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Australia players pose with the trophy after day day three of their third Test cricket match against West Indies at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica,

Series won 3-0, but there were flops and stars in the Australian team

It was a comfortable series win for Australia, but questions remain before this summer’s Ashes series. Here’s how the players rated.

  • Tom Decent

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‘Narcissist v assassin’: Trump’s latest threat to Putin comes with extra oomph

It is wise to be wary about the US president’s tough talk when he speaks about Ukraine. This time, however, he’s throwing serious military hardware behind his message to Moscow.

  • David Crowe
That’ll do Mitchell, that’ll do.

CSI Jamaica: The forensics of the fastest five-wicket haul in Test history

All 15 balls, five wickets, statistics and all-time records of Mitchell Starc’s historic demolition of the West Indies in his 100th Test match.

  • Dan Walsh
Kalyn Ponga is out injured for the remainder of the year.

If Ponga wants to leave the Knights, is it time they show him the door?

By the end of this year, Kalyn Ponga will have missed a whopping 46 games in five years. It’s why some at Newcastle are considering letting him go.

  • Michael Chammas
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Why Twiggy’s happy to cut the oranges for Team Australia

Andrew Forrest, the mining tycoon turned climate saviour, was in trademark form as he – wearing a Ukraine flag pin on his jacket – praised the PM, issued AI warnings and trumpeted green steel.

  • Paul Sakkal
Sam Konstas.

Worst in 41 years: Konstas makes another duck in latest nightmare ahead of Ashes

Sam Konstas’ latest five-ball duck in the second innings of the third Test ended one of the most torrid tours by an Australian opening batsman in recent memory.

  • Tom Decent
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James McClean in action against Melbourne Victory.

Where would A-League teams fit in the English pyramid? This might be our best chance to find out

Wrexham’s pre-season visit to Australia is providing more valuable data for the long-running, totally unanswerable debate about how A-League teams would measure up in England.

  • Vince Rugari
Reece Walsh and Kotoni Staggs fiery words.

Heated clash of teammates shows how Walsh has saved Broncos’ season

Their season was teetering, but these numbers show just how important Reece Walsh is to this Broncos side’s premiership ambitions.

  • Nick Wright
Oscar Piastri talks to the media at Silverstone.

Cracks have appeared in Piastri’s composure. How he responds could decide the world title

The first surprise at Silverstone was that the seemingly unflappable Oscar Piastri made a mistake. The second was how he reacted to it.

  • Matthew Clayton
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee, Jodie Haydon, walk along the Bund with former Socceroo and Shanghai Port FC manager Kevin Muscat.

Albanese’s sunny welcome in Shanghai overshadowed by AUKUS dilemma

Recent engagements between Australia and China have been dripping in niceties, but the shadow of Trump looms over the prime minister’s six-day tour through China.

  • Paul Sakkal

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