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Jamie Kah has come been unfairly criticised because she is a female jockey, according to Kiersten Duke.
Opinion
Kiersten Duke

Women-hating racing fans need to back off

KIERSTEN DUKE: Jamie Kah is a trailblazer in the saddle, but it’s what she gets up to off the track that comes in for undue scrutiny and it’s simply not fair.

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The David Warner farewell tour and Steve Smith opening experiment have come back to bite Australian selectors.
Sport
Jackson Barrett

Aussie cricket paying price for David Warner farewell tour

JACKSON BARRETT: The Test team is facing a batting crisis a year after David Warner was given an extended send-off instead of blooding new openers — and Steve Smith’s latest bombshell hasn’t helped matters.

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Kate Dempsey was subjected to vile abuse online.
Sport
Kate McCarthy

‘Unacceptable’ abuse shows we still have a long way to go

It was a tough week for many women in the AFL industry, none tougher than Kate Dempsey, writes Kate McCarthy.

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Spudd details the the good, the bad and the ugly of NRL season 2024.
Sport
Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll

Five things the NRL need to fix for season 2025

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: In my 2024 NRL season review detailing the good, the bad and the ugly I have a few bones to pick with league HQ.

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Video
The Aussie cricket team are still a dominant force despite their World Cup finals defeat.
Sport
Mitchell Johnson

What women’s team needs to do after World Cup heartbreak

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The Aussies are still reeling from their shock defeat at the hands of South Africa but should not lose heart.

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Georgie Parker says the behaviour of Toby Greene and his GWS team speaks to a toxic masculinity crisis in modern sport.
Sport
Georgie Parker

GWS scandal highlights AFL’s toxic masculinity crisis

GEORGIE PARKER: I was sickened but not surprised by the vile behaviour of the Giants. As a female working in a male dominated sports industry I know first-hand the affects of sexism in the workplace.

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Tahlia McGrath can learn a lot from how Ricky Ponting lead his team.
Sport
Mitchell Johnson

Moment of truth for McGrath at T20 World Cup

The fill-in Aussie skipper faces a huge challenge in leading her team to another T20 World Cup title. She could take a leaf out of Ricky Ponting’s book in the best way to lead.

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Alyssa Healy would be best to sit out the rest of the T20 World Cup.
Sport
Lisa Sthalekar

What Australia should do about their injured skipper

The team are steamrolling their way to another T20 World Cup title but will they get there with Alyssa Healy?

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Sunshine in Paris is my tip for The Everest and Joel Corry will be a great headline act.
Sport
Kiersten Duke

The Everest winner that could create racing history

KIERSTEN DUKE: There’s so much to love about this jam-packed day at Royal Randwick, but the romance will only continue if you can pick a winner. These are the horses to keep an eye in the home straight.

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West Coast need to turn this year's trade controversy into a move for Chad Warner, writes Mitchell Woodcock.
Sport
Mitchell Woodcock

Eagles must bag Warner to appease the mob

MITCHELL WOODCOCK: West Coast fans have been left fuming by the club trading away pick No.3 in a trade period shock. And the only way to calm them down might be luring Chad Warner west next year.

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The NRL should give its next licence to a Wellington team over a Perth one.
Sport
Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll

Where NRL should have its next team ... and it ain’t Perth

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Making the game truly national is a noble thought but the Western Bears will never work.

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The tight AFLW fixture is not to blame for the Bulldogs' woeful performance on Friday.
opinion
Sport
Georgie Parker

Fixture not to blame for AFLW’s dog of a day

GEORGIE PARKER: While this season we have seen the best match of AFLW ever played, we have also now seen what could be the worst game of AFLW ever played - and the compressed draw wasn’t to blame.

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Nathan Buckley and Justin Langer with Adam Zampa
Cricket
Justin Langer

How I learnt being mean doesn’t always get you what you want

JUSTIN LANGER: Getting the best out of people in the high-pressure cauldron of professional sport is a riddle few can solve, but there are a few simple rules I have come to appreciate as a coach.

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Sir Alastair Cook and Joe Root.
Sport
Mitchell Johnson

It pains me to say this but this Pom can bat

MITCHELL JOHNSON: There is nothing I enjoyed more than pummelling England in the Ashes but there is one batsman I have always respected.

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Cameron Green’s injury could open to door for batters like Marcus Harris to play in the Test team.
Sport
Lisa Sthalekar

Australia has bigger problems than Cam Green

Aussie selectors need to think outside the box - and the current team - if we are any chance of stopping India winning Down Under again.

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