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Hurt locker: Josh Giddey takes on fellow NBA star Nikola Jokic in the Australia-Serbia quarter-final at the Paris Olympics.

Australian NBA star Giddey reveals secret Olympics injury

Australian basketball star Josh Giddey has revealed he ruptured an ankle ligament while playing for Australia at the Olympics in Paris.

  • Jon Pierik

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Tom Brady would make an impressive plus-one for Lachlan Murdoch at the NRL’s double-header in Las Vegas.

NRL rolls out Las Vegas red carpet for Lachlan Murdoch and hopes Tom Brady comes with him

Chairman Peter V’landys is rolling out the carpet for News Corp’s top brass, and officials are hoping the NFL legend might come along.

  • Andrew Webster
Ben Simmons gets a steal and a fast break dunk against the Jazz.

‘It’s always a fast break when I have the ball’: Simmons just misses triple-double in NBA return

A back injury may have knocked him out for a while, but it sure hasn’t slowed Australian basketball Ben Simmons down.

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More valuable than Messi? Why a Japanese baseballer is worth $1 billion

If you tallied up the salaries of every men’s NRL player for the next four years, it still wouldn’t match what Shohei Ohtani will earn from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Why is he so valuable?

  • Adam Pengilly
New Orleans Pelicans guard Dyson Daniels (11) passes around Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Huerter.

‘Getting better and better’: Daniels shines in opening month of NBA season

Dyson Daniels has had a breakout start to the NBA season and is one of a number of Aussies making their mark on basketball’s biggest stage.

  • Roy Ward
Sidelined: Nets’ playmaker Ben Simmons has a nerve issue, and is having treatment on his back and hip.

No timeline for return: Simmons suffers another back injury

A new health battle will keep Australia’s Ben Simmons off the court for the Brooklyn Nets. While his manager expects him back shortly, the Nets have not given a timeline for his return.

  • Jon Pierik
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‘My goal is to be on the Olympic team’: Ben Simmons eyes Paris 2024

“I’ll let you break the news. I want to play,” Ben Simmons said when asked whether he would be wearing an Australian Boomers singlet at the Olympics.

  • Roy Ward
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Why Ben Simmons made the right call with Boomers withdrawal ... for now

Ben Simmons will be missed by the Australian Boomers when they head to the FIBA World Cup in August, but playing the three-time NBA All-Star with a back injury wasn’t something to risk the whole world cup campaign on.

  • Roy Ward
Ben Simmons had an open invitation to the Boomers’ selection camp, but has opted not to play.

‘It’s disappointing’: Gaze reacts to Simmons pulling out of FIBA World Cup

Australian basketball legend Andrew Gaze is disappointed that NBA All-Star Ben Simmons has pulled out of the FIBA World Cup, but does not think he should be criticised for the decision.

  • Carla Jaeger
Bring it on: Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Josh Giddey is ready to forge a long career with the Boomers, beginning in the mid-year series in his hometown of Melbourne.

'Dream come true': Boom times for Giddey, Daniels, but wait on Simmons

Emerging NBA stars Josh Giddey and Dyson Daniels headline the strongest Boomers squad in Australian basketball history ahead of this year’s FIBA men’s World Cup, while the door is open for a shock return for Ben Simmons should he prove he has overcome a back injury.

  • Jon Pierik

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