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England star Helen Housby was fired up during a rare Roses win over the Diamonds in Australia.

Old enemy win in Australia for third time ever: Diamonds stunned by resurgent English Roses

England have shocked Australia’s world champion netball team, beating them 61-59 in a thrilling second Test.

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Australian Diamonds and Queensland Firebirds player Donnell Wallam says she was disgusted and hurt by a racist letter sent to her this week.

‘Zero tolerance of racism’: Netball WA on vile letter sent to player

A letter sent to WA netballer and Noongar woman Donnell Wallam included a bizarre acknowledgment of country paying respect to “British and European elders”.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Helen Housby shoots for goal.

Crowds are booming but Super Netball losses revealed in financial report

A multimillion-dollar loss for Super Netball, buried in financial statements lodged with the corporate regulator, comes amid a changing of the guard at the top of the cash-strapped sport.

  • Carla Jaeger
Liz Ellis has voiced her concerns over the relationship between players and the governing body.

‘Deep scars’: Netball’s highest-profile critic has been appointed to its board

Netball great Liz Ellis, an outspoken critic of Netball Australia for its handling of the series of off-court dramas that upended the sport, has been appointed to its board.

  • Carla Jaeger
The arrival of Irene van Dyk from New Zealand signalled the start of a new age in Trans-Tasman netball.

Revealed: The secret talks that could transform Australian netball

An expansion of the Super Netball league to include teams from New Zealand has been discussed as part of secret talks between Netball Australia and their counterparts across the ditch.

  • Carla Jaeger
Netball captains Kim Ravaillion (Queensland Firebirds) Hannah Petty (Adelaide Thunderbirds), Kate Moloney (Melbourne Vixens), Jo Harten (Giants), Paige Hadley (NSW Swifts), Amy Parmenter (Melbourne Mavericks), Jess Anstiss (West Coast Fever) and Steph Fretwell (Sunshine Coast Lightning) launch the Super Netball Team Girls Cup in Sydney.

With the CEO, chair and a team gone, a new age dawns for Australian netball

After months of upheaval, Australia’s leading netballers are looking forward to starting the new season with a clean slate, and a new Melbourne team.

  • Marnie Vinall
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Top athletes answer the burning questions on International Women’s Day.

‘Be loud and proud’: Top female athletes on pay, power, passion … and GOATs

For International Women’s Day, we asked a star cricketer, a Matilda, a Diamond, an AFLW spearhead, a rugby sevens Olympian and an NRLW captain what they would change if they had the power.

  • Carla Jaeger, Billie Eder, Emma Kemp and Marnie Vinall
Former Netball Australia chair Marina Go quietly left the sport’s board just days after CEO Kelly Ryan resigned.

Netball Australia director secretly stepped down, new documents reveal

The Netball Australia director who chaired the sport during the Hancock Prospecting dispute quietly stood down from the sport’s board just three days after ex-CEO Kelly Ryan resigned.

  • Carla Jaeger
Australia’s netballers have signed a three-year deal with Netball Australia, a day after its CEO stood down.

‘Let’s do this’: How netball’s historic pay deal was done

Three of the most senior women in Australian presented a united front on Wednesday, but the groundbreaking agreement does not wipe away the sport’s problems.

  • Carla Jaeger
Netball Australia CEO Kelly Ryan.

Netball Australia chief Kelly Ryan resigns, leaves job immediately

Netball Australia boss Kelly Ryan has resigned, effective immediately, after a tumultuous two-year tenure in the sport’s top role. It comes amid mounting criticism over the governing body’s handling of the embattled sport.

  • Carla Jaeger

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