World’s fastest female swimmer
Australia now has the fastest man and woman in the world after Meg Harris claimed the 50m freestyle at the world titles. Find out how she went from underdog to swimming world champion
Australia now has the fastest man and woman in the world after Meg Harris claimed the 50m freestyle at the world titles. Find out how she went from underdog to swimming world champion
Cartoonist Mark Knight imagines St Kilda’s recent 46-point comeback inspiring Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley to find a way out of the political wilderness after their crushing election defeat
Australia has a vast treasure-trove of exceptional sporting exports, but our best athlete of the past 25 years has been named – do you agree with the top pick and who else made the list? Take our poll
Racing legend Mark ‘Frosty’ Winterbottom spells out the secret to his success, as the father of three encourages Aussie kids to turbo charge their literacy skills in the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee
A 10-year-old boy with autism has been blocked from running in the NSW primary school cross championships even though he qualified for it. Find out why he wasn’t allowed to compete
Nine-year-old Chase Hoogsteden has been crowned QLD under-10 singles and doubles tennis champion just a couple of years after defeating leukaemia. Find out how tennis powered his recovery
Australian teen sprinting star Gout Gout has showed the world what he is made of by breaking his own national record and winning the 200m at the Ostrava Golden Spike in Europe
One NSW private school has scored 16-year-old rugby union star Agapetos Lote-Felo, who will play league for the Roosters in a transfer from QLD to play both rugby codes in Sydney
The launch of one Australian state’s first weight-for-age rugby league competition promises to make junior footy safer and more accessible for kids but will it bring them back? Take the poll
First inspired by a fictional chess player, rising Australian whiz kid Reyaansh Chakrabarty has since beaten Grandmasters for real – here’s his plan for becoming Australia’s first world champ
Melbourne rookie Johnny Furphy has gone from finishing high school in Australia just two years ago to being three games away from winning an NBA championship in the US
The Socceroos are going to their sixth successive FIFA World Cup after the Australians sealed automatic qualification in style with a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia in Jeddah
Political turmoil in Tasmania has put AFL’s newest team on the endangered species list as Mark Knight considers the fate of the state’s extinct thylacine as the Tassie Devils fight for their survival
The Matildas scored their second win in four days and smashed a record, giving interim coach Tom Sermanni the perfect send-off as incoming new coach Joe Montemurro watched from the stands
Australia’s Oscar Piastri produced a faultless drive under intense pressure to win a wild Spanish Grand Prix, extending his lead in the Formula One world championship and making Aussie history
The world’s oldest competitive tennis player Henry Young doesn’t feel like a centenarian and now the international tennis legend has revealed his little secret to acing a long, strong and active life
Tottenham’s Australian manager Ange Postecoglou has delivered a remarkable feat, taking embattled Tottenham to its first European trophy in 17 years after his bold prediction – here’s how he did it
Serial Everest climber Kenton Cool is cool by name, cool by climate, reaching the summit of the world’s highest peak for the 19th time, extending his record for most climbs by a non-Nepali
Meet the courageous 17-year-old Sydney figure skater who fled his home a year ago and now lives in a youth refuge while pursuing his brave hopes of becoming a champion on the national stage
Some of Formula 1’s biggest names started their careers burning rubber on the go-karting track and the sport is growing fast in Australia. Find out where you can give karting a red hot go
