Golden hauls, spats, tears: Top 100 sporting moments of 2024
From Australia’s record golden haul at the Paris Games to controversies that split the sporting world – we look back at 100 moments that shaped the sporting calendar.
Tennis
The $10m medal: Australia’s eye-watering Olympic price tag reveal
Australia’s record-breaking Olympic feats come at a high price, including $100m in high performance funding over the past year alone.
The Facebook post that relaunched Anderson Parker’s career
Two years ago Anderson Parker believed his wheelchair tennis career was over, but now ahead of his debut Paralympics, he has one particular Facebook post to thank for turning it all around.
Family first as gold medalist Davidson out of Games
Paralympic tennis gold medallist Heath Davidson has withdrawn on the eve of the Games to be with his dying mother.
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Magnussen: ‘Mixed medley is the Olympics’ egg and spoon race’
With bragging rights on the line, Matty Johns and James Magnussen break down the penultimate final night of swimming, the strange individual medley, success on the clay and more.
Fans erupt as broken up couple wins gold
Fans want the story of two tennis stars who broke up before winning gold medals together in Paris turned into a movie.
Flying Kangaroo: Australia defying odds and breaking gold records
For a nation of 26 million, Australia has punched above its weight in Paris, breaking gold medal records to sit higher on the medal tally than anyone anticipated after day eight.
Little girl captured Australia’s heart as she cheered dad to gold
Australia has claimed just its second ever tennis gold medal with star duo Matt Ebden and John Peers taking out the men’s doubles at Roland Garros in an unexpected and tense tie-break victory.
‘Cutthroat’: Olympic handshake drama erupts
American tennis star Emma Navarro has unloaded on Chinese rival Qinwen Zheng after a heated clash during their epic Olympic clash.
Four-time Aussie Olympian ruined in America
Four-time Australian Olympian Rennae Stubbs has been forced to defend herself against a barrage of criticism from America.
Popyrin reveals key to Olympic success
As the crowd went wild for his opponent, Alexei Popyrin was focused on just one man in the front row at his second round match.
Djokovic says Aussie is a ‘bad look for tennis’
Serbian tennis king Novak Djokovic said he doesn’t ‘understand the rules’ as he hit out against how he ended up facing his Aussie opponent.
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