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Matthew Lodge on the charge for Manly last season.

Will Matt Lodge’s infamous New York crime cost him a trip to Vegas?

The journeyman prop is expected to sign with North Queensland, who play Newcastle at Allegiant Stadium in next year’s season-opener.

  • Robert Dillon

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The fire rages after a Russian missile hit a multi-story residential building in Vyshgorod, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, early Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The brutal reality that shows what Putin really thinks of Trump’s peace plan

Yaroslav was at home when the missile hit. So was his friend, who went to sleep that night as usual and died in the flames.

  • David Crowe
The stars of the 2025 draft.

The eight AFL draftees primed to make an instant impact in 2026

Every club hopes to find a draft gem who can improve their fortunes immediately. We have identified which of this year’s draftees could do exactly that.

  • Marc McGowan
Ashes index image - Khawaja, Crawley, Stokes, Lyon

Khawaja, Lyon and England’s top order: Who’s under the most pressure heading into Brisbane?

In the series’ lone pink-ball Test, England are out to respond to a humbling loss in Perth.

  • Tom Decent
Sam Kerr.

Sam Kerr ‘tracking well’ to start first match in Australia in two years

After sitting out Friday’s thrashing of New Zealand, the Chelsea striker appears set to make an appearance for the Matildas in Adelaide in Tuesday night’s rematch.

  • Emma Kemp
Australian Oscar Piastri after the Qatar Grand Prix.

McLaren made their worst call of the season. Oscar Piastri has suffered again

Oscar Piastri will head to the final race in Abu Dhabi in third after a pit stop blunder saw Max Verstappen claim victory in Qatar and overtake the Australian in the drivers’ championship.

  • Matthew Clayton
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The ASX has lagged sharemarkets overseas.

Why our ‘old world’ sharemarket is trailing the world in 2025

Our reliance on China when its economy is weak, and a period of weak corporate profits have played against the local bourse.

  • Clancy Yeates
Campbell Kellaway takes on Josh Hull’s bouncer.

He survived Starc’s sledging and bouncers. Now he’s a potential Test opener

After a fiery showdown with Mitchell Starc, Victorian Campbell Kellaway stood up to the short ball again, and pummelled England.

  • Dan Walsh
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Jodie Haydon arrive at the Midwinter Ball in August.

Why the PM’s Lodge wedding passes the pub test

Until Saturday, an Australian head of government had never got hitched while in office.

  • James Massola
Ben Stokes

Why England can rise from Perth pummelling to level series in Brisbane

Tourists have the bowlers to make the pink ball sing and if they can hold their line, length and nerve then the Australians will be tested.

  • Geoff Lawson

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