Fri Fix: Coaching debuts, early wobbles and injury tolls already. Footy's back!
07 Mar 2025
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AFL and NRL are both back this weekend and there are already plenty of storylines to unpack. In the...
Craig Bellamy’s soft side might explain his hard side
06 Mar 2025
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Craig Bellamy is one of the toughest characters in one of the toughest sports. What does his soft s...
"Perpetual cribbers": Champions Trophy highlights old problems in new ways
05 Mar 2025
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Pakistan is hosting the Champions Trophy, but India would not play there due to longstanding geo-po...
Bruce McAvaney's guide to the AFL season
04 Mar 2025
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The 2025 AFL is packed with flashpoints. We’ve got a succession plan, redemption arcs, a could-be...
From bikie to golfing glory
03 Mar 2025
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Not long ago, Ryan Peake was in prison, now the West Australian is celebrating a famous victory. Hi...
Fri Fix: what happens in Vegas...
28 Feb 2025
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Peter V'landys thought inviting Donald Trump to the footy would bring publicity. It did, just not t...
Gideon Haigh on Afghanistan's complex cricket story
27 Feb 2025
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Each time the Aussies and Afghanistan play at an ICC event questions abound over Australia's refusa...
What the Marty Sheargold Matildas story tells us
26 Feb 2025
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This was not the Matildas story we expected this week. A slew of negative comments from a commercia...
Is this the coldest race on earth?
25 Feb 2025
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It can seem like every few months someone is completing a feat of running that reaches new heights ...
NRL storylines 2025: Luai effect, Maguire’s Broncos, Rabbitohs' headaches and more
24 Feb 2025
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The storylines for the 2025 NRL season run deep. In Brisbane, they've got an ex-NSW coach working w...
Fri Fix: ice hockey bash, Tillies crash, revenge dash
21 Feb 2025
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When Donald Trump suggested Canada might become the 51st American State it unexpectedly reignited o...
The Champions Trophy is the tournament cricket forgot
20 Feb 2025
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It hasn't been staged since 2017. In a schedule crammed with T20 leagues, taxing Test series, and w...
Unwanted kiss: inside Spanish football's scandal
19 Feb 2025
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When Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso on stage after the FIFA Women's World Cup all hell broke lo...
Kyrie Irving wants to be Boomer, will they want him?
18 Feb 2025
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Kyrie Irivng is among the best basketballers on earth, he's also previously suggested the earth is ...
LIV's new CEO on replacing Norman, tackling the PGA and why Oz expansion is unlikely
17 Feb 2025
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Scott O'Neil is barely a month into his job as new LIV CEO after replacing Greg Norman. The America...
Fri Fix: why the All Stars games are crucial
14 Feb 2025
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There's a carnival of great footy incoming across NRL and AFL as the Indigenous All-Stars clash wit...
How does Kuhnemann clear his name?
13 Feb 2025
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Talk about a plot twist. Fresh off a dream Test series that saw Matt Kuhnemann's name up in lights,...
Kerr cleared in London, what comes next in Australia?
12 Feb 2025
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Sam Kerr was found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment by a London jury, what kind of rece...
The UFC isn’t going away, quite the opposite
11 Feb 2025
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UFC boss Dana White might argue that Aussie media features 'the biggest pussies of all time', but h...
Super Bowl extravaganza: Mailata history, Hurts brilliance, Mahomes disaster
10 Feb 2025
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Super Bowl previews had focused on what a Patrick Mahomes three-peat would mean for his legacy. The...
Fri Fix: Joe goes, Ange stumbles, Gout Gout fires up
07 Feb 2025
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With Joe Schmidt putting a full stop on his Wallabies tenure we ask who might come next? Tottenham ...
Does America hate the Chiefs?
06 Feb 2025
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They've got a brilliant coach, a quarterback among the best to have thrown a football and Taylor Sw...
Why it might be good that Konstas was sent home
05 Feb 2025
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He's the 19-year-old batting prodigy that cricket fans and cricket greats can't get enough of. So, ...
LIV is back, is it thriving or surviving?
04 Feb 2025
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When it comes to LIV Golf, much has changed and nothing has. It's been well over a year since a sup...
Biggest trade ever: why your NBA friends are freaking out
03 Feb 2025
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When it comes to sport there are trades, big trades and league altering trades. Then there is this....
Interview: Bruce McAvaney speaks with Sebastian Coe
31 Jan 2025
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SPECIAL: Lord Sebastian Coe has won Olympic Gold, run the London games, served as a UK MP and is cu...
Fri Fix: Josh Inglis is a vibe and what's happening with Schmidt?
31 Jan 2025
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We now know where the RWC games are being played, but we don’t know who will coach the Wallabies....
We need to talk about Ange
30 Jan 2025
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Is it ok to recognise that the hero of Australian football might be failing right now? Ange Posteco...
Why is women's Test cricket so rare?
29 Jan 2025
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The coming W-Ashes Test is full of history. It marks 90 years of women's involvement in the format....
What Owen and the Canes taught us about the BBL
28 Jan 2025
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Thirty-nine balls. That was all it took for Mitchell Owen to reach his hundred. The send David Warn...
Fri Fix: Keys to an AO classic
24 Jan 2025
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Madison Keys might be the best story at the Australian Open so far. Can she finish the job against ...
What de Minaur can do to raise his ceiling
23 Jan 2025
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Alex de Minaur has made the last four Grand Slam quarterfinals, which is excellent. But, is this as...
Gulden on channeling GF pain, his new coach and Warner's contract
22 Jan 2025
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Perhaps the only thing more brutal than the Swans grand final defeat, was the criticism that follow...
Taming the wildest race on earth
21 Jan 2025
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The Dakar Rally has to be among the toughest races on the planet. Competitors are crossing thousand...
Why is Novak Djokovic feuding with Channel Nine?
20 Jan 2025
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Novak Djokovic is feuding with the Australian Open host broadcaster. Why's that? Because Channel Ni...
Fri Fix: AO villains and heroes, a cycling mystery, W-Ashes delight
17 Jan 2025
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Week one of the AO has thrown up heroes and villains, we break down who is in which category. Caleb...
Lock it in: how McGuire punted on himself
16 Jan 2025
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Joe McGuire can kick a footy a long way. He can kick it so far that he's found himself about to pla...
Tennis has found its Next Big Thing
15 Jan 2025
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He's 18 and just beat the ninth seed in his grand slam debut. He can serve 240kmph. Roger Federer's...
Nick Kyrgios says he’s done, do we believe it?
14 Jan 2025
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Was this the end? Or at least the beginning of the end? That was certainly the feeling from Nick Ky...
Who has the most at stake in Sri Lanka?
13 Jan 2025
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Australia's Test side beat India. They've qualified for the World Test Championship final. The Ashe...
Fri Fix: Novak’s heavy metals claims and W-Ashes forecasting
10 Jan 2025
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Novak Djokovic claims he was 'poisoned' by 'heavy metals' during his 2022 COVID related detainment ...
The doping cloud hanging heavy over tennis
09 Jan 2025
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The Australian Open is known as the 'Happy Slam' but not everyone is smiling ahead of the tournamen...
The NFL playoffs are here and look insanely good
08 Jan 2025
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The Kansas City Chiefs are chasing a three-peat. The Detroit Lions have an aggressively positive co...
How good is Cruz Hewitt?
07 Jan 2025
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He's only sixteen, is the son of an Australian tennis legend and just took on an ATP veteran... so,...
Gideon Haigh on an iconic BGT series
06 Jan 2025
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It was a Border Gavaskar Trophy series against which many future clashes will be measured. How did ...
Fri Fix: Kim Birrell's ranking rise a family affair
03 Jan 2025
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Kimberly Birrell is now the number one female tennis player in Australia and her star is still risi...
Darren Lehmann on Webster debut, Marsh missing and CA's big potential problem
02 Jan 2025
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The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be decided in the final Test of the series and there is plenty to p...
Re-Spin: An uncomfortable interview with Nedd Brockmann
01 Jan 2025
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In the spirit of his uncomfortable challenge, we asked Nedd Brockmann a series of uncomfortable que...
Re-Spin: Nina Kennedy is a "f***ing mad dog"
31 Dec 2024
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A gold medal is meant to change everything, but Nina Kennedy says it won't alter a thing about who ...
Re-Spin: Coleman medallist Jesse Hogan has gone from “self resentment” to self contentment
30 Dec 2024
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Jesse Hogan's Coleman medal might be the best individual story in AFL for 2024. He arrived at the G...
Re-Spin: Olivia Gadecki on Barty, chasing discomfort and her sabbatical
27 Dec 2024
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For Olivia Gadecki, the growth starts when she gets uncomfortable. The 22-year-old has been chasing...
Re-Spin: Everyone is talking about Gout Gout
26 Dec 2024
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This 16-year-old is fast. Really, really fast. Fast enough that he recently broke a 56-year-old Aus...
Re-spin: Alexa Leary is gold vibes only
25 Dec 2024
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Alexa Leary might be the feel-great sports story of 2024. Three years ago the Queenslander suffered...
Jim Maxwell on form, selection and the unpredictability of Test cricket
24 Dec 2024
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The Boxing Day Test is one of cricket's biggest occasions - day one, 90,000 people at a packed MCG,...
Your guide to the 2024 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
23 Dec 2024
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105 yachts will set sail on Boxing Day for the 79th Sydney Hobart Race. From 100-foot maxi yachts v...
Fri Fix: Ange the entertainer and Raygun back in the news
20 Dec 2024
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Ange Postecoglou is no stranger to silverware, and he's put Tottenham in a position to win some as ...
Who has the edge ahead of the Boxing Day Test?
19 Dec 2024
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After five days of rain with a side of cricket, the Brisbane Test was a draw. The cricket we did ge...
Kyrgios is back: Key storylines for Australia's summer of tennis
18 Dec 2024
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With the summer of tennis just around the corner, there are plenty of storylines to dig into. The b...
Cross-code phenom Maddi Levi can choose her own adventure
17 Dec 2024
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Maddi Levi is the best women's Rugby Sevens player in the world right now. At age 22 she's already ...
Bryce Cotton is making NBL history in real time
16 Dec 2024
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Bryce Cotton is carving his name into the NBL history books, having become just the third player in...