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Queensland go full Queensland

19 Jun 2025

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Under fire Maroons coach Billy Slater has turned Cameron Munster into a conduit for the Queensland spirit as the Maroons sparked a gritty, nailbiting...

What's motivating the 'King of Soccer'?

18 Jun 2025

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Not that one exists, but if I asked you who was the 'King of Soccer', who would you say? US President Donald Trump believes that the mantle rests wit...

Bruce McAvaney on the athlete re-setting the world record 1cm at a time

17 Jun 2025

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Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis is the Usain Bolt of pole vaulting. Half American, half Swedish, entirely brilliant, the 25-year-old's biggest competition i...

The man who tamed the toughest tournament in golf

16 Jun 2025

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A year ago, J.J. Spaun thought he might be done with pro-golf, but the American stumbled across rom-com sports movie Wimbledon. It inspired a dramati...

Fri Fix: Cummins appreciation, big AFL news and more

13 Jun 2025

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Pat Cummins has reminded us he's the man you want in a cricketing crisis. Ed Cowan casts an appreciative eye over the relentless quick. In the AFL th...

Why our star swimmers are struggling out of the pool

12 Jun 2025

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Ex-Olympian Cate Campbell has been covering the World Championship trials in Adelaide. What she's seeing is some great swimming and some athletes at ...

Socceroos captain Mat Ryan on the 'fairytale that came true'

11 Jun 2025

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It wasn't that long ago Mat Ryan wondered if his international career was over. Instead, the Socceroo keeper and captain helped Australia to a 2-1 wi...

The storylines that might define the WTC final

10 Jun 2025

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The World Test Championship final is already high stakes, but the storylines contained within it are ratcheting things up. Marnus Labuschagne might b...

Fri Fix: Socceross in heaven, Tassie Devils in hell

06 Jun 2025

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Aziz Behich gave us another qualification hero moment as the Socceroos moved to the cusp of the World Cup. Mark Bosnich pulls it apart. Tasmania's AF...

The secret to an NBA title... friendship

05 Jun 2025

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The 2025 NBA finals won't feature big names like LeBron, Stef or Luka. Major markets like New York, LA and Boston aren't involved either. They're two...

Who can be the Socceroos next hero?

04 Jun 2025

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Andrew 'Grey Wiggle' Redmayne. John Aloisi. Mark Schwarzer. Josh Kennedy. World Cup qualification moments are nearly as iconic as the main stage. Who...

A 50 foot wave and 3 per cent vision

03 Jun 2025

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To surf Nazare in Portugal takes unfathomable courage. Imagine attempting it when legally blind. Australian Matt Formston is many things, he is a Par...

What is Joe Montemurro's biggest Matildas challenge?

02 Jun 2025

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Joe Montemurro has the reigns of Australia's most beloved team. What's his biggest Tillies test? Defensive structures. Attacking systems. Media perfo...

BONUS: Why your NBA friends are talking about a ‘conspiracy’

31 May 2025

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The NBA is one of the biggest sports leagues on the planet. It's wildly sophisticated and professional. They wouldn't rig their own draft lottery... ...

Fri Fix: AFL shake up, A-League grand final preview, QLD fightback

30 May 2025

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The AFL has overhauled its executive. Why did they do it and what does it mean? We speak with Corbin Middlemas. Veteran commentator. Simon Hill previ...

Is this NSW team the QLD myth busters?

29 May 2025

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Remember the mythology around Queensland at Lang Park? Around Queensland in Origin? The unceasing belief that regardless of the odds, the men in mar...

What is 'Run It Straight?'

28 May 2025

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It's a relatively simple concept: two blokes running straight at each other. One holds a footy, the other tries to lay a tackle. Damage generally ens...

How the Liverpool FC parade went from joy to fear

27 May 2025

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There is something wonderfully joyous about a sporting victory parade. A rare moment of collective celebration that cuts across societal lines. The s...

Gould, Galvin and the Dogs: an NRL power play

26 May 2025

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When Lachlan Galvin detailed plans to leave the Wests Tigers, people wondered where he might land. NRL commentator and Canterbury football boss Phil ...

BONUS: Destanee Aiava's French connection

24 May 2025

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BONUS: There was a time where tennis fans wondered if Destanee Aiava might be lost to the sport, instead the 25-year-old is preparing to play the Fre...

Fri Fix: Bailey banter, Bevo blues, Magnussen rope a dope

23 May 2025

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Bailey Smith had his way with former club the Bulldogs on field and then gave them a clip after. Did his old club let him off easy? James Magnussen h...

Angeball, mate

22 May 2025

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Ange Postecoglou said he "always" wins a trophy in his second season... well, he did. Tottenham claimed the Europa League, its first trophy in nearly...

William Goodge did something incredible, why are some questioning it?

21 May 2025

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William Goodge did the unthinkable, running across Australia in 35 days to set a new record for the feat. The British runner is not a conventional at...

Origin storylines: selection controversy, coaching cross roads, halves headaches

20 May 2025

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It's an Origin series already rich with storylines. Terrell May's confounding non-selection. NSW taking not one, but two halfbacks. The Spencer Leniu...

How the Adam Selwood story reverberated through the AFL

19 May 2025

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The death of Adam Selwood has rocked the AFL community four months on from the passing of his twin brother, Troy. The West Coast premiership player w...

Fri Fix: Women’s Origin glory, men’s Origin quandaries, and sporting palate cleansers

16 May 2025

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Biblical rain, inner demons, Queensland, none of those impediments could stop NSW claiming  the women's Origin series. Can they make it a sweep? In ...

“Do you understand the legacy you left?” - Paul Roos on Robert Walls

15 May 2025

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Tough. Innovative. Pragmatic with a soft side. Those are some of the words an emotional Paul Roos used to describe Australian Rules titan Robert Wall...

"Cry for help": Charlie King on Willie Rioli

14 May 2025

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'A cry for help' that is what legendary ABC broadcaster Charlie King sees in the 2025 season of Willie Rioli. As the AFL community prepares for Sir D...

"Australian-like" Virat Kohli changed Test cricket and India

13 May 2025

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Virat Kohli might have had a tumultuous relationship with Australian cricket fans but the Indian champion transformed his own nation as Test force an...

The Pakistan-India conflict has global cricket on notice

12 May 2025

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The Pakistan-India conflict saw Australian cricketers and coaches rushing home from both nations. As the IPL and PSL try to complete their respective...

Fri Fix: the Ange prophecy, Willie's ban, NRL mega-clash

09 May 2025

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Ange Postecoglou always wins a trophy in his second season and now Tottenham are one win away from doing just that. The Aussie manager is on the cusp...

Bears roar again, what now?

08 May 2025

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The Bears are back in the NRL and there's a lot to unpack. Big emotions out of North Sydney and big questions for rugby league. Ex-Bear and QRL CEO B...

Another Caleb Ewan plot twist... retirement

07 May 2025

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Caleb Ewan is an all-time Australian cycling champ. The 30-year-old has eleven grand tour stage victories, five at the Tour de France. Why has he ret...

When an unrepentant Sinner returns

06 May 2025

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Jannik Sinner faced his first press conference since his doping ban concluded and was met with... applause. Yes, the Italian player was in Rome, but ...

Is Oscar Piastri now the F1 favourite?

05 May 2025

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Three straight Grand Prix victories has Oscar Piastri taking command of the F1 driver standings. The latest win came in Miami where the Victorian sho...

Fri Fix: Magic Round grab bag, Origin eye gouge truth, unbreakable Crisp

02 May 2025

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A record crowd, plenty of points, a NSW win and allegations of eye gouging, Women's Origin had nearly everything. We explain why the gouging claims h...

The unwelcome Storm on Welcome to Country

01 May 2025

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The impact of the Melbourne Storm's decision to pull an ANZAC Day Welcome to Country continues to reverberate through the community. The incident has...

Long Kiss hello: an unconventional Wallabies appointment

30 Apr 2025

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 supposed peace deal with the US PGA, but instead of a...

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. Luka Doncic, a global superstar in the prime of h...

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 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

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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

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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 ...