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Robert CraddockSenior sports journalist

Robert ‘Crash’ Craddock is regarded as one of Queensland’s best authorities on sport. ‘Crash’ is a senior sport journalist and columnist for The Courier-Mail and CODE Sports, and can be seen on Fox Cricket.

Robert Craddock

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Basketball

GOAT Curry: Why Steph is Paris’ tastiest dish

It’s NBA icon Steph Curry’s first and only Olympics, and as ROBERT CRADDOCK witnesses, he and his superstar Dream Team teammates are turning heads all over Paris.

ExclusiveOlympics

News Corp has tested the Seine, in Paris to see if it's clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month.

Exclusive test detects gross find in iconic Olympic site

The 2024 Olympics might feature the Eiffel Tower, La Concorde and Roland Garros – but an exclusive test has revealed a gross find in the Seine.

Aus Team News

NCA PARIS, FRANCE, 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES. Australian Flag Bearer announcement. Jess Fox and Eddie Ockenden have been announced as the Australian flag Bearers for the Paris Olympics. Pic: Michael Klein

Tay Tay convinces Jess Fox to accept ultimate honour

A night at a Taylor Swift concert convinced Jess Fox she should accept the honour of carrying the Australian flag alongside hockey legend Eddie Ockenden.

Olympics

Bluey for Brisbane 2032: The mascot the Olympics need

The Paris mascot is a hat which looks like a heart. What it lacks is a soul. Bring on Bluey.

Athletics

29 Jul 1996: The finish of the 400m Gold to Marie Jose Perec from france and silver to Cathy Freeman Australia at the Olympic Stadium at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

Freeman rival Perec’s secret Australian desire

She famously fled these shores but Marie-Jose Perec has revealed Australia was once the place she wanted to escape to rather than from.

Olympics

‘I lost everything’: Michael Diamond’s shock Games comeback

Two-time Australian Olympic gold medallist Michael Diamond has revealed the turmoil that swamped his life following a family feud, and how it jolted him out of rock bottom to turn his life around.

QWeekend

‘Chase the cockroach’: Boxall opens up in rare interview

In his lone sit down interview ahead of the Paris Olympics, Dean Boxall reveals the lengths he goes to for his racers, and the constant battle within between the ‘Showman’ and the ‘Shy Guy’.

Special feature

Never-before-seen side to ultimate warrior Dean Boxall

He’s the introverted extrovert behind some of our greatest swimmers in Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack but there’s a side to Dean Boxall that is rarely seen in the public eye.

Maroons

State of Origin, Suncorp. Picture: Patrick Woods.

Crash: The night NSW did a Queensland on Queensland

NSW’s series win left Queensland facing the reality that this Maroons team will never play together again and will have significant surgery before next year’s series. Here’s how the script was flipped on Queensland, writes Robert Craddock.

NRL

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 14: Ray Warren poses for a portrait after being inducted into the 2019 NRL Hall of Fame at Carriageworks on August 14, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by James Gourley/Getty Images)

NRL icon Ray Warren shocked by Suncorp Stadium Hall of Fame call

Legendary NRL caller Ray Warren delivered an iconic anecdote as he joined Queensland media luminaries in the Suncorp Stadium Hall of Fame. See every inductee.

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