arguably Australia's greatest sports moment. Mark Schwarzer was at the centre of it and h...

Re-Spin: how Dyson Daniels quit 'fitting in' to reach new heights

31 Dec 2025

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In 2024, young Australian Dyson Daniels was in the second year of his NBA career and struggling to make a mark. He had a nagging sense he wasn't quit...

Re-Spin: Molly Picklum is a champion to behold

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview from the archives, Molly Picklum calls in from Fiji to talk about partying in a wetsuit, the big names who reached out to congratul...

Re-Spin: Tony Armstrong puts himself on the line in the fight against racism

29 Dec 2025

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Tony Armstrong considers himself a cynical person, which is why it's a somewhat ironic that he's emerged from his latest project with renewed optimis...

Re-Spin: What is the point of sport? We asked Ben Crowe

28 Dec 2025

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Scottie Scheffler has done almost everything in golf. The world number one has multiple majors. He has millions in career earnings. And yet, he told ...

20 Biggest Stories of '25 - Part Five

25 Dec 2025

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Unbox what we've picked as the four biggest Australian sports stories of 2025. Including a massive Australian at the centre of arguably the biggest s...

20 Biggest Stories of '25 - Part Four

24 Dec 2025

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We are getting to the pointy end of our countdown and that means BIG stories. Perhaps Australia's most famous athlete facing jail time in an overseas...

20 Biggest Stories of '25 - Part Three

23 Dec 2025

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One Australian champion announced her arrival, while another absolute superstar shocked us with an early retirement. A flawed genius shook up the NRL...

20 Biggest Stories of '25 - Part Two

22 Dec 2025

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In part two of our countdown we have some fascinating stories. One Australian went to the precipice of greatness but stumbled at the last moment. A p...

20 Biggest Stories of '25 - Part One

21 Dec 2025

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What was your favourite Australian sports story of 2025? We are counting down the 20 biggest Aussies tales of the year. In part one there's AFL excel...

Fri Fix: Sincaraz, Novak, Sabalenka and Nick

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian Open is less than a month away and if you're anything like us, you might feel like you've lost track of what's going on in tennis. Ex-...

Can cricket trust ‘snicko’?

18 Dec 2025

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The point of technology in sport officiating is to eliminate howlers, not create them. The company in charge of 'snicko' has admitted its team incorr...

The NFL’s grandad quarterback

17 Dec 2025

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There are comeback stories and then there is Philip Rivers. Five years after retiring from the NFL, the 44-year-old grandfather strapped on the cleat...

Anthony Joshua on great power and great responsibility

16 Dec 2025

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Anthony Joshua joins us ahead of a bout that will deliver him a fortune, but has raised uneasy questions. When he takes on YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake...

Bazball's high conviction and higher stakes, with Barney Ronay

15 Dec 2025

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With Brendon McCullum tripling down on the Bazball mentality of preparation, there's a sense that the Adelaide Test could provide the definitive mome...

Fri Fix: Jackson Irvine on 'fiery' WC draw

12 Dec 2025

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US pundits have variously described the Socceroos as 'smug' and a 'lay-up'. What do our players think about those comments and the draw more broadly?...

What if and what now for Oscar Piastri

11 Dec 2025

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In his quiet moments, we wonder how Oscar Piastri will reflect on season 2025. Finishing third in the F1 title aged 24 is a big deal. But, he was als...

Katoa findings: what the NRL didn't address

10 Dec 2025

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The Eli Katoa concussion story has rattled rugby league. Many have asked how the Tongan international managed to have three sickening head clashes in...

The Socceroos ready for Trump’s America

09 Dec 2025

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You only had to watch the draw to know this World Cup will exist in the president's shadow. A 'peace prize' for Donald Trump presented by FIFA boss G...

Deciphering Stokes and McCullum with Ali Mitchell

08 Dec 2025

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Coach Brendon McCullum believes England 'over-prepared' for the GABBA Test. Ben Stokes says Australia is no place for 'weak men'. With Australia 2-0 ...

Fri Fix: The Devils' lair is a lock

05 Dec 2025

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They say politics and sport don't mix but the future of the Tasmania Devils was decided in parliament this week. After much debate and a lot of late ...

RWC: Wallabies drew the ABs, here's the upside

04 Dec 2025

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Some might see the Wallabies World Cup draw as a disaster, after all who wants to take on the All Blacks in the pool stage? We think there's a lot to...

Australian golf through the lens of Rory McIlroy

03 Dec 2025

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Rory McIlroy claiming an elusive US Masters green jacket was arguably THE sport story of 2025. With the 36-year-old contesting the Australian Open at...

Think Pink: could the Brisbane Test be chaos squared?

02 Dec 2025

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No team is prettier in pink than Australia; victorious in 12 of 13 Test matches in this format. Why are they so strong and how will England seek to c...

Piastri is seething but there is reason for optimism

01 Dec 2025

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It takes a lot to make Oscar Piastri mad, but the Qatar Grand Prix crossed the threshold. A second week of team errors that badly cost the McLaren dr...

Fri Fix: Two grand finals and all eyes on Konstas in Canberra

28 Nov 2025

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People looking for the answer to who will be Australia's next Test openers will likely be glued to the two-day pink ball tour match happening between...

Growing pains and massive gains: AFLW decider storylines

27 Nov 2025

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When Brisbane play the seemingly unstoppable North Melbourne in the AFLW Grand Final, there's a sense of an era being defined. This is the latest ins...

Lockyer, Wrexham, PNG talent, the unlikely recipe for a Broncos reboot

26 Nov 2025

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Partly inspired by Wrexham FC, NRL legend Darren Lockyer and business partner Grant Wechsel are trying to turn around the infamous but often calamito...

How McLaren's 1mm mistake could cost a world title

25 Nov 2025

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In a sport defined by mechanical precision and meticulous attention to detail, how does the best team in the business configure their own cars incorr...

England's defiance surprised many... it shouldn't

24 Nov 2025

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The recriminations for England have come from some of their most respected cricket voices. Geoffrey Boycott and Michael Vaughan have led the way, but...

Fri Fix: Fowler racism story and Kearns on Wallabies woes

21 Nov 2025

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Ex-Matilda Alicia Ferguson unpacks Mary Fowler's explosive claims about experiencing racism at her French club Montpellier. Wallabies legend Phil Kea...

Gideon Haigh on Smith, debutants and Australian Ashes vibes

20 Nov 2025

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Two all-time greats are missing. Two debutants are on deck. Replacement captain Steve Smith has a bit on. The Australian side is full of storylines a...

Barney Ronay on Bazball, Stokes and English Ashes stakes

19 Nov 2025

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History will tell you how hard England has found Ashes cricket in Australia, so why does this series feel different? In a word, it's probably Bazball...

Joshua vs Paul: did celebrity boxing just go too far?

18 Nov 2025

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YouTuber/boxer Jake Paul has made a career out of knowing how to draw eyeballs, but fighting a world champion heavyweight? That feels like a bad way ...

R360: Lomax departure the start of an exodus?

17 Nov 2025

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Zac Lomax has long been linked with rebel rugby union venture R360, but for him to be given a release by Parramatta has ramped up speculation around ...

Fri Fix: AFLW semi-finals and has de Minaur overcome his demons?

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alex de Minaur has had a rollercoaster of a week at the ATP finals. Losing a match after serving for it, to qualifying for the semi-finals by beating...

Can England's Ashes squad handle the heat this Summer?

13 Nov 2025

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England's preparation for the Ashes couldn't be much more different to Australia's and it's drawn criticism. Is one warm-up match enough ahead of a h...

Has the A-League Women missed the Matildas afterglow entirely?

12 Nov 2025

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Professional Footballers Australia has released its report into the 2024-25 A-League Women's season and it's not pretty reading. The report shows a d...

The Tasmanian golf course where shoes are optional and vibes are high

11 Nov 2025

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On truwana/Cape Barren Island, off the coast of Tasmania, there is a 9-hole golf course that is almost impossible to get a tee-time at. That's becaus...

Is the AFL's Wildcard Finals Round too wild?

10 Nov 2025

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The AFL have announced a re-vamp of their finals structure for the 2026 season, introducing a wildcard round. Gone is the pre-finals bye and instead ...

Fri Fix: Phoebe Litchfield, Mark Wood and an Ashes scene setter

07 Nov 2025

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Phoebe Litchfield on pain and glory at the World Cup and what comes next for a team theoretically in transition. English quick Mark Wood answers ques...

Believing the hype on Josh Giddey

06 Nov 2025

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Josh Giddey is on fire right now.  The 23-year-old Australian is playing like a man who deserves the US $100m contract he recently received. NBA med...

Ashes squad: Darren Lehmann breaks down the Aussie group

05 Nov 2025

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Weatherald to debut? Where will Marnus bat? Green or Webster or both? Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann is here to break down the Ashes squad and...

Why the Eli Katoa story has the NRL industry rattled

04 Nov 2025

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The scenes of Eli Katoa looking distraught on the sidelines after three nasty head knocks were confronting. The news that he had to undergo surgery t...

Why the best Melbourne Cup story is Jamie Melham

03 Nov 2025

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The daughter of winter Olympian speed skaters. A talent who left school at 15 to pursue a jockey apprenticeship. Immense success and talent, followed...

Fri Fix: changing of the guard, changing teams and changing ladder positions

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia have been knocked out of the Women's ODI World Cup by host nation India, who chased down a record total to progress. The age profile of thi...

Why the Matildas must learn from loss, not lament it

30 Oct 2025

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They say that sometimes a loss is the one a team had to have and Matildas fans will be hoping that's the case after the national team lost to the Lio...

Alana King on joy, pressure and the art of leg spin

29 Oct 2025

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Alana King bowled her way into the history books against South Africa in the Women's ODI World Cup this week taking 7/18. She's taken 13 wickets in t...