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Long Kiss hello: an unconventional Wallabies appointment
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Les Kiss will coach the Wallabies, but only once Queensland let him go in 2026. Rugby Australia managed to get Joe Schmidt to stick around, but narro...
Who is the 14-year-old who lit up the IPL?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
India's Vaibhav Suryavanshi just smashed a match winning hundred from 35 balls in the IPL. He was only born in 2011. While some have questioned the l...
All the English football champions have US owners
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The cinematic vision from Liverpool told a relatively familiar English story; Reds fans wildly celebrating a top-flight title. The subplot might be m...
Billy Moore: this is the greatest day that's happened to the Bears since 1922
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The North Sydney Bears haven't played in the NRL since 1999, but it looks like the Western Australia government might be extending a lifeline. Talks ...
How a school teacher beat Gout Gout at the Stawell Gift
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Stawell Gift was billed as the battle between Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy, but the story took a completely different turn. How did Adelaide tea...
What can we learn from Noah Balta's sentencing?
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richmond Tiger Noah Balta has been sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order after pleading guilty to assault. He has also been handed a c...
The anatomy of a calamitous contract negotiation
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A teenage star. A powerful and influential agent. Scorned teammates facing questions of bullying. A club legend, now coaching, under pressure. The L...
Jordan Petaia on how he earned an NFL deal
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To earn an NFL deal, Jordan Petaia had to abandon his rugby career. Ignore overtures from NRL teams. Head to an international training camp. Learn Am...
Unpacking the Willie Rioli story
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Willie Rioli sparked a melee at the end of a gripping clash between Port Adelaide and Hawthorn we assumed it was further evidence of feverish ne...
The beauty and agony of a McIlroy Masters triumph
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are sports triumphs and then there is this. Rory McIlroy overcame a hot field and his own demons to finally break through on golf's most storie...
Fri Fix: Gout Gout wow wow, Panthers bye bye and Gather Round storylines
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gout Gout broke ten seconds (albeit unofficially) in the 100m. Bruce McAvaney details the astonishing feat and how the teenager is impacting athletic...
Kiss philosophy: understanding the next Wallabies coach
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Les Kiss was a frontrunner for the Wallabies job, before he was a coach, he was a player. Not in rugby, in rugby league. It underscores that t...
How to be number one at Augusta and beyond
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Day has won a major. He's been world number one. He knows what it takes to reach the pinnacle and he believes Min Woo Lee can do it... but he t...
The context of Will Pucovski's retirement
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A generational cricketing talent, Will Pucovski, has retired at age 27. The opener's ongoing concussion struggles have cut short a promising career. ...
Tim Tszyu beat two opponents in one fight
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Tszyu has begun the long climb back to the top of boxing. To make a start he had to beat two opponents, American Joey Spencer and his own self do...
Fri Fix: Tim Tszyu on fighting at home and facing career mortality
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Tszyu is looking to get back on the winners list this weekend in Newcastle against American boxer Joey Spencer. Tszyu is coming off two consecuti...
Why Gout Gout is just the start
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've all been rightfully captivated by the Gout Gout speed frenzy, but in the meantime sport fans might have missed a broader sprinting boom. Across...
Unconditional fan love might be just what Kerr needed
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Kerr was embraced by Tillies fans this week in scenes reminiscent of a giant communal hug. It must've felt like a palate cleanse for the striker ...
How Dyson Daniels quit 'fitting in' to reach new heights
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last season, 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 ...
Can you smell what the chef is cooking?
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Min Woo Lee just held off world number one Scottie Scheffler to win the Houston Open. A maiden PGA title comes a week out from the biggest tournament...
Fri Fix: Bol’s third act, Essendon's dark win, Panthers panic, and sport’s biggest feud
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Bol has plenty of reasons to be bitter, but the star runner is smiling. He's opened up on how fatherhood has changed him as he circles a return...
Where is Daly Cherry-Evans going?
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We throw around the term 'bombshell' loosely in sport, but Daly Cherry-Evans going on TV to announce he's quitting the club he's captained... that qu...
How Ryan Harris turned around SA cricket
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For a long time SA cricket was a bit of a joke. No one is laughing at them right now as they chase a Sheffield Shield title 29 years in the making. F...
Brisbane has an Olympic venues plan, is it a good one?
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A brand new 63-thousand seat stadium in Brisbane's Victoria Park is the headline act in a sweeping plan for the 2032 Olympics. It's great to have a p...
Piastri’s window for title contention just opened
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How was your weekend? Even if you had a belter, there's no chance it was as good as Oscar Piastri. A maiden pole position into a third career win. Ev...
Fri Fix: Usman vs QLD cricket, McAvaney on Coventry IOC appointment, Cleary concussion
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Usman Khawaja vs Queensland cricket is the most unexpected feud of 2025 and we have the latest chapter. The opener has delivered a comprehensive brea...
Saving tennis or grabbing power?
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Legitimate concerns about revenue share and workload or a push for control and money? A players association co-founded by Novak Djokovic has filed le...
Can SA close out their Sheffield Shield drought?
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There was bulk drama on the final day of the Sheffield Shield and in the end it was Queensland who rose into the final with SA. The storylines are as...
The Socceroos know “the game owes you nothing”
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Four games. That's how many fixtures Tony Popovic has been allowed to coach in the five months since he took over as Socceroos manager. In the next w...
Piastri's papaya rules quandary
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of Oscar Piastri's great strengths is his lack of emotion, so it was telling that the Australian could not hide his disappointment at blowing his...
Fri Fix: Gasly on Doohan, Kipchoge to Sydney, Tigers arrive early
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Doohan is one of two Aussies competing at the Melbourne GP. The Alpine driver is already under pressure and we ask his teammate Pierre Gasly wha...
Josh Giddey and Adam Caporn on Boomers new direction
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Boomers are a beloved Australian team, so the fact they have a new coach is a big deal. Adam Caporn joins us to talk chasing gold, team culture, ...
The case for punting Australians
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australians always like to think that we punch above our weight when it comes to sport. Sometimes it's a trope, but in American college football it's...
Fallen giants: the demise of Man Utd
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There was a time where you didn't have to be a football fan to appreciate Manchester United. They spawned icons like David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo...
Formula 1 is back, it's time to go racing
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2025 Formula 1 season is upon us and there are new drivers, new storylines and new contenders. Lewis Hamilton will race in Ferrari red for the fi...
Fri Fix: Coaching debuts, early wobbles and injury tolls already. Footy's back!
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AFL and NRL are both back this weekend and there are already plenty of storylines to unpack. In the NRL there are new coaches up against their old cl...
Craig Bellamy’s soft side might explain his hard side
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Bellamy is one of the toughest characters in one of the toughest sports. What does his soft side look like? In a revealing new sports documenta...
"Perpetual cribbers": Champions Trophy highlights old problems in new ways
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pakistan is hosting the Champions Trophy, but India would not play there due to longstanding geo-political issues. It's meant a rails run to the fina...
Bruce McAvaney's guide to the AFL season
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2025 AFL is packed with flashpoints. We’ve got a succession plan, redemption arcs, a could-be dynasty, historic coaches trying to break histori...
From bikie to golfing glory
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not long ago, Ryan Peake was in prison, now the West Australian is celebrating a famous victory. His win at the NZ Open is one of the most astonishin...
Fri Fix: what happens in Vegas...
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter V'landys thought inviting Donald Trump to the footy would bring publicity. It did, just not the way he may have expected. On the field are peop...
Gideon Haigh on Afghanistan's complex cricket story
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each time the Aussies and Afghanistan play at an ICC event questions abound over Australia's refusal to play the nation outside of those tournaments....
What the Marty Sheargold Matildas story tells us
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was not the Matildas story we expected this week. A slew of negative comments from a commercial radio announcer about the Australian women's foo...
Is this the coldest race on earth?
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It can seem like every few months someone is completing a feat of running that reaches new heights of toughness. Maybe it's Nedd Brockmann running ac...
NRL storylines 2025: Luai effect, Maguire’s Broncos, Rabbitohs' headaches and more
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The storylines for the 2025 NRL season run deep. In Brisbane, they've got an ex-NSW coach working with a glut of stars chasing redemption. In Sydney,...
Fri Fix: ice hockey bash, Tillies crash, revenge dash
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Donald Trump suggested Canada might become the 51st American State it unexpectedly reignited one of sports great rivalries. We look at Canada vs...
The Champions Trophy is the tournament cricket forgot
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It hasn't been staged since 2017. In a schedule crammed with T20 leagues, taxing Test series, and white ball world cups, why is the Champions Trophy ...
Unwanted kiss: inside Spanish football's scandal
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso on stage after the FIFA Women's World Cup all hell broke loose. ABC reporter Kathryn Diss takes us inside the...
Kyrie Irving wants to be Boomer, will they want him?
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kyrie Irivng is among the best basketballers on earth, he's also previously suggested the earth is flat. Which kind of underlines the conundrum for t...
LIV's new CEO on replacing Norman, tackling the PGA and why Oz expansion is unlikely
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott O'Neil is barely a month into his job as new LIV CEO after replacing Greg Norman. The American clearly liked what he saw in Adelaide, extending...
Fri Fix: why the All Stars games are crucial
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's a carnival of great footy incoming across NRL and AFL as the Indigenous All-Stars clash with the Maori and Dockers respectively. Stars from t...
How does Kuhnemann clear his name?
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Talk about a plot twist. Fresh off a dream Test series that saw Matt Kuhnemann's name up in lights, the spinner suddenly finds his career in jeopardy...
Kerr cleared in London, what comes next in Australia?
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Kerr was found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment by a London jury, what kind of reception awaits in Australia's court of public opinio...
The UFC isn’t going away, quite the opposite
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
UFC boss Dana White might argue that Aussie media features 'the biggest pussies of all time', but he clearly loves Australian MMA fans. Because despi...
Super Bowl extravaganza: Mailata history, Hurts brilliance, Mahomes disaster
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Super Bowl previews had focused on what a Patrick Mahomes three-peat would mean for his legacy. The Kansas City QB endured a horror night as Aussie J...
Fri Fix: Joe goes, Ange stumbles, Gout Gout fires up
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Joe Schmidt putting a full stop on his Wallabies tenure we ask who might come next? Tottenham is out of the League Cup, does it hurt Ange Postec...
Does America hate the Chiefs?
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They've got a brilliant coach, a quarterback among the best to have thrown a football and Taylor Swift cheering them on - so why do so many view the ...
Why it might be good that Konstas was sent home
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He's the 19-year-old batting prodigy that cricket fans and cricket greats can't get enough of. So, why has Sam Konstas been sent home mid-tour? We un...
LIV is back, is it thriving or surviving?
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to LIV Golf, much has changed and nothing has. It's been well over a year since a supposed peace deal with the US PGA, but instead of a...
Biggest trade ever: why your NBA friends are freaking out
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to sport there are trades, big trades and league altering trades. Then there is this. Luka Doncic, a global superstar in the prime of h...
Interview: Bruce McAvaney speaks with Sebastian Coe
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL: Lord Sebastian Coe has won Olympic Gold, run the London games, served as a UK MP and is currently the boss of World Athletics. Yet, the role...
Fri Fix: Josh Inglis is a vibe and what's happening with Schmidt?
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We now know where the RWC games are being played, but we don’t know who will coach the Wallabies. How much longer before we learn about Joe Schmidt...
We need to talk about Ange
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is it ok to recognise that the hero of Australian football might be failing right now? Ange Postecoglou is in a Premier League hurt locker as losses ...
Why is women's Test cricket so rare?
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The coming W-Ashes Test is full of history. It marks 90 years of women's involvement in the format. It's the first ladies Test at the MCG since 1949....
What Owen and the Canes taught us about the BBL
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty-nine balls. That was all it took for Mitchell Owen to reach his hundred. The send David Warner's Thunder packing. To ensure the Hurricanes gra...
Fri Fix: Keys to an AO classic
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Madison Keys might be the best story at the Australian Open so far. Can she finish the job against Aryna Sabalenka? We ask Casey Dellacqua. We recap ...
What de Minaur can do to raise his ceiling
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex de Minaur has made the last four Grand Slam quarterfinals, which is excellent. But, is this as good as it gets? Many are asking that question af...
Gulden on channeling GF pain, his new coach and Warner's contract
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Perhaps the only thing more brutal than the Swans grand final defeat, was the criticism that followed. Errol Gulden isn't playing the victim. The Syd...
Taming the wildest race on earth
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Dakar Rally has to be among the toughest races on the planet. Competitors are crossing thousands of kilometres, with little rest, in searing heat...
Why is Novak Djokovic feuding with Channel Nine?
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novak Djokovic is feuding with the Australian Open host broadcaster. Why's that? Because Channel Nine presenter Tony Jones made some jokes that the t...
Fri Fix: AO villains and heroes, a cycling mystery, W-Ashes delight
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Week one of the AO has thrown up heroes and villains, we break down who is in which category. Caleb Ewan isn't competing in the TDU, we try and unrav...
Lock it in: how McGuire punted on himself
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe McGuire can kick a footy a long way. He can kick it so far that he's found himself about to play for Ohio State in the US College National Champi...
Tennis has found its Next Big Thing
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He's 18 and just beat the ninth seed in his grand slam debut. He can serve 240kmph. Roger Federer's company has signed him up. He's softly spoken, bu...
Nick Kyrgios says he’s done, do we believe it?
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Was this the end? Or at least the beginning of the end? That was certainly the feeling from Nick Kyrgios as he talked about being unlikely to return ...
Who has the most at stake in Sri Lanka?
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia's Test side beat India. They've qualified for the World Test Championship final. The Ashes are the 'Next Big Thing'. So, the tour of Sri La...
Fri Fix: Novak’s heavy metals claims and W-Ashes forecasting
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novak Djokovic claims he was 'poisoned' by 'heavy metals' during his 2022 COVID related detainment - that's the surprise talking point on the eve of ...
The doping cloud hanging heavy over tennis
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Australian Open is known as the 'Happy Slam' but not everyone is smiling ahead of the tournament. Doping controversies surrounding young stars Ja...
The NFL playoffs are here and look insanely good
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Kansas City Chiefs are chasing a three-peat. The Detroit Lions have an aggressively positive coach and a date with history. There are star rookie...
How good is Cruz Hewitt?
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He's only sixteen, is the son of an Australian tennis legend and just took on an ATP veteran... so, how good is Cruz Hewitt? Former Davis Cup Captain...
Gideon Haigh on an iconic BGT series
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was a Border Gavaskar Trophy series against which many future clashes will be measured. How did it impact our rolling assessment of the Cummins er...
Fri Fix: Kim Birrell's ranking rise a family affair
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly Birrell is now the number one female tennis player in Australia and her star is still rising. She made the quarterfinals of the Brisbane Int...
Darren Lehmann on Webster debut, Marsh missing and CA's big potential problem
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be decided in the final Test of the series and there is plenty to pick through. Questions are being asked about Rohit...
Re-Spin: An uncomfortable interview with Nedd Brockmann
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the spirit of his uncomfortable challenge, we asked Nedd Brockmann a series of uncomfortable questions. Mercifully, he leaned into what could have...
Re-Spin: Nina Kennedy is a "f***ing mad dog"
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A gold medal is meant to change everything, but Nina Kennedy says it won't alter a thing about who she is. The pole vault gold medallist joins us to ...
Re-Spin: Coleman medallist Jesse Hogan has gone from “self resentment” to self contentment
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Hogan's Coleman medal might be the best individual story in AFL for 2024. He arrived at the Giants physically and emotionally battered, having ...
Re-Spin: Olivia Gadecki on Barty, chasing discomfort and her sabbatical
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For Olivia Gadecki, the growth starts when she gets uncomfortable. The 22-year-old has been chasing that feeling of discomfort for some time and the ...
Re-Spin: Everyone is talking about Gout Gout
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This 16-year-old is fast. Really, really fast. Fast enough that he recently broke a 56-year-old Aussie sprint record. Fast enough that Adidas has sig...
Re-spin: Alexa Leary is gold vibes only
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alexa Leary might be the feel-great sports story of 2024. Three years ago the Queenslander suffered a bike accident so bad that doctors did not expec...
Jim Maxwell on form, selection and the unpredictability of Test cricket
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Boxing Day Test is one of cricket's biggest occasions - day one, 90,000 people at a packed MCG, heck of a time to make your debut. Sam Konstas ha...
Your guide to the 2024 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
105 yachts will set sail on Boxing Day for the 79th Sydney Hobart Race. From 100-foot maxi yachts vying for Line Honours to 30-foot double handers lo...
Fri Fix: Ange the entertainer and Raygun back in the news
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ange Postecoglou is no stranger to silverware, and he's put Tottenham in a position to win some as they made their way to the League Cup semi-finals....
Who has the edge ahead of the Boxing Day Test?
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After five days of rain with a side of cricket, the Brisbane Test was a draw. The cricket we did get was electric and there is plenty to discuss. Ste...
Kyrgios is back: Key storylines for Australia's summer of tennis
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the summer of tennis just around the corner, there are plenty of storylines to dig into. The breakthrough seasons from Australians like Alex de ...
Cross-code phenom Maddi Levi can choose her own adventure
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maddi Levi is the best women's Rugby Sevens player in the world right now. At age 22 she's already been to two Olympic Games and has her sights set f...
Bryce Cotton is making NBL history in real time
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bryce Cotton is carving his name into the NBL history books, having become just the third player in league history to score 40+ points in four consec...