Australian athlete, 27, won two Olympic gold medals in Paris
Jack served a doping ban after Ligandrol was found in her system
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has announced she will retire after the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
In a video posted on Instagram in which Jack spoke with her coach Dean Boxall, the freestyler fought back tears as she said the Games – from 23 July to 2 August – would be her competitive swan song.
Continue reading...Australian loses boys’ final to Jordan Lee of US 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Two-hour match will likely be 17-year-old’s last as a junior
Cruz Hewitt has vowed to blossom again at Wimbledon as he brushed off the heartbreak of just failing to follow in the celebrated footsteps of his father, 24 years after Lleyton won the men’s title.
With his dad watching on and cajoling him from the players’ box on No 1 Court, the 17-year-old Sydney prospect Hewitt fell agonisingly short in the boys’ final on Sunday after he had led 4-2 in the final set against talented young American prospect Jordan Lee.
Continue reading...Swimmer withdraws from Australia team due to bout of glandular fever
Illness to prevent 24-year-old from defending four titles in Glasgow
Swim champion Kaylee McKeown is “gutted” that illness has forced her out of the Commonwealth Games in a major blow to Australia’s team.
McKeown’s Commonwealth Games career is over after battling glandular fever ahead of the Glasgow edition starting in 13 days.
Continue reading...Australia call up flyhalf to face back-to-back Six Nations champions
Jock Campbell replaced by Tom Wright in starting XV in Brisbane
Declan Meredith will debut against France as the reconfigured Wallabies paper over the cracks created by more soft-tissue injury carnage in Brisbane.
The ACT Brumbies flyhalf will wear the No 10 against the back-to-back Six Nations champions at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday.
Continue reading...Australian No 1 off the pace in 5-7 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 defeat
Fate sealed after throwing away 5-2 lead in second set
On a sweltering day when a series of spectators required medical attention at Wimbledon, Australia’s challenge also wilted in the heat.
Alex de Minaur, who walked on to No 1 Court with a first grand slam semi-final, at the least, very much in his sights, was left dejected after losing to Italy’s Flavio Cobolli 5-7 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 in the fourth round.
Continue reading...Judge finds woman was truthful after the St Kilda star accused her of lying about attack
Former AFL player Nicky Winmar has been found guilty of dragging a woman by the hair and hitting her head against a door.
Winmar, 60, argued the woman lied about the attack but Bendigo magistrate Trieu Huynh on Friday found she was being truthful and convicted him of three charges.
Continue reading...Australian No 1 dismisses French veteran 6-3 6-2 6-2
‘I just love it here,’ says No 5 seed
Alex de Minaur was not at his best against French veteran Adrian Mannarino as Wimbledon’s fourth day opened with the sun out and mercury rising, but he was good enough.
The Australian No 1 saw off his potentially troublesome left-handed opponent 6-3 6-2 6-2 in one hour 49 minutes on Thursday.
Continue reading...Australian defeats Argentina’s Roman Andres Burruchaga
Thanasi Kokkinakis loses five-set epic but Kim Birrell through
Alex de Minaur has enjoyed the perfect launch to his latest bid to reach a grand slam final with an encouraging win over Argentina’s Roman Andres Burruchaga.
The Australian No 1 was stretched by an hour-long opening set but once he shook off his nerves, got his feet moving and found his groove, he raced to victory on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Coach Billy Slater brings back North Queensland’s Nanai for Game 3
To’o and Kotoni Staggs among four NSW players dropped
North Queensland second-rower Jeremiah Nanai has been recalled to the Maroons side while star winger Brian To’o and second-rower Dylan Lucas are among four players dropped by NSW for the State of Origin decider.
Aerial specialist Nanai has been superb in 11 Origin games for the Maroons and is fresh from a stunning two-try man of the match display for the Cowboys in the 26-12 win over Penrith on Saturday.
Continue reading...Forward pleaded guilty to judiciary for comment in reserve-grade game
Former Tigers and Panthers player yet to make NRL debut for third club
Newcastle forward Asu Kepaoa has been hit with a six-match ban for using a homophonic slur in a round-of-16 NSW Cup match.
The 26-year-old fronted the NSWRL judiciary on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to making the slur in the Knights’ reserve-grade defeat of St George Illawarra last week.
Continue reading...Former Adelaide star’s wife thanks medics for saving his life
‘It’s pretty amazing that he’s got through it,’ says Mark Ricciuto
Tony Modra’s wife has thanked the two first responders who rushed to the AFL great’s aid after a truck accident.
Modra is in a critical but stable condition in an Adelaide hospital with head injuries after an accident on his cattle property on Thursday afternoon.
Continue reading...Veteran prop out of retirement for Nations Championship Tests
Three uncapped players in line for potential debuts against Ireland
Veteran prop James Slipper and uncapped trio Declan Meredith, Lachlan Shaw and Miles Amatosero have all been included in the Wallabies squad for next month’s Nations Championship Tests in Australia.
After retiring last November, 37-year-old Slipper could surpass All Blacks great Sam Whitelock as rugby’s second most-capped player in history after answering an SOS call from coach Joe Schmidt.
Continue reading...3rd ODI: Australia, 9-277, bt Bangladesh, 5-274, by 1 wkt
Connolly (149) falls in late collapse; hosts win series 2-1
Cooper Connolly came of age with his maiden international ton as Australia squeaked out a nail-biting one-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the third and final ODI of their series.
Connolly defied cramps to play the innings of his life at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday, smashing 149 off 133 balls as Australia narrowly avoided a whitewash by edging past Bangladesh’s five for 274 with three deliveries to spare.
Continue reading...Australia 187-8; Bangladesh 195-5 | Bangladesh win by five wickets
Tourists slump to series defeat with one game to play
Australia have slumped to their first ever ODI series defeat against Bangladesh after losing by five wickets in the second match of their three-game series.
After crashing to an unprecedented 0-3 from the first two overs at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday, Australia recovered to salvage 187-8 from 42 overs when rain forced the players off the field at Mirpur.
Continue reading...Prime minister and governor general join family and football greats to remember the life and achievements of the Australian football legend and MND crusader
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Neale Daniher was best known as an AFL legend and motor neurone disease crusader but his family have used his state funeral to remember him for his laugh, sweet tooth and love of music.
The 2025 Australian of the Year died on 25 May aged 65 after a 13-year-long public battle with MND, which he dubbed “the Beast”. On Wednesday, more than 5,000 mourners clad in blue beanies gathered at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for his state funeral.
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