‘I’ve sacrificed everything’: Lydia Williams to retire from Matildas
After two decades, 103 caps, five World Cups and six Asian Cups, the 35-year-old goalkeeper will bid farewell to the national team - after her third Olympics this year in Paris.
- by Emma Kemp
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NRL 2024
Rich pickings for Sharks as Flanagan’s mission sinks without trace
The day started with Cronulla’s CEO buying pumps and hoses to drain the pitch at a flooded Shark Park, and ended with the home side getting the better of their old coach.
- by Emma Kemp
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NRL 2024
The ex factor: Will Bennett’s return to the Rabbitohs work?
History offers mixed results regarding coaches who return to their former clubs, and nostalgia has a tendency to distort the reality of past break-ups.
- by Emma Kemp
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Workplace safety
When team building becomes soul destroying
In elite contact sports where toughness is a revered quality, there can be little difference between galvanising a player’s potential and potentially damaging it.
- by Emma Kemp
Roosters and Robinson rediscover their Zen and give tepid Dragons a bath
In recent weeks, Trent Robinson’s usually unflappable demeanour seemed to be slipping, but during his side’s thumping win on Anzac Day, he was, in meditation parlance, back behind the waterfall.
- by Emma Kemp
A-League player Angel Torres charged with rape, stalking and assault
The Colombian player was arrested in Terrigal over the alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman.
- by Perry Duffin and Emma Kemp
Context is everything: Revisiting Chris Lilley’s Jonah after Leniu-Mam saga
The racism case that has polarised the NRL has raised difficult questions about what’s offensive and who gets to judge it.
- by Emma Kemp
The shortest Socceroo’s long journey to a national call-up
The Mariners midfielder’s career has been slowly gathering steam since that August night in 2018 when he and Usain Bolt stood side by side at Central Coast Stadium.
- by Emma Kemp
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NRL 2024
Brooksvale: Sea Eagles and cool-handed Luke channel 2011 in Roosters win
Much-maligned former Wests Tigers playmaker Luke Brooks looks like a new man on the peninsula, and Manly have more than a whiff of their most recent premiership-winning side.
- by Emma Kemp
‘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.
- by Carla Jaeger, Billie Eder, Emma Kemp and Marnie Vinall
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Paris 2024
Matildas a genuine medal contender in Paris after thrashing Uzbekistan 10-0
Michelle Heyman top-scored with four goals as Australia sent the Uzbeks packing in Melbourne to book a place at the Olympics.
- by Emma Kemp