This Month
Melbourne Football Club president quits amid Petracca saga
Kate Roffey has quit the board, just a week after she was heavily criticised for a radio interview about disgruntled Demons superstar Christian Petracca.
- Patrick Durkin
Meet the quiet heroes of the Paralympics: the athlete guides
There are 22 Paralympic sports in which competitors are allowed to use guides, and their relationships can border on telepathic.
- Elena Bergeron
The world’s next Usain Bolt could be this 16-year-old from Qld
Gout Gout is just 16 but runs in the 100-metre and 200-metre sprints against athletes who have years on him. He’s already faster than some of the world’s best.
- Zoe Samios
Popyrin remains upbeat after crashing out of US Open
Australia’s shooting star was unable to back up his mighty third-round win over the great Novak Djokovic, succumbing to his friend and foe Frances Tiafoe.
- Darren Walton
Wallabies clinch last-gasp comeback win in Argentina
It took a penalty from substitute Ben Donaldson on the buzzer to secure a victory that could put Australia’s Rugby Championship campaign back on track.
- Murray Wenzel
August
Petricola stars as Aussie clinch velodrome medals
Emily Petricola has overcome a flare-up of multiple sclerosis to smash her own world record and retain her Paralympic gold medal.
- George Clarke
- Exclusive
- Streaming
Fox Sports, AFL, NRL sued in US over alleged misuse of Meta tracking
The legal actions centre around the use of a monitoring tool on subscription services to watch the football codes outside Australia.
- Updated
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- Online gambling
We’ve heard TV stations and footy codes prophesise doom before
The gambling lobby has a well-thumbed playbook developed from earlier health warnings and advertising restrictions on tobacco and alcohol.
- Martin Thomas
- Opinion
- Online gambling
Sponsorship money doesn’t grow on trees and less popular sports will lose out
As we saw when tobacco advertising was banned, elite sports had little difficulty is attracting new sponsors, but non-elite ones will struggle.
- Sinclair Davidson
Legendary racehorse Black Caviar dies
The winner of 15 Group One races, Black Caviar was retired in 2013 after amassing $7,953,936 in prizemoney.
- Mohen Govender
How the French really feel about the Paris Olympics
The Games’ problems – food, air-con, ticket prices – seem prosaic, whereas memories are written in poetry.
- Matthew Drummond
- Opinion
- Paris 2024
Paris 2024 was the Olympic Games of the new era
The city of light has shown it’s not only possible to adapt to change while remaining true to yourself, it’s a necessity.
- Tracey Holmes
Plan for 25,000 homes on racecourse site a ‘fantasy’: inquiry
Peter V’landys and Mark Latham clashed in a fiery hearing as the Australian Turf Club blamed a “high Indian population” for declining Rosehill racecourse crowds.
- Gus McCubbing
- Perspective
- Rugby Championship
Why the stars are finally aligning for the Wallabies
Australia’s challenge against South Africa on Saturday is huge, but coaching changes and new rules designed to speed up the game bode well for the Wallabies.
- Simon Poidevin
How young sports fans are changing the game
Thanks to social media, team loyalty is being replaced by devotion to individual athletes.
- The Economist
‘I’m always switched on’: How this Olympic diver balances a job at BHP
Maddi Keeney gets a second chance at a medal in the 3m springboard from Wednesday night Australian time after heartbreak in the first week of the Games.
- Hannah Wootton
AFL’s mystery man Dustin Martin bows out in unique style
Dustin Martin and Tom Hawkins have both called time on their glittering AFL careers, but the famously media-shy Richmond star didn’t attend his own press conference.
- Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin
AFL stars detail Hawthorn’s alleged racism in court papers
Cyril Rioli, who played in four premierships at the Hawks under former coach Alastair Clarkson, is the lead applicant in a statement of claim lodged in the Federal Court.
- William Ton
Water polo’s golden girls have feisty medallist in their corner
Gold medallist turned coach Taryn Woods says her sport has to be prepared to do what it needs to ensure exposure and inclusion.
- Michael Bleby
Aussie sport legends bag stake in golf buggy maker MGI
The investment will refresh the family-run retailer’s register for the first time since it was founded in 1993.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
