Iron star Georgia Fitzsimmons never imagined a career of world and Aussie crowns. Nor did she ever think she would eclipse the record of surf life saving great Karla Gilbert – until she did.
During her 15-year swimming career, Australia’s most decorated Olympian has presented a near-perfect picture of athleticism and class. As she enters retirement, she opens up about her internal battle while striving towards and staying at the top.
Australia has a long history of producing parent-child sporting greatness, but which famous name stands above the rest?
In Paris Jessica and Noemie Fox watched each other win gold medals from the shoreline. In Penrith later this year the sisters will be pitted against each other in the search for world crowns
It was the best week of her life, but teenage Waratahs rugby gun Millie Parker spent a fair bit of it in tears as she made a very special debut.
Iconic Australian tennis duo Ash Barty and Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s legendary friendship and remarkable achievements have been immortalised as Barbie dolls for International Women’s Day.
They are sisters who share an identical goal with the Waratahs and will be the bane of referees across their sport as they live out a dream of playing Super Rugby W together.
Super Rugby women’s expansion plans are on the table as the 2025 competition prepares for an invasion of Sevens superstars hunting Wallaroos spots and players determined to thwart them.
The Waratahs have worked hard on a skill all pre-season but it was an area that let them down in a Super Rugby trial where two young guns produced ‘positive energy’. Super Rugby W squads.
Matildas veteran Emily van Egmond had plenty of offers on the table to switch clubs in January. She reveals why she settled on a second tier English side.
Football Australia is set to sit down with star striker Sam Kerr after she was found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment of a British police officer – with her Matildas captaincy on the line.
Sam Kerr is among the world’s best footballers but there is no excusing the behaviour that landed her in a London court. Football Australia must treat her the same way they would a misbehaving Socceroo, writes ERIN SMITH.
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A Matildas veteran’s new club has been revealed – and it wasn’t what fans expected. ERIN SMITH has the details.
Grit, a fighting spirit and a pair of young guns – including one that was touted as a future Matilda – have helped Australia end a seven-year-long drought in rugby sevens.
She is one of the pioneers of NRLW but now this rugby league talent is playing a hand in the development of her future teammates – and potential rivals.
It was a 15 minute purple patch that stunned both their rivals and even the players as the Waratahs amped up their preparations for the Super Rugby season.
After years of coming up short, Madison Keys had to overcome her internal demons to land one of the sport’s biggest trophies, writes JULIAN LINDEN.
Jessica and Noemie Fox hit home waters for the first time since their Paris Olympic success after months of celebrations, honours, new opportunities and one very interesting conversation.
England’s struggling Ashes team have adopted a siege mentality, with a former teammate given the cold shoulder.
Olympic champion Nina Kennedy is renowned for her grit under pressure and her fight – and it is the very reason she is nominated as The Australian’s Australian of the Year.
From hot air balloons to flaming cricket bats, Cricket Australia has tried everything it can to promote the women’s Ashes Test at the MCG, but fate has conspired against them, writes DANIEL CHERNY.
This is the photo which sums up the stunning rise of women’s cricket in Australia. We look back on our Ashes stars and their rise from the backyard to the big stage.
Former US Open champion Sam Stosur acknowledges that Australia’s elite male players are “hot right now”, but she cautions against discounting the wave of women on the horizon.
The AFLW draft is done and dusted, with future superstars finding new homes across the league. Which clubs are most thrilled with their hauls? Our experts go over every club’s draft.
When Sally Fitzgibbons was demoted to Challenger Series, the champion surfer felt like someone else was controlling the fate of her career.
Want to get to know the top talent available in tonight’s AFLW Draft? Check out our full scouting reports on the best prospects, plus the latest whispers.
It might look like an average toilet and even operate like one but the price tag makes this the ultimate Royal Throne in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race fleet.
Jessica Watson thought she had seen plenty at sea as a teenager sailing solo round the world. But after a few races with two top guns doing the Sydney to Hobart she has changed her mind.
A trio of teens threw down the gauntlet to the established guns of ironman while Lana Rogers revealed what went wrong in the Coolangatta Gold – and how she fixed it for the series opener
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