Women in sport
‘They were picking on a kid … gutless’: The ultra-competitive woman behind our greatest sporting team
England were sledging a young Meg Lanning. The teammate who stepped in is now coaching Australia in a historic Ashes series.
- Peter Hanlon
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- Analysis
- Analysis
IOC needs to take a binary position on transgender participation in women’s sport
The current framework is weak, vague and contributed to the invective that surrounded Imane Khelif at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Sebastian Coe presents as a welcome agent of change.
- Darren Kane
‘If you do not protect women’s sport it will not end well’: Coe’s pitch for IOC presidency
World Athletics head Sebastian Coe has vowed to shift the IOC’s emphasis from human rights to biology if he succeeds Thomas Bach.
- Oliver Brown
‘The girls were out for blood tonight’: Australian star ends golden season with Diamond glory
Nina Kennedy has soared to one final glorious triumph of her glittering pole vault season, taking the Diamond League crown in Brussels to add to her Olympic gold from Paris.
- Ian Chadband
Victorian athletes feted in Melbourne as Paralympian calls for gender equity
Melbourne Park gave returning Olympic and Paralympic athletes a hero’s welcome on Saturday – and gold medallist Emily Petricola had a message for the International Paralympic Committee.
- Hannah Hammoud
Queens of Concrete: Life after the Olympic skateboarding dream
Australian Arisa Trew triumphed with a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, but the journey for girls in skateboarding isn’t straightforward, as a new film shows.
- Cara Waters
- 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.
- Emma Kemp
As Origin hits the MCG, rugby league is growing faster in Victoria than in any other state
As State of Origin II draws tourists and eyeballs to the MCG on Wednesday, Victoria’s rugby league clubs are the fastest growing across the country as men and women of all ages embrace the sport.
- Roy Ward
- Opinion
- NRLW 2024
My sport is having a Matildas moment. I know because of the trolling
Playing State Of Origin footy is a dream come true, but social media trolls felt the need to comment on my appearance and question my athletic ability.
- Caitlan Johnston
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- Sevens
The last-gasp kick that gave Australia the edge in race for Olympic gold
The women’s sevens side beat France in this year’s world series decider in Spain – but their semi-final victory may prove even more important in the Paris podium battle.
- Jonathan Drennan
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