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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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Olympics

Commonwealth Games Australia CEO Craig Phillips poses for a photograph at the Riverbank Bridge, Adelaide on Tuesday 16th of April 2019. (AAP/ Keryn Stevens)

Comm Games boss issues funding warning

Australia’s Commonwealth Games chief executive Craig Phillips says the country’s standing on the world stage is in peril.

Jessica Halloran and Jacquelin Magnay

Olympics

Australia sailing team boss and former Royal Queensland Sailing Squadron flag bearer Peter Conde

Australian sports jewel destroyed

The federal government is considering what to do with the symbolic heart of sport, which has been destroyed by misplaced priorities.

Jacquelin Magnay and Jessica Halloran

EXCLUSIVEOlympics

13-02-20- Melinda Gainsford-Taylor at Sydney Sport Academy - with runners that she trains Sally Priest (15yrs Old). Picture By Ryan Osland

Gold-medal spending but it’s not on Olympic athletes

Olympic sports face big funding cuts after Tokyo while sports executives enjoy lavish salaries.

Jacquelin Magnay and Jessica Halloran

exclusiveOlympics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 : Athlete Cathy Freeman of Australia on podium wearing her gold medal after winning final of Women's 400 spint Sydney Olympic Games at Stadium Australia, Homebush, 25/09/00. Pic Craig Borrow. Athletics P/ Sydney2000

Executives win as sport stars miss out

The Australian Sports Commission has spent up big on executive staff with swish offices in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Jacquelin Magnay and Jessica Halloran

inquirerInquirer

Swifts coach and former Diamond Briony Akle with her kids (LR) Sam (11), Charlie (11), Sebastian (14) and Xavier (4) at her home in Castle Hill on the 6th of February 2020. Photographer: Adam Yip

Modern contests ‘breeding out resilience’

At best, the trend for not keeping score in junior sport is ineffective, at worst, it may be detrimental.

Jessica Halloran

Nation

Heather Garriock with her daughters Kaizen, 7, (in black) and Noa, 5 (in green and white) at their home in Canberra. Picture by Sean Davey.

Footy codes ‘kick pointless own goal’

With the banning of scoreboards, sports experts are worried that children are no longer being taught how to handle losing.

Jessica Halloran

Cricket

06/02/2020. Jodie Hawkins, general manager of the Sydney Sixers, who will play in the BBL final on the weekend. Photographed at the SCG in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

Sixers drive to be the people’s team

From one of cricket’s lowest moments, Sixers general manager Jodie Hawkins found a “silver lining”.

Jessica Halloran

AFL

05/02/20 Richmond Football Club captain Katie Brennan at Punt Road oval. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Move to Tigerland not about cash

Richmond captain Katie Brennan agreed to sign with the Tigers without any idea of how much she would be paid.

Jessica Halloran

NRL

Trent Robinson and the Roosters at Queenstown

Mind games of an NRL guru

Sydney Roosters coach has embraced a mixture of sport and spirituality to drive his team to greater heights.

Jessica Halloran

Olympics

Olympic gold medalist Chloe Esposito with her fiance Matt Cooper at home in Casula.Picture: Justin Lloyd

Chloe’s Olympic plans hit a baby bump

Chloe Esposito will not defend her modern pentathlon gold title in Tokyo. The 28-year-old has discovered she is pregnant.

Jessica Halloran

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