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The $1.25m contract black holes hurting battling NRL clubs
The true cost of moving on an unwanted NRL player has been revealed as Parramatta seek a different strategy for future contract negotiations.
- by Adrian Proszenko
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AFL 2024
The run home: Where the contenders stand in the race for the AFL top eight
- by Jon Pierik
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Rugby league player allegedly assaulted teenage girl
- by Jessica McSweeney and Billie Eder
Canada head coach withdraws, two sent home amid Olympics spy drone scandal
Canadian Olympic chiefs apologised after a member of team staff was detained by French authorities over allegations they used a drone to record New Zealand training on two occasions.
- by Jeremy Wilson
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Paris 2024
Thieves steal Australian BMX champion Logan Martin’s gear before Olympics
A video shared by Martin on Instagram shows smashed window of team van as reigning Olympic champion talks through a robbery.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Fox and Ockenden unveiled as flag-bearers for Paris opening ceremony
Canoe slalom great Jessica Fox and hockey player Eddie Ockenden have been chosen to represent Australia in the spectacular celebration along the river Seine.
- by Jordan Baker
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Paris 2024
The shocking video that shows Olympic champ whipping horse ‘like an elephant in the circus’
Equestrian champion Charlotte Dujardin has been banned from Paris 2024 over a video showing her whipping a horse repeatedly on the legs.
- by Tom Morgan and Oliver Brown
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NRL
The $1.25m contract black holes hurting battling NRL clubs
The true cost of moving on an unwanted NRL player has been revealed as Parramatta seek a different strategy for future contract negotiations.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Your 2024 NRLW guide: Team to beat, player to watch and rookie on the rise
Here’s your guide to the 2024 NRLW season before the first match gets under way between the Knights and the Roosters in Newcastle on Thursday night.
- by Billie Eder
Insight & Analysis
Marky Mark is the weapon Australia’s sevens team needs in Paris
A league-bound Wallaby and a French legend loom as major threats in the men’s rugby sevens tournament.
Michael Hooper
Money and power: Why Europe’s top leagues have declared war on FIFA
The game’s governing body is the subject of legal action by players and leagues who say the international calendar is at breaking point. Here’s what you need to know.
Vince Rugari
Reporter
The run home: Where the contenders stand in the race for the AFL top eight
While the Swans appear to have top spot locked up, the race for the top eight is well and truly on as we head into the home stretch of the AFL season. Where will your team finish?
Jon Pierik
Sports journalist for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Cricket
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Australian cricket
Who is Cooper Connolly? The story behind Australian cricket’s newest wildcard
- by Daniel Brettig
Soccer
Canada head coach withdraws, two sent home amid Olympics spy drone scandal
Canadian Olympic chiefs apologised after a member of team staff was detained by French authorities over allegations they used a drone to record New Zealand training on two occasions.
- by Jeremy Wilson
Analysis
FIFA
Money and power: Why Europe’s top leagues have declared war on FIFA
The game’s governing body is the subject of legal action by players and leagues who say the international calendar is at breaking point. Here’s what you need to know.
- by Vince Rugari
For her coach, Mary Fowler is an unsolved riddle. And she may be the Matildas’ most important player
- by Emma Kemp and Vince Rugari
AFL
Analysis
AFL 2024
The run home: Where the contenders stand in the race for the AFL top eight
- by Jon Pierik
Basketball
Boomers beat France in Olympics warm-up
The Aussie Boomers scored victory over home team France in an Olympics warm-up game.
‘It’s not a secret’: Team USA have the most talent – but the Boomers have something they don’t
NBA star Josh Giddey discusses Australia’s chances of a basketball medal in Paris, and says cohesion could bring the formidable USA team undone.
- by Tom Decent
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Olympic dressage star seen repeatedly whipping horse
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Drinks were thrown at Argentina players after Cristian Medina equalised in the 16th minute of added time. The goal was later disallowed.
