Women in sport
The 12-year-old rising star with her sights set on surfing greatness
Indigenous Australian surfer Leihani Zoric is tipped to shine at this year’s Seas the Day festival in northern NSW.
- Emily Kaine
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The women who shaped Sydney history and changed Sita Sargeant’s life
A canny publican who used a legal loophole to vote inspired a new book and walking tours to showcase notable women in history.
- Julie Power
- Updated
- Sexism
Triple M parts ways with Marty Sheargold amid backlash from ‘outrageous’ Matildas comments
Sports Minister Anika Wells led a chorus of condemnation after the radio host’s inflammatory remarks about the national women’s soccer team.
- Frances Howe
- Opinion
- Sexism
Marty’s sexism is sheer gold. Now, where did I put that hammer?
Triple M host strayed offside while on air, and scored a spectacular own goal.
- Michelle Cazzulino
- Opinion
- Sexism
Sheargold’s foul-mouthed rant went way beyond the line – even for radio
The boundaries of bad taste and outrage have become blurry, but Marty Sheargold’s staggeringly bad take on the Matildas went beyond anything we’d heard in years.
- Peter FitzSimons
Ire of the Tigers: Why the women broke away from a footy ‘boys’ club’
This team has caused a stir by leaving one of football’s oldest clubs to go out on their own. But the players say they’re fighting for the betterment of women’s sport.
- Gemma Grant
- Cricket Briefing
- Australian cricket
Head gives up T20 gigs for Australia duty; Refugee cricketers send a message to the Taliban
Travis Head has agreed to give up Twenty20 franchise opportunities outside the Big Bash League and the IPL, while the Afghanistan women cricketers who take the field in Melbourne this week know their game is about more than runs and wickets.
- Jon Pierik and Daniel Brettig
Peta trains in a frozen cattle trough. She just became a swimming world champion
Hailing from a tiny town in regional NSW, Peta Bradley is an unlikely ice swimming champion. She says the pain is what motivates her.
- Frances Howe
‘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
- 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
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