Women in sport
Australian Athletics boss Jane Flemming backs DNA testing for female athletes
Noting her own experiences and those of athletes decades before her, Flemming says the issues of gender in female sport might be complex, but they are not new.
- Konrad Marshall
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Chin-ups, splits and gravity-defying flips: Inside one of Australia’s elite gymnastics training centres
Now more than ever, an athlete’s wellbeing is a bigger priority than winning medals.
- Frances Howe
The 12-year-old rising star with her sights set on surfing greatness
Indigenous Australian surfer Leihani Zoric is tipped to shine at this year’s Seas the Day festival in northern NSW.
- Emily Kaine
The women who shaped Sydney history and changed Sita Sargeant’s life
A canny publican who used a legal loophole to vote inspired a new book and walking tours to showcase notable women in history.
- Julie Power
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- Sexism
Triple M parts ways with Marty Sheargold amid backlash from ‘outrageous’ Matildas comments
Sports Minister Anika Wells led a chorus of condemnation after the radio host’s inflammatory remarks about the national women’s soccer team.
- Frances Howe
- Opinion
- Sexism
Marty’s sexism is sheer gold. Now, where did I put that hammer?
Triple M host strayed offside while on air, and scored a spectacular own goal.
- Michelle Cazzulino
- Opinion
- Sexism
Sheargold’s foul-mouthed rant went way beyond the line – even for radio
The boundaries of bad taste and outrage have become blurry, but Marty Sheargold’s staggeringly bad take on the Matildas went beyond anything we’d heard in years.
- Peter FitzSimons
Ire of the Tigers: Why the women broke away from a footy ‘boys’ club’
This team has caused a stir by leaving one of football’s oldest clubs to go out on their own. But the players say they’re fighting for the betterment of women’s sport.
- Gemma Grant
- Cricket Briefing
- Australian cricket
Head gives up T20 gigs for Australia duty; Refugee cricketers send a message to the Taliban
Travis Head has agreed to give up Twenty20 franchise opportunities outside the Big Bash League and the IPL, while the Afghanistan women cricketers who take the field in Melbourne this week know their game is about more than runs and wickets.
- Jon Pierik and Daniel Brettig
Peta trains in a frozen cattle trough. She just became a swimming world champion
Hailing from a tiny town in regional NSW, Peta Bradley is an unlikely ice swimming champion. She says the pain is what motivates her.
- Frances Howe
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