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NSW Premier Chris Minns helps unveil a mural by artist Kirthana Selvaraj honouring the Matildas - and, most prominently, their captain, Sam Kerr.

‘We love Sam’: Minns backs Kerr as Matildas honoured

At “half-time” of her trial in London, Sam Kerr has been honoured - alongside the rest of the Matildas from the 2023 Women’s World Cup - on a mural at the Olympic Park venue.

  • Vince Rugari

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Audio of Sam Kerr police interviews.

‘Two very angry girls’: Listen to four things Sam Kerr told police after drunken altercation

The 31-year-old has pleaded not guilty to a charge of racially aggravated harassment of a police officer in 2023, accepting she made the comments but denying the comments amounted to the charge.

  • Rob Harris
Sam Kerr arrives at court.

‘Upset’ police officer challenged over his motives in Sam Kerr prosecution

The British police officer who alleges he was racially abused by soccer star Sam Kerr was determined to pursue her prosecution after she called him “stupid and white”, a court has heard.

  • Rob Harris
Sam Kerr

Sam Kerr on track for Matildas return, but will it be as captain?

Tom Sermanni, the interim Matildas coach who handed Sam Kerr her international debut as a 15-year-old in 2009, says he hasn’t contemplated whether she should be stripped of the captain’s armband.

  • Vince Rugari

The smashed window, the bank account and swearing at cops: Key moments from Sam Kerr case

Matildas captain Sam Kerr has appeared in a London court to face the charge of intentionally causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress to a police officer in January 2023.

  • Rob Harris
Sam Kerr outside Kingston Crown Court on January 30, 2025.

Sam Kerr could face time in jail. Here’s what you need to know

The Matildas captain has appeared in court for a four-day trial for the alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.

  • Frances Howe
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Bodycam footage played to a UK court showing Matildas star Sam Kerr in a London police station.

Expletive-laden video of Matildas star Sam Kerr’s arrest played for UK court

The court was played about 30 minutes of police bodycam footage where Kerr could be heard using expletives and saying: “You guys are stupid and white.”

  • Rob Harris

The end of green and gold? A more stylish approach to national pride

Follow the Matildas and embrace local designers with an Australian aesthetic.

  • Damien Woolnough
Football Queensland’s proposal for a ‘tier two’ stadium at Perry Park.

The Olympics’ biggest spectator sport makes its Brisbane stadium pitch

Queensland is ill-equipped to host Olympic soccer, Football Queensland and Football Australia have warned in their review submission.

  • Cameron Atfield
Casey Dellacqua, Todd Woodbridge and Lleyton Hewitt pose with the United Cup trophy during the 2025 United Cup Official Draw at Foundation Hall, Museum of Contemporary Art on October 21, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images for Tennis Australia)

Grand slam! Todd Woodbridge and Lleyton Hewitt’s enormous Tennis Australia salaries

It seems a tennis ambassador can earn much more than Kevin Rudd, Australia’s actual ambassador to the United States.

  • Stephen Brook, Madeleine Heffernan and Cara Waters

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