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Jessica Halloran is a Walkley award-winning sports writer. She has been covering sport for two decades and has reported from Olympic Games, world swimming and athletics championships, the rugby World Cup as well as the AFL and NRL finals series. In 2017 she wrote Jelena Dokic’s biography Unbreakable which went on to become a bestseller.

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Rainbow during the Sir Doug Nicholls Round match between the GWS Giants and Western Bulldogs at Engie Stadium on May 18, 2024. Photo by Phil Hillyard(Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - **NO ON SALES** - Â©Phil Hillyard )

Giants target SCG for big games, if Swans agree

The Giants could soon play ‘blockbuster games’ at the SCG, the home ground of their bitter rivals, as club officials look to expand the franchise’s fanbase.

Jessica Halloran and John Stensholt

OlympicsOlympics

Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus

Australia’s golden girls to do Paris heavy lifting as men drop off

What will success look like for this talent-laden Australian swim team? To have any chance of beating the US, the men are going to have to lift their game.

Jessica Halloran

AFLAFL

LAUNCESTON, TAS - JUNE 18: Shane Tuck of the Tigers in action during the round 12 AFL match between the Hawthorn Hawks and the Richmond Tigers at Aurora Stadium on June 18, 2006 in Launceston, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

AFL footballers’ identities protected in brain injury lawsuit

Footballers suing the AFL for claimed brain injury can now be protected from being named in a class action being taken against the billion-dollar code.

Jessica Halloran

OLYMPICSOlympics

FUKUOKA, JAPAN - JULY 26: Silver medallist Ariarne Titmus of Team Australia and gold medallist Mollie O'Callaghan of Team Australia pose during the medal ceremony for the Women's 200m Freestyle Final on day four of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A on July 26, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Is this the greatest era of Australian swimming?

Australia has a great tradition in swimming and on the eve of the Olympic swim trials, one Olympic champion says the current squad is the best yet and we should soak it up.

Jessica Halloran

Women’s sportWomens Sport

Minerva & Harvey Norman partnership announcement: Kezie Apps (NRLW), Gabi Simpson (Netball), Christine McLoughlin AM, Katie Page, Saskia Broudelet (Rhythmic Gymnastics) and Ali Brigginshaw (NRLW).

Harvey Norman backs women’s sports network

Leading sports women’s network Minerva has announced a blockbuster new partnership with retail giant Harvey Norman.

Jessica Halloran

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 04: Matildas that will be attending their first Olympics (L-R) Cortnee Vine, Kaitlyn Torpey, Clare Hunt and Clare Wheeler of Australia pose during the Australian 2024 Paris Olympic Games Women's Football Squad Announcement at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on June 04, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Matildas out to break 14-year drought

The Matildas last took home a piece of silverware in 2010. Their stars are hoping to change that at this year’s Olympic Games in France.

Jessica Halloran

Olympics 2024Superhero

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 01 JUNE 2024. FEE MAY APPLY.Swimmer Mollie O'Callaghan at Centenary Pool in Brisbane. Mollie wears Gray Triquetra Contoured Maxi Dress by Christopher Esber. Stylist: Liv Havig. H&MU: Casey Hill. Photography: Andrea Jankovic

‘She’s not designed to be on land’

Breaking down the world-class technique that makes Mollie O’Callaghan the fastest 200m swimmer in history – and one of our hottest Olympic prospects.

Jessica Halloran

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GOSFORD, AUSTRALIA - MAY 01: Mariners celebrate being crwowed Premiers during the A-League Men round 25 match between Central Coast Mariners and Adelaide United at Industree Group Stadium, on May 01, 2024, in Gosford, Australia. (Photo by Scott Gardiner/Getty Images) (Photo by Scott Gardiner/Getty Images)

How the A-Leagues burnt through $140m

Australia’s premier footballing competitions have set fire to $140 million – how they did it can be revealed in detail for the first time.

John Stensholt and Jessica Halloran

BETTING SCAMFootball

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 17, 2024: Clayton Lewis pictured leaving Parramatta police station with his lawyer. Three A-League soccer players arrested over alleged betting corruption.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

‘The Controller’: Crime lord ‘instructed A-League stars’

Last December, 21 identical bets in the space of just one minute thousands of kilometres away set the stage for the biggest corruption scandal in Australian soccer.

Jessica Halloran and Anton Rose

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Should Jeremy Cameron have been forced to come from the ground for a HIA?

AFL players hiding concussions

AFL players are hiding concussions because of a fear of missing games, with some even believing disclosing their head-knock symptoms could ultimately jeopardise their contracts, new survey reveals.

Jessica Halloran

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