Sport
Analysis
AFL 2024
If McKay and Curnow don’t get you, Daicos will
Carlton’s forward line titans threatened early and late, but it was Nick Daicos who stood tallest when it mattered most.
- by Greg Baum
Updated
Super Rugby
Melbourne Rebels to continue fight for survival after winning rescue vote
- by Carla Jaeger and Sarah Danckert
AFL 2024 round eight LIVE updates: Nick Daicos the hero as Collingwood hold off Carlton
- by Roy Ward and Marc McGowan
AFL
AFL clubs wary of reputation damage in Tarryn Thomas decision
Of 11 AFL clubs who spoke to The Age about a potential return for Thomas, three said they were highly unlikely to offer him a career lifeline. Others will do their homework on the former Kangaroo who was suspended for threatening women.
- by Jake Niall, Michael Gleeson and Wendy Tuohy
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
Blues bolstered by midfielder’s return; Bomber’s long-term commitment; Beveridge labels Draper’s jibe ‘bizarre’
Andrew McGrath has made a huge call on his playing future; Carlton’s firing midfield has received another boost ahead of their Pies blockbuster; and Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has responded to Essendon ruckman Sam Draper’s “bizarre” jibe.
- by Andrew Wu and Roy Ward
Insight & Analysis
Australian selectors optimistic at best in ignoring T20’s A-kid
George Bailey and his panel think they are being risk-averse with their World Cup squad. They are actually risking everything as the world changes without them.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
The move that could end Carlton’s 29-year premiership drought
Jeremy Cameron has been a formidable weapon for Geelong this year. It’s time for the Blues to copy the Cats, which could finally put them on a stronger path to ending a premiership drought that is now in its 29th year.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
The unravelling of former young AFL star Harley Balic
Interviews with Harley Balic’s friends and former teammates paint a picture of a complex young man who battled mental health problems and substance abuse. He is at the centre of a debate over the effectiveness of the AFL’s illicit drugs policy.
Michael Gleeson
Sports columnist
Cricket
Updated
ICC Men’s World Cup
No room for ‘really exciting’ Fraser-McGurk in T20 World Cup squad
- by Malcolm Conn
Soccer
Basketball
Rivalling the Dream Team: NBA superstars bound for ‘an Olympics like no other’
LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama and the NBA’s superstars are all lining up for Paris 2024 and Brian Goorjian knows he will need a gritty Boomers team to stare down an Olympic field like no other.
- by Roy Ward
Why the hottest basketball player in the world is a 22-year-old university student
Steph Curry and LeBron James move aside: Caitlin Clark is the most famous basketball player in the world right now, and she’s only just getting started.
- by Billie Eder
Racing
Tennis
Rublev downs Alcaraz in Madrid
Carlos Alcaraz's bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss to Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals.
Nadal goes down in Madrid
31st-ranked Jiri Lehecka defeated Rafael Nadal in straight sets to halt the legend's progress.
NRL
Also in Sport
‘Be very careful’: Swimming boss warns against Olympic protests after China scandal
Australian swimmers planning to protest in Paris following the Chinese doping scandal have been told to think hard before doing so by Swimming Australia boss Rob Woodhouse.
- by Tom Decent
Barrichello's massive Imola crash
Rubens Barrichello suffered the first massive crash of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix weekend during Friday qualifying.
