Novak Djokovic
Kyrgios feared for his career. Djokovic saved it, and delivered him to Brisbane
Nick Kyrgios still cannot do a push-up, and does not believe he will ever be able to again. But one of the all-time greats - once a bitter online sparring partner - has revived his career.
- by Nick Wright
Latest
Australian star ends another lengthy Lleyton tennis drought
Alex de Minaur has defied a hip injury to qualify for the exclusive ATP finals, reserved for the eight best-performed men of the year.
- by Marc McGowan
Opinion
ATP Tour
Why Rafael Nadal doesn’t make my top 5 all-time tennis greats
If the future of the world was at stake, who would I pick to play a winner-takes-all match?
- by Simon Briggs
Third time lucky? In-form Popyrin books another grand-slam encounter with Djokovic
Alexei Popyrin’s straight-sets victory means he will face Novak Djokovic in the US Open’s third round, but fellow Australians Rinky Hijikata, Ajla Tomljanovic and Maya Joint bowed out.
- by Marc McGowan
Webster in Paris
Paris 2024
Are the Olympics still relevant? Try telling LeBron, Djokovic and Scheffler they aren’t
The reaction of superstar athletes for which the Olympics are not the pinnacle has been noticeable in Paris.
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Olympics
The greatest athlete of the 21st century? Bolt runs away with it
ESPN’s American-centric list of the top 100 athletes of this century is a blatant attempt to bait hopeless chumps into pointless arguments – so let’s join in.
- by Malcolm Knox
Paris Olympics 2024 day 9 as it happened: Opals into quarter-finals; Lyles wins thrilling 100m gold; Olyslagers, Patterson on high jump podium; Djokovic completes golden slam
Australia have advanced to the last eight of the women’s basketball after a stirring win over the host nation American. Follow all the action from Paris as it happens.
- by Claire Siracusa, Marnie Vinall, Roy Ward, Billie Eder, Dan Walsh and James Polson
‘The greatest success of my career’: Djokovic completes golden slam, eyes LA Olympics
The 37-year-old climbed his last mountain, winding back the clock to overcome Spanish whiz-kid Carlos Alcaraz.
- by Michael Chammas
Djokovic overpowers Nadal in Olympic renewal of old rivalry
The lop-sided nature of the Serbian’s victory all but confirmed that this could be the final time we see these two greats face each other across the net.
- by Fiona Tomas and Alan Tyers
Analysis
Wimbledon
Out-served, outgunned, outplayed: Is this the end of the Djokovic era?
Doubting Djokovic is a dangerous game, but even he is starting to do it.
- by Marc McGowan
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