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Sam Kerr has been sidelined with an ACL injury since January.

‘Sincere regret’: Sam Kerr to retain Matildas captaincy and join team in Sydney

Sam Kerr is set to continue her rehabilitation from a long-term knee injury with the Matildas this week in Sydney after being cleared of further punishment by Football Australia for her drunken run-in with London police.

  • Vince Rugari

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Rhi, Sam Kerr and Meghan Markle side-by-side.

Here’s my truth: I’m sick of other people’s ‘truths’

Spare me the psychobabble. None of us own the truth. It’s not something we can sculpt to suit our personal preferences.

  • Cherie Gilmour

Poms, put aside your Ouija boards – Australians do have common sense about Sam Kerr

Short of words and desperate for a donut, a mother country scribe has decided to attack this columnist for his piece on the Matildas star.

  • John Silvester
Serena Williams and Sam Kerr

Sam Kerr the victim of white privilege? Give me a break

Just when you think you have seen an athlete do something indefensible, you are told it was all a justified reaction to the patriarchy, to the white establishment and to a system of entrenched injustice.

  • Oliver Brown
Sam Kerr leaves Kingston Crown Court after being found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment.

Sam Kerr will probably wear the Matildas’ captain armband again

Football Australia will be looking for maximum mea culpa, and if they get it, she’ll be back as skipper.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Matildas superstar Sam Kerr.

The ballad of Samantha Kerr

This case is the biggest attack on an Australian sports star from the mother country since Bodyline.

  • John Silvester
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Sam’s done ‘enough’: Kerr won’t be disciplined by Chelsea

The Matildas’ star will face no sanction from her club after her court case.

  • Ian Chadband
Nadia’s Uber trip, when the driver got lost.

Who cares if Sam Kerr called a policeman ‘stupid and white’? I don’t

I’ve been in Sam Kerr’s shoes – a terrified woman of colour trapped in the back of an Uber – and I don’t blame her.

  • Nadia Russell
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Why the battle has only just begun for Sam Kerr

Having left court on Tuesday in London after being found not guilty, Sam Kerr is about to meet a new set of challenges.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Sam Kerr arrives in court.

Drunken night out sparks questions about power, privilege and race

On social media and in cafes, many thought the case against Sam Kerr was a storm in a teacup. But inside the court, with two of Britain’s top-flight barristers, it was deadly serious.

  • Rob Harris

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