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Tracey Holmes

December 2024

When Nick Kyrgios makes his injury comeback playing doubles at the Brisbane International with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic as a warmup to the Australian Open, their combined Instagram accounts will reach close to 20-million followers.

TV nostalgia be damned. Australian tennis has a winning game

Today there are more fans, both on-site and online, engaging with the sport than ever before.

November 2024

Twenty-two-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal’s duck in the first innings was quickly forgotten as he earned a standing ovation for his second innings knock of 161.

India dominates cricket – and calls the shots on and off the field

In a country of 1.4 billion following the sport religiously, the BCCI knows it’s sitting on a gold mine as lucrative as Saudi oilfields.

August 2024

Back row from left: Ariarne Titmus, swimming; Arisa Trew, skateboarding; Jessica Fox, canoe. Front from left: Saya Sakakibara, BMX, Grace Brown, cycling. PHOTOS: AP, GETTY

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.

August 2023

The Matildas have lifted the mood of the nation at a time when other significant conversations are dividing us.

Matildas aren’t just inspiring young girls, but everybody

Our women soccer players have shown us what happens when a nation unites. It is much more fulfilling than the politicised, media-driven, divisive alternative.

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