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Sunday sport quiz: A Rocky Balboa story and a Kentucky Derby test

Sunday sport quiz: A Rocky Balboa story and a Kentucky Derby test

Challenge yourself with our sports quiz, a mix of questions about the latest in world and local sport, and the big events in sporting history.

  • by Chris Berry

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Usman Khawaja used to shrug off racism. Then he stopped trying to please everyone

Usman Khawaja used to shrug off racism. Then he stopped trying to please everyone

As a rising star, Australia’s first Muslim Test cricketer kept his thoughts in check. Then he found his voice – and used it.

  • by Daniel Brettig
Lyon: We’d have won the Ashes 4-0 if I’d been fit

Lyon: We’d have won the Ashes 4-0 if I’d been fit

Nathan Lyon believes Australia would have won the 2023 Ashes series 4-0 if he hadn’t broken down with injury.

  • by Ian Chadband
In just 19 balls, Fraser-McGurk heaps more pressure on Australian selectors

In just 19 balls, Fraser-McGurk heaps more pressure on Australian selectors

He wasn’t deemed good enough for Australia’s T20 World Cup squad, but Jake Fraser-McGurk’s responded in the best possible way with another IPL batting blitz.

  • by Glenn Moore
Batting phenom Fraser-McGurk opens up on World Cup snub

Batting phenom Fraser-McGurk opens up on World Cup snub

Australian short-form batting sensation Jake Fraser-McGurk said he didn’t feel he had earned a place in the T20 World Cup squad despite his recent pyrotechnics in the Indian Premier League. 

‘A little bit of magic’: Marsh’s X-factor and how Cummins helped mould Australia’s new T20 skipper

‘A little bit of magic’: Marsh’s X-factor and how Cummins helped mould Australia’s new T20 skipper

The bond between Mitch Marsh and Pat Cummins is a key plank of the recent success of the Australian side, underlining how the environment built by the Test captain has enabled the likes of Marsh and others to find their best, after years of inconsistency.

  • by Daniel Brettig
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Which Chappell captained Australia in more Tests? Take the Sunday sport quiz

Which Chappell captained Australia in more Tests? Take the Sunday sport quiz

Challenge yourself with our sports quiz, a mix of questions about the latest in world and local sport, and the big events in sporting history.

  • by Chris Berry
‘We’re not a charity’: Former SCG boss defends dumping of guest passes

‘We’re not a charity’: Former SCG boss defends dumping of guest passes

Tony Shepherd said the decision to discontinue “club cards” for new members was made for economic reasons, which will anger members who say the move puts profits over people and tradition.

  • by Michael Koziol
No room for ‘really exciting’ Fraser-McGurk in T20 World Cup squad

No room for ‘really exciting’ Fraser-McGurk in T20 World Cup squad

Despite glowing praise from chairman of selectors George Bailey, exciting white-ball tyro Jake Fraser-McGurk missed Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup squad.

  • by Malcolm Conn
Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost

Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost

Australian cricketers in women’s domestic competitions will earn an average salary of $160,000 as Cricket Australia announces a new Twenty20 competition and a change to the WBBL under a new multimillion-dollar plan to bolster growth in women and girls cricket.

  • by Carla Jaeger
Aussie bowler infamous for crude graffiti declares interest in England defection

Aussie bowler infamous for crude graffiti declares interest in England defection

Daniel Worrall, a former Sheffield Shield quick best known for a crude sketch in 2014, could become the first player in 125 years to represent both Australia and England.

  • by Vince Rugari