Team Girls Cup heading to Adelaide in nod to netball hotspot
The pre-season Team Girls Cup is heading to Adelaide in a nod to South Australia’s standing in the sport after the Thunderbirds’ double premiership success.
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NRLW Magic Round coup: Newcastle to host historic fixture
In another historic step for the women’s game, the NRLW will get its first ever Magic Round with Newcastle winning the race to host the festival of footy that is set to tour NSW regional towns.
Player exodus: Why Matildas could up-end A-League season
The Matildas’ upcoming clashes with Brazil and Chinese Taipei could have a major impact on the A-League Women season with clubs braced to be missing their stars.
Scholz happens: Inside the world of AFLW’s next mega star
She’s only 19, but Port Adelaide’s Matilda Scholz is already the next big thing in AFLW. She chats to SIMEON THOMAS-WILSON about embracing attention, her rise to stardom and her gifted sporting family.
The lessons Marinkovich learnt to shape world’s best netball team
The Diamonds have been the pinnacle of the game for decades and under the current regime it looks set to stay that way. LISA ALEXANDER chats to her successor Stacey Marinkovich about the biggest role in Australian netball.
State of play: NRLW stars call for draw overhaul, longer season
Ahead of the 2025 NRLW draw release, players have addressed some of the biggest issues in the women’s game, and what changes need to happen in order to truly go professional.
‘At peace with my past’: 20 years on from Lay Down Sally scandal
In 2004, Sally Robbins was written into sporting folklore after inexplicably downing tools on her team at the Athens Olympics. Twenty years on the repercussions are still being felt.
How Jess Hull ran her way into Australian Olympic history
Fresh off becoming the only Australian woman to win an Olympic medal in the 1500m, Jess Hull’s team believes she can only get better.
NRLW Top 50: Upton on path to GOAT status
Tamika Upton is the best player in the NRLW — and on her way to becoming the greatest of all time. Check out who sits alongside the Knights star in this year’s list of top NRLW players.
Stars, recruits and draftees who will shape 2024 AFLW season
With pre-season kicking off around the country this week, the AFLW campaign will be here before you know it. ELIZA REILLY names the players who will define the premiership race this year.
Slater: Golden girls show Matildas what real success looks like
The Matildas don’t need to look further than the Olympic village for an idea of what it takes to be the world’s best, writes ROBBIE SLATER. And it’s time Football Australia takes responsibility if they’re ever going to get there.
‘We have to medal to get noticed’: Rugby star’s dig at Matildas
Australian women’s sevens captain Charlotte Caslick has hinted at a simmering rivalry with the Matildas after urging fans not to forget about them and their gold medal chances.
The famous Olympic families powering Australia’s medal hopes
The Australian swimming team has always referred to itself as one big, happy family. But at Paris, those family ties will run deeper than ever with four second-generation Olympic swimmers.
Jackson’s gruelling process to secure spot on fifth Olympic team
After a relentless lead up to being named in her fifth Olympic team, Lauren Jackson has locked in her ticket to Paris and will bring her whole family along for the journey as the Opals plan for a return to the podium.
Draw, profiles, latest news: Ultimate guide to Matildas in Paris
The Matildas will hope to build on their World Cup legacy at the Olympic Games – this is everything you need to know.
Eels lure cross-code star to bolster NRLW squad
Fresh from a pre-Olympics rugby camp in France, rising New Zealand Black Ferns star Rosie Kelly has signed a one-year deal with the Parramatta Eels. SEE FINALISED NRLW SQUADS AND CONTRACT LENGTHS FOR 2024
The eight-year-old who travelled 1500km a week to get to Paris
New Olympian Ruby Pass had an attitude which would leave some professional athletes in the shade – in grade three. ROBERT CRADDOCK on the remarkable road an eight-year-old took to kickstart her Olympic dream.
‘It would be her’: Why this kick could change women’s rugby league
With a kick out of the mud in driving rain Lauren Brown changed the trajectory of the 2024 State of Origin series — and with it, women’s rugby league. It was a long time coming, writes PAMELA WHALEY.
AFLW’s landmark move to shake up draft process
AFLW players will enter an open draft in a landmark move for the football’s elite women’s competition, leaving the country’s best young players open to head anywhere in Australia.
Brisbane Heat follow Matildas to big stadium success
The Brisbane Heat will follow the trend of Australia’s biggest women’s sporting teams when it takes to the Gabba for a stand-alone WBBL match.
Ultimate guide to the 2024 Harvey Norman Women’s Premiership
The 2024 Harvey Norman Women’s Premiership is shaping as the biggest season yet as a genuine reserve grade to NRLW. We take a look at all 12 clubs and the stars who are set to make their mark.
Comment: How long can AFLW get away with ‘sabotaging’ itself?
The AFLW fixture release has exposed a league happy to “do the bare minimum” and a schedule putting player health at risk, writes ELIZA REILLY.
The key issue relegating women’s sport to a ‘second-tier novelty’
Women’s sport faces all manner of barriers when it comes to getting the respect it deserves. But one obstacle, according to Australian Olympic champion Cate Campbell, stands above all others.
AFLW Fixture: Huge double-header to kick off new-look season
The full AFLW fixture for 2024 has landed – and there is plenty to unpack. Daisy Pearce’s debut, a Dreamtime clash, a footy frenzy and a Showdown under lights. See every game here.
Is Maroons star Tamika Upton the greatest of all time?
Queensland’s star fullback Tamika Upton has won it all, raising the question as to whether the unassuming star from Rockhampton has achieved GOAT status?
‘Growth is required’: AFLW’s next steps after new boss named
The AFLW’s new boss has been tasked with taking women’s football to the next level, with the league declaring the time has arrived for more growth.
America’s Cup women gearing up for new fight after shock loss
Shocked Australian sailors hugged and cried when bundled out of the women’s America’s Cup. A quick reset and they were gearing up for a new fight – and another crack at winning the event
‘Structural imbalance’ plagues women’s sport in Australia
2023 was a banner year for women’s sport in Australia, with the rise of the Matildas and the domination of our swimmers. But to those behind the scenes, there’s still plenty more to do.
Watch replay: Lane steps up to drive Women in Sport agenda
AFLW legend Daisy Pearce has seen plenty of change for women in sport in her lifetime, but she believes there is a long way to go. Watch the sporting icon lead a discussion with sports greatest minds on Friday.
Busting the biggest myth about women’s sport
Last year’s Women’s World Cup didn’t just break records – it tore down several tropes associated with women’s sport. But the biggest myth that needs busting remains.
‘I want that’: How Matildas have emboldened other Aussies
Ahead of a historic world title shot on home soil, Olympian Skye Nicolson has revealed how she was inspired by the Matildas despite being on the other side of the globe.
Brutal calls Gustavsson must make to save Olympic dream
Sam Kerr’s devastating injury is the first major headache for Tony Gustavsson to deal with ahead of the Olympics. But what will he do to combat it, and who makes the cut to go to Paris?
The ‘glimmer of hope’ in Kerr’s fading Olympic dream
Sam Kerr can’t defy scientific history to regain full fitness in time for the Paris Olympics, but there is a very specific role that could keep her chances of appearing alive.
What Gustavsson must do to stop Matildas from unravelling
The Matildas have shown they can win without Sam Kerr – now they need to prove they can win a medal without her. That’s Tony Gustavsson’s challenge, writes Erin Smith.
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