Revealed: The US import about to heat up the Fire in 2025
A top-level player is about to step off a plane from the United States to add some extra firepower to the Townsville Fire’s line-up. Find out who she is.
Womens Basketball
Froling fights through physicality as United’s scoring crisis deepens
Another poor scoring performance has Geelong United’s first WNBL season teetering on the brink amid a horror fortnight on the road, but one player continues to put her body on the line for her team.
The mid-season verdict on Geelong United’s first WNBL season
Geelong United has officially hit the halfway mark of its maiden WNBL campaign. We take a look at what’s gone right, what’s gone wrong, the best and worst performances and where to from here.
A WNBL rookie’s whirlwind: VCE, champs and a Flyers debut season
Southside’s Manuela Puoch is barely 18, and already living her dream. But while her friends were at parties on the weekend, the WNBL rookie was managing studies, national championships and preparing for her debut season.
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‘Find the cash’: Who fills the last four NBL roster spots?
NBL free agency is all but done, with just four vacant roster spots left across the entire league. Here’s every roster, which clubs are still hunting — and who they might sign.
Shyla finds sole purpose as Heal plots WNBA return
Three years after her brutal WNBA exit, Shyla Heal is plotting a return to the big league — and she’ll be doing it in her own signature shoe, tailor made for female hoopers.
Rookie Opal defies odds to elevate famed SA family’s sporting legacy
Izzy Borlase has plenty to live up to in a family filled with SANFL and netball stardom. But the rookie Opal more than held her own in her role in Australia’s bronze medal efforts in Paris.
Geelong United lands AFLW superstar in huge coup
Geelong United has added one of the country’s most decorated dual athletes Monique Conti to its inaugural roster, with Conti lining up in the AFLW before returning to the basketball court.
Full metal Jackson: How basketball GOAT saved the Opals’ culture
It took four screws and two titanium plates to rebuild the legend that is Lauren Jackson, and in turn, it has rebuilt the culture of the Opals, as they fight for a podium return in Paris.
Injury cursed Opal left ‘shattered’ after remarkable comeback
Bec Allen’s injury curse has left her ‘shattered’ after a remarkable comeback from broken ribs and a collapsed lung. The shooter opens up on the brutal road back, and the core Opals group who can lead them back to the podium.
‘Stay in the mix’: Gutsy call earns Opal late Olympic reprieve
Called in to help the Opals prepare for Paris after being dumped from the squad, Amy Atwell’s Olympic hopes were slim — but not none. Here’s how the Aussie sharpshooter stayed ready.
Cracker night calamity concusses basketball captain
A star NT basketball captain suffered a bizarre concussion in a fireworks accident as her team stumbled in the fight for a finals spot. Read what happened.
Long road back for LJ after successful dual surgeries
Lauren Jackson has undergone successful duel leg surgeries as she contemplates the long road back to continue her storied basketball careeer.
Fire snatch Townsville talent from southern WNBL rivals
The Townsville Fire have completed a major coup to secure the signature of one of the finest North Queensland basketball talents of the last decade. Find out how the Fire pulled it off.
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