Opinion
Paris 2024
Sorry, but rugby players posing in lingerie in 2024 is not ‘regressive’
Just as female athletes are transcending stereotypes, their agency is being stripped by former female athletes applying the very paternalistic lens they themselves sought to escape.
- by Emma Kemp
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Stinky Seine: Where fish go to die and Olympics poo protests are born
How has a river carrying so much harmful bacteria that swimming in it has been illegal for a century become an official swimming venue at the 2024 Olympics?
- by Emma Kemp
Analysis
European Championships
Robotinho predicts the result of every round of 16 match at Euro 2024
Spain thrilled, Austria surprised and England, predictably, stank the place out during the group stage. But how will they and the other 13 teams left at Euro 2024 fare in the first knock-out round of the competition?
- by Robotinho, Mark Stehle and Emma Kemp
The art of gnaw: Niggling opponents is a dark art, but does it work?
Most evidence in sport is anecdotal. Anything beyond that would be a rigorous, perhaps impossible, undertaking for social scientists. But some have tried.
- by Emma Kemp
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State of Origin
Mitch perfect: Blues blitz sets up series decider after MCG demolition
Mitchell Moses’ sublime kicking and passing had won NSW the game within 20 minutes, and iced it by the hour mark.
- by Emma Kemp
Jack has been to hell and back. Now, finally, she will be an Olympian
Even on a Sunday in mid-2024, when Shayna Jack’s drug ordeal is behind her and she will soon board a plane to Paris, the subject is still enough to draw tears.
- by Emma Kemp
Touching moment from rivals caps golden career as Cate Campbell’s Paris dream dashed
The four-time Olympian could not overcome a crack field in the 50m freestyle at the Australian trials, but it led to an “incredibly special” moment immediately after the race.
- by Emma Kemp
Analysis
Olympics
Twist in Chinese doping scandal hangs over Australian Olympic trials
News that three of the Chinese swimmers who tested positive to TMZ before the Tokyo Games had also returned positive tests for clenbuterol years earlier made for an uneasy backdrop in Brisbane.
- by Emma Kemp
‘Fun? Is it fun?’ Dean Boxall, the walking paradox coaching Australia’s golden swimmers
The man behind Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan is notoriously media-shy, which only adds to the mystique and makes him even more in demand at the Olympic trials.
- by Emma Kemp
Analysis
European Championships
And the winner is … Robotinho predicts the Euro 2024 champions
After a mixed return at last year’s Women’s World Cup, our resident AI football expert is back to find the winner of the European Championships, which kicked off on Saturday.
- by Robotinho, Mark Stehle and Emma Kemp
Pop, Paris and poetry: The wild dreams of Cody Simpson
The self-proclaimed Prince Neptune is chasing an Olympic berth, but time is running out.
- by Emma Kemp
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