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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Michael Neser of Australia celebrates the wicket of Brydon Carse of England during day four of the Second 2025/26 Ashes Series Test Match between Australia and England at The Gabba on December 07, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Michael Neser destroyed England — but he might also save them

Michael Neser stepped into the Ashes and destroyed England at the Gabba. His relentless work to take a five-wicket haul is why a former Test bowler says the tourists must study what made him so successful.

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Infinite Studios held its 2025 concert at the Nerang Bicentennial Community Centre on Sunday, December 14. Pictures: Jason O'Brien.

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Photo gallery: Infinite Studios 2025 concert

Spectators have been left amazed by some incredible performances at the Infinite Studios 2025 end of year concert. See all the images here.

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NRL hopefuls revealed: Every club’s train and trial players

Some are young guns destined for the bright lights in the future, while others are old heads desperate for another crack at first grade. We reveal every player on a train-and-trial deal for the 2026 pre-season.

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Born To Dance held its 2025 concert at the Robina Community Centre on Friday, December 12, and Saturday, December 13. Pictures: Jason O'Brien.

190+ mega gallery: Born To Dance 2025 concert

Born To Dance has celebrated its 25th anniversary by entertaining crowds at its sold out Silver concert.

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Feeney might have cried – but there’s no going back for Supercars

Supercars boss James Warburton has defended the controversial finals format which cost Broc Feeney this year’s title and revealed the widespread impact of Toyota’s entry to the sport.

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Gold Coast tennis player Emerson Jones competing at the Wimbledon juniors tournament and celebrating her 17th birthday with another win Picture Instagram @tennisaustralia

‘Very lonely mission’: The price of being a teen tennis star

Rising teenage tennis star Emerson Jones has opened up on the biggest challenges of being on the pro circuit and how her Olympian mum has helped her.

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Reece Walsh is the NRL’s newest million-dollar man. But how does the Broncos megastar handle the pressure, and expectation of 2026, after a year of social media controversies, a title win and global stardom?

Inside the new million-dollar reality for Reece Walsh

Reece Walsh is the NRL’s newest million-dollar man. But how does the Broncos megastar handle the pressure, and expectation of 2026, after a year of social media controversies, a title win and global stardom?

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Ash Gentle opens up on miscarriage battle

She miscarried last week – now this brave Olympian is taking on a triathlon

Olympian Ashleigh Gentle is preparing to compete in the T100 Triathlon World Tour final little more than week after she miscarried. She opens up on her determination to end the “shame” women feel.

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Australian Volleyball Schools Cup at Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre. Stretton State College v Brighton College (green with yellow stripe) year 10 girls.. Picture Glenn Hampson

Gallery: Australian Volleyball Schools Cup action

Check out our gallery of the action from the Australian Volleyball schools Cup.

All Hallows students Isabel Thomson, Lucy Pattison and Ava Doull at the 2025 Australian Volleyball Schools Cup

Named: The stars of the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup

The nation’s top rising volleyball talents battled it out at the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup on the Gold Coast this week and we have shone a light on the students who made their mark.

LEEDS, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 08: Reece Walsh of Australia during the third Rugby League Ashes match between England and Australia at Headingley Stadium on November 08, 2025 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Walsh snubbed as rugby league’s Golden Boot winner revealed

Kangaroos’ star fullback Reece Walsh has been snubbed for the International Rugby League Golden Boot, with a fellow teammate claiming the prestigious award.

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Titans NRLW star asks for release to join boyfriend in Sydney

A Sydney club is in the lead to sign Shaylee Bent should she be granted a release, while St George Illawarra’s biggest star is rumoured to be contemplating her future elsewhere in 2027. See every NRLW roster analysed.

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will compete in the 2025 Greg Norman Junior Masters at Palmer Coolum Resort.

Next Cam Smith? Meet Qld’s top teen guns at elite tournament

The best junior golfers from across Queensland, plus several interstate aces, will take to the fairways for one of Australia’s most prestigious underage tournaments on Monday. Here’s 20 athletes to watch, along with every golfer contesting the event.

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Dylan Terblanche. ACT Brumbies vs QLD U16s, Saturday, 5 October 2024, Photo Credit: Greg Collis / CBR Sports Photography.

Who’s who? The Qld Reds U17s and Aus 16s set for blockbuster

The Reds Under-17s will give the Australian Under-16s a red hot run for their money when the two teams butt horns at Wests on Thursday. Meet the two promising squads here.

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Lucas Byrne in action for Victoria Country at the 2025 Basketball Australia Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Taylor Earnshaw

Lone wolves, scoring kings: 90+ stars of BA School Championships

Basketball Australia’s school championships have produced a player who scored 270 points almost entirely from inside the arc while another hit 29 three-pointers for a team that never won.

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Australians Brenton Edwards and Nasir Jalil embrace after winning the Over-40s World Cup in Karachi. Picture: Supplied.

‘It was crazy’: Inside Australia’s Over-40s World Cup upset

From bulletproof vans to non-stop autographs, step inside the madness that surrounded Australia’s inaugural Over-40s cricket World Cup win.

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Tennis

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Novak Djokovic of Serbia acknowledges the crowd as he walks off the court after losing to Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during their Men's Semifinal match on Day Thirteen of the 2025 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2025 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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Fields confirmed: Djokovic’s quest for 25th slam to start in Adelaide

The plans for tennis’ biggest names are starting to take shape ahead of the Australian Open, with Novak Djokovic the latest to reveal where he will prepare for his Melbourne Park campaign.

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Nick Kyrgios has defended the Battle of the Sexes. Image: Getty

Storm erupts as Kyrgios’ clashes World No. 1

Nick Kyrgios has defended the Battle of the Sexes match set to take place later this month as the event continues to cause controversy.

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Roger Federer will return to Melbourne Park for the Battle of the World No. 1's. Image: Getty

Roger Federer’s Aus Open return locked in

Lionel Messi is one of the biggest global superstar’s but even still the scenes after he appeared at an Indian stadium was well and truly over the top.

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2018 Australian Open Tennis Day 14 - Men's Final. Roger Federer celebrates his win. Picture: Mark Stewart

Federer to return to Aus Open for ‘battle of the World No.1s’

Roger Federer will return to Melbourne Park next year as part of a special event, with the Australian Open planning its own tribute to the Swiss tennis legend.

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NRL

Wide Bay Bulls Cyril Connell Cup hooker Samuel Adcock in action. Picture: Nicola Anne Photography.

2026 QLD Junior Reps: Latest Meninga, Connell, Harvey U19s & U17s squads

Anticipation is quickly building for the 2026 Queensland junior reps season. See the latest squads for every Mal Meninga, Cyril Connell, Harvey Norman U19s and U17s teams here.

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Gold Coast Bulletin Student-Athletes of the Year 2025

100+ Names: Gold Coast’s finest student athletes of 2025

From Paralympic medallists to world record holders, these Gold Coast students are achieving extraordinary sporting feats while juggling their studies.

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Keebra Park Palm Beach Currumbin langer dream team graphic

Meet the 17 potential future Keebra Park/PBC NRL stars

Palm Beach Currumbin and Keebra Park boast two of the strongest NRL nurseries in the nation and once again dominated in 2025. We have shone a light on some of the best talents within the school who could one day become a star at the elite level. Meet the Gold Coast’s top league talents here.

Keebra Park's Athletes of the Year 1973-2025

The talent factory: Keebra Park’s greatest athletes over five decades

Keebra Park legend Greg Lenton once dubbed it the ‘poor little school at the back of Southport.’ Today it is recognised as one of Australia’s finest sporting institutions. We name the 141 greatest athletes of the past five decades to emerge from Keebra Park.

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AFL

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 29: Avery Thomas of the Allies in action during the 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships U18 Boys match between Allies and Western Australia at Marvel Stadium on June 29, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Rob Lawson/AFL Photos)

From ‘disbelief’ to Dimma’s new housemate: New Sun’s first steps

As he prepares for the first steps in his AFL career, Tasmanian and new Gold Coast Sun Avery Thomas has revealed the teammate he’s looking forward to playing with and why he’s excited to live with coach Damien Hardwick.

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Artist impression of the Southport Sharks masterplan which would see stadiums, three towers and more built. Picture: Supplied

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Sharks unveil huge new stadium, $500m mega development

Southport Sharks has unveiled plans for a near-21,000-seat stadium and three residential towers in a massive redevelopment that could reshape the Gold Coast’s sporting landscape.

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Walters Cup game between PBC (red and white) and Marsden at Tugun . Palm Beach fullback Dylan Patterson caused Marsden defence no end of trouble with his footwork... Picture Glenn Hampson

AFL draft gun’s league debut that made NRL clubs go gaga

After his first competitive game of rugby league at age 14, two NRL clubs came knocking for Dylan Patterson’s signature. Here’s why he turned them down in favour of the AFL’s Gold Coast Suns.

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DARWIN, AUSTRALIA - MAY 15: Bailey Humphrey of the Suns kicks a goal during the 2025 AFL Round 10 match between the Gold Coast Suns and the Hawthorn Hawks at TIO Stadium on May 15, 2025 in Darwin, Australia. (Photo by James Wiltshire/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Locked in: Find out which teams are in our AFL fixtures for 2026

Territorians will again be treated to top shelf footy action with three blockbuster AFL matches locked in across Darwin and Alice Springs in 2026. Find out who’s playing.

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Horse Racing

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 18: Zac Purton riding Rothfire win Race 6 Toyota Forklifts Sydney Stakes during Sydney Racing at Royal Randwick Racecourse on October 18, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jeremy Ng/Getty Images)

New jockey for Rothfire: ‘We have kept it in the family’

Ben Thompson would be riding Rothfire on Saturday if he wasn’t suspended, but a family member has been snapped up for the ace ride.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23: Jay Ford riding Savvy Hallie win Race 6 Sintoro Silver Shadow Stakes during Sydney Racing at Royal Randwick Racecourse on August 23, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jeremy Ng/Getty Images)

Widdup has Savvy plan for $3 million race

Exciting three-year-olds Savvy Hallie and Nashville Jack are set to make up a two-pronged attack for Brad Widdup in next month’s $3 million Magic Millions Sunlight on the Gold Coast.

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Leap To Fame dashes home to win the Christmas Cup at Albion Park on Saturday night. Picture: Dan Costello

$5 million and counting: No slowing down for Leap To Fame

Champion pacer Leap To Fame became the first Australasian pacer to top $5 million in prize money with his Albion Park win last night and owner Kevin Seymour insists there is plenty more to come.

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Tuned rails home to victory in the Gateway Picture: Grant Peters Photography

Archibald ironhorse fine-Tuned for Stradbroke

Tuned has secured a golden ticket into next year’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap after winning The Gateway on a tough six-day back-up.

Podcasts

Toward The Games

Toward The Games

Nova Brisbane’s breakfast co-host David ‘Luttsy’ Lutteral and The Courier-Mail editor Chris Jones chronicle Brisbane’s transformation into an Olympic city.

The Lowdown Podcast with Brodie Smith and Tom Rockliff

The Lowdown Podcast with Brodie Smith and Tom Rockliff

Every week of the AFL season, discusses footy’s big issues and the personalities behind the players who make the game tick.

Surf Sports

Sophie Linn at the world championships

‘Mental’: Crazy race for women’s world triathlon crown

Australian Sophie Linn has described the race for the women’s world triathlon crown as ‘mental’. What happened, who won and all the latest news from the Wollongong. Latest results, champions

Triathlete Brayden Mercer preparing for the world triathlon.

‘He gives me strength’: Son of late ironman legend chasing Olympic dream

He’s the son of an ironman legend who died when he was a kid. But when the going gets tough triathlete Brayden Mercer believes his father is right there with him.

QAFL pays tribute to Palm Beach Currumbin's Jackson Graham.

Suns honour player’s brother following tragic death

The Suns have honoured the brother of one of its AFL players in the wake of his tragic death. See the tributes and how you can support the family here.

JEFFREYS BAY, EASTERN CAPE - JULY 19: In this screen grab from footage by the World Surf League, Mick Fanning of Australia is attacked by a Shark at the Jbay Open on July 19, 2015 in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. (Photo by WSL/World Surf League via Getty Images)

FLASHBACK: ‘Waiting for teeth’ – Fanning vs shark 10 years on

World champion surfer Mick Fanning was waiting for a wave when he felt something grab his leg rope and he “saw the fin”. RELIVE HIS MOMENT OF TERROR IN OUR FLASHBACK

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NFL

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes grabs his knee after being injured during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

NFL rocked by superstar’s devastating injury

The NFL has been rocked by confirmation that one of the world’s greatest athletes has suffered a devastating injury.

Donald Trump's coin flip is being called the worst in history.

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Trump’s abysmal pre-game act goes viral

US President Donald Trump has gone viral for all the wrong reasons, with his pre-game coin flip at the Army-Navy game torn to shreds.

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Sonny Bill Williams reacted to this NFL hit. Photos: Getty Images/X

SBW’s two-word sledge sets off US storm

A tackle in American football labelled “the best in 10 years” has kicked off a viral debate, with Sonny Bill Williams making his feelings clear.

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Sherrone Moore has been sacked by Michigan.

Coach’s affair busted, sordid details rock US

A coach has been sacked by a prestigious college and arrested by police as details emerge about an affair that has cost him his career.

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