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Kids News/UNICEF Australia WCD partnership 2025: Pat Cummins playing backyard cricket at home as a teenager with his brother in the background. This image is single use, not to be stored in News Corp library and only to be used for purpose of Pat talking about World Children's Day in his capacity as a UNICEF Australia Ambassador. Picture: supplied

Pat Cummins feeds his inner child

Aussie cricket legend, UNICEF Australia ambassador and child-at-heart Pat Cummins says play isn’t just fun – it’s fundamental. Here’s how the skipper gets his playtime on and off the pitch

KIDS NEWS. UNICEF ambassador Emma McKeon, visited John Paul College in Brisbane to celebrate World ChildrenÃ¢â¬â¢s Day. Picture: UNICEF

Get loud on World Children’s Day

November 20 is World Children’s Day and UNICEF is inviting all Aussie kids to celebrate with ‘a Minute of Loudness’ about the things that matter most to them – so what matters most to you?

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SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - JULY 28: Zidi Yu of Team China reacts after the Women's 200m Individual Medley Final on day 18 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at World Aquatics Championships Arena on July 28, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Swim record shattered by 13yo

She is the new record holder for the Chinese and Asian women’s 200m individual medley, the ninth fastest swimmer of all time in the same event and she is just 13. Meet China’s teen swim prodigy

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‘Icicle kick’ goal stuns soccer world

Scoring a goal with a bicycle kick is one thing, but when you are playing soccer in the middle of a blizzard, a manoeuvre like that deserves a whole new name. WATCH THE INCREDIBLE VIDEO

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Josh Giddey achieves something not seen since MJ.

Aussie star stuns with 36-year first

Australian NBA star Josh Giddey is enjoying some rare air as his stunning season continues with a feat unmatched since the lofty heights of Michael Jordan’s best days playing for the Bulls

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From junior jockey to racing queen

Meet Australia’s new racing royalty, the first ever female jockey to win the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double. How did she do it? Let’s just say it all started with a pony instead of a pram

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 01: Willa Pearson of Sydney FC heads the ball during the round one A-League Women match between Sydney FC and Melbourne City at Leichhardt Oval, on November 01, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

History-making 14yo in A-League

It’s not often you get to better Matildas gun Sam Kerr for a slice of homegrown football history but this hip-hop loving Aussie teen has done just that as a rising star in two ball sports at just 14

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Viral ‘sky stadium’ not as it seems

Images of the world’s first “sky stadium” project in Saudi Arabia have gone viral across the globe but a closer look reveals they aren’t real. So what will the 350m high stadium really look like?

DERBY, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: Alanna Kennedy of Australia is shown a red card by Referee Iuliana Elena Demetrescu during the Women's International Friendly match between England and Australia at Pride Park on October 28, 2025 in Derby, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

What went wrong for the Matildas?

Australia’s beloved Matildas suffered an absolute thrashing by England this week after a trainwreck first half saw them schooled by the Lionesses in embarrassing fashion. Here’s what happened

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The Daily Telegraph 20.10.2025 Ily Fraser 12 (blue), Hayden Mee 11 (red), Molly Picklum Estella Carbonelli 12 (pink), and Levi Lowe 10, (white). - Molly Picklum newly Crowned WSL World Champion and former Grom Search competitor at Rip CurlÃs National GromSearch Final, URBNSURF Sydney. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Surf champ inspires young guns

Newly crowned WSL World Champion surfer Molly Picklum has come home to Australia with one very heavy trophy, a big smile and these nuggets of wisdom for the next generation of grommets

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Teen Socceroo taking on the world

Meet Nestory Irankunda, the teen Socceroo taking the game by storm, who opens up about seizing his place in international football and coach Tony Popovic’s wisdom in a rare interview

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NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 27: Ariarne Titmus of Australia is seen with her Gold medal from the Women's 400m Freestyle final on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Olympic star Ariarne Titmus retires

Australian Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus has announced her shock retirement from swimming at the age of just 25, sharing her plans to pursue the dream worth more to her than all the medals

Supporters celebrate Cape Verdeâs victory against Eswatini during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Africa qualifiers group D match at a fan zone in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, on October 13, 2025. A carnival-like atmosphere erupted in the streets of Cape Verde on Monday after the tiny archipelago nation qualified for the first time ever for the World Cup. Located off the coast of Senegal, it is the country with the smallest population to represent Africa in the global showpiece, with just 550,000 inhabitants. (Photo by QUEILA FERNANDES / AFP)

Tiny nation makes FIFA World Cup

The small archipelago nation of Cape Verde has booked a place at the FIFA World Cup for the first time in history. Here’s why the victory means so much for the small African country of 550,000

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Healy smashes World Cup record

Australia has pulled off one of the greatest wins in Cricket World Cup history with skipper Alyssa Healy playing a jaw-dropping innings in India – find out how she did it

Stadium Australia Hall of Fame inductees at the gala dinner on the 25th year anniversary of the Sydney Olympics at Accor Stadium on September 15, 2025. L-R - Mark Schwarzer (Football), Brad Fittler (Rugby League), Cathy Freeman (Olympian), Ian Thorpe (Olympian), John Aloisi (Football), Louise Savage (Paralympian), Andrew Johns (Rugby League), Tim Sullivan (Paralympian). Photo by Phil Hillyard

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Hall of Fame honours nation’s best

As we continue our coverage of the Sydney Olympics’ 25th anniversary, let’s take a look at which 10 athletes have just been inducted into Accor Stadium’s inaugural Hall of Fame

(FILES) Cathy Freeman of Australia speeds over the track in the women's 400m final 25 September, 2000 at the Sydney Olympic Games. Freeman took the Olympic gold, the silver medal went to Lorraine Graham of Jamaica and the bronze to Katharine Merry of Britain. AFP PHOTO/Eric FEFERBERG. In a moment that captured the spirit of reconciliation between Australia's Aborigines and the descendants of European migrants, Aboriginal sprint legend Cathy Freeman, wearing a custom-made silver-white bodysuit, lit the Olympic flame at the 2000 Sydney Games. Ten days later she became the first Australian Aboriginal to win an individual gold medal when she won the 400m final, this time in a high-tech hooded racing suit. (Photo by Eric Feferberg / AFP)

Cathy Freeman’s famous 49 secs

It’s been 25 years since Australians held their collective breath and – wherever they were in the world that day – watched Cathy Freeman make history by winning gold at the Sydney Olympics

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Pies fans board party bus to finals

Collingwood’s victory over Adelaide had cartoonist Mark Knight imagining the wild celebrations on the supporters’ long journey home as last week’s upset keeps Magpie fans’ finals hopes alive

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 09: Josh Giddey #3 of the Chicago Bulls looks to pass the ball against Andrew Wiggins #22 and Bam Adebayo #13 of the Miami Heat during the second quarter at the United Center on April 09, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

Melb NBA star’s slam-dunk bucks

First drafted to the NBA as a teenager, Australian basketball talent Josh Giddey has landed an eye-watering new deal with the Chicago Bulls after a long wait – guess how much it’s worth?

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From grommet to WSL greatness

Australia’s newly-crowned surfing world champion Molly Picklum has revealed how she got away with skipping the school bus to squeeze in more surfing while growing up on The Central Coast

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A man snatched Kamil Majchrzak’s hat from an eager young fan at the US Open. Image: Eurosport

Hats off to Majchrzak’s hero act

Polish tennis player Kamil Majchrzak used “the power of the internet” to right a wrong after a young fan was left heartbroken by a grown man’s selfish snatch. Find out how he saved the day