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WARWICK, ENGLAND - AUGUST 07: Georgia Baker of Team Australia celebrates as they cross the line to win Gold in the Women's Road Race on day ten of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at  on August 07, 2022 on the Warwick, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Comm Games cuts more sports

With the Glasgow Commonwealth Games slashed to just 10 sports after being abandoned by the Victorian Government last year, some of Australia’s strongest sports have been given the axe

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Heamasi Makasini on the run. Picture: Michael Gorton. NSWRL Junior Reps, Harold Matthews Cup round three, Newcastle Knights vs Western Suburbs Magpies at St Johns Oval, 17 February 2024

Meet Australia’s million dollar kid

The nation’s richest schoolkid is rising NRL star Heamasi Makasini, who plays rugby union for his high school but has just signed a massive $1 million-plus deal with league’s Wests Tigers

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KIDS NEWS2024: Olympic skateboarder Chloe Covell, pictured in Coogee at an August fan event for Red Bull after returning from Paris. First use reserved for Kids News, Monday14 October 2024. Picture: Anna Kucera  Red Bull

How Chloe Covell keeps her cool

Kids News was stoked to meet one of our Team Australia heroes, skateboarder Chloe Covell, the youngest of our Paris Olympians, who reveals a surprising new trick in our exclusive Q&A

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DAILY TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 6, 2024. Panthers celebrating winning the NRL Grand Final against Melbourne Storm at Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Panthers’ win makes NRL history

Sydney’s Penrith Panthers held off Melbourne Storm in the league grand final to become the first team in the modern NRL era to win four straight titles, denying the visitors but thrilling their fans

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Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight  with his 2024 AFL Premiership Posters of the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions. Picture: Ian Currie

Footy fever in Knight’s AFL posters

Herald Sun cartoonist and Kids News favourite Mark Knight has unveiled his AFL premierships posters for 2024 ahead of Saturday’s blockbuster match between the Lions and the Swans

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Gina Rinehart hosts athletes on a boat for dinner on the Seine River in Paris after completing competition. Picture: Adam Head

Fossil fuelled Olympians under fire

Sports around the world are earning a motza in sponsorship deals from oil and gas companies – but is this affecting the fight against climate change? And why is it called “sportswashing?”

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BENONI, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 11:  Mahli Beardman of Australia celebrates a wicket with his teammates during the ICC U19 Men's World Cup 2024, Final match between India and Australia at Willowmoore Park on February 11, 2024 in Benoni, South Africa. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)

Teen tapped for Aussie ODI squad

Australian teenager Mahli Beardman says it’s surreal being selected as a standby player for Australia’s ODI series in England, where the Perth boy will back up the country’s cricketing greats

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BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - SEPTEMBER 15: Race winner Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren and McLaren race engineer Tom Stallard celebrate on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan at Baku City Circuit on September 15, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Grand Prix crowns new F1 king

Formula One’s Aussie youngblood Oscar Piastri has delivered on years of hype, etching his name in history by winning his second Grand Prix in a tyre-shredding victory that will redefine the grid

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PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 08: Fireworks explode at Stade de France during the closing ceremony of Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on September 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Antoine Flament/Getty Images for IPC)

Merci, Paris: Paralympians party

Australia’s Paralympics capped off their extraordinary Paris Games with a final night to remember, as the French capital turned on its second big bash to farewell the world’s best athletes

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PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 05: Vanessa Low of Team Australia competes during the Women's Long Jump-T63 Final on day eight of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on September 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Paris Paralympics update: day eight

Australia’s big finish after quiet day as Hodge wins first gold of his career and Vanessa Low’s long jump to podium: welcome to our Paris Paralympics weekday bulletin to keep you up to speed

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KIDS NEWS 2024: Superstar Olympic gold medallists sisters Noemie Fox, left, and sister Jessica Fox, meet their namesake joey koala, 10-month-old  Fox at Wild Life Sydney Zoo in a week the same week an island at Penrith Whitewater Stadium was named for their family. Picture: supplied

Koala joey ‘Fox’ named for sisters

Super cute koala joey ‘Fox’ kicked off Save the Koala Month by meeting his Olympic namesakes Jess and Noemie, as the popular pair also had an island renamed in their honour in Sydney

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Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, August 27, 2024

Thunderstruck Carlton in AFL eight

AFL finals season has arrived after Carlton players and fans were brought back from the brink by Port Adelaide Power who delivered a lifesaving bolt into the Blues in Mark Knight’s cartoon

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TOPSHOT - Athletes from different delegations parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue with the Arc de Triomphe in the background, during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony in Paris on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

Paralympics open in blaze of glory

More than 4000 athletes from 168 countries paraded down the Champs-Elysees in front of thousands of spectators at the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics at Place de la Concorde

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Pictured at the Carriageworks in Eveleigh today during the Australian Paralympic Team Uniform launch, are Athletes (L-R) Gordon Allen, Cycling, Lauren Parker, Triathlete, Tristan Knowles, Wheelchair Basketball, and Amanda Reid, Cycling. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Meet our 2024 Paralympic team

The countdown is on to the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games! Check out our cool interactive tool to find out all about the Paralympic champions who will represent Australia on the world stage

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Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, August 12, 2024

Raygun ‘breaks’ the news cycle

Australia’s performance at the Paris Olympics was our best ever but Mark Knight suggests it’s Rachael Gunn’s headline hogging kangaroo hopping in breakdancing that the world will remember

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The Daily telegraph. 14.8.2024 Saya Sakakibara Australian cyclist and Arisa Trew has won Olympic gold for Australia at the age of 14 with victory in the women's skateboard park final.  OLYMPICS: Australian Team Arrival - Sydney  Picture: Rohan Kelly

Aussie Olympic heroes come home

Australia’s most successful Olympic team in history is home from Paris, their Qantas charter flight touching down at Sydney Airport with athletes greeted by excited family, friends and fans

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Fireworks sparkle in the sky at the end of the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

Paris bids ‘au revoir’ to Olympics

Olympic heroes, Hollywood stars, myth, magic and emotion, the closing ceremony of the Paris Games had it all as the Olympic flag passed to LA in spectacular style as light and love win

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NCA. PARIS FRANCE. 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES. August 11 2024 -  Australian 1500 mtr silver medallist Jess Hull poses for photos at the Arc de Triomphe .      . Pic: Michael Klein

Paris Olympic update: Days 14-16

Australia’s silver streak continued for mighty Stingers and Jess Hull in the 1500m, plus Opals’ bronze breaks drought: welcome to our Paris weekend bulletin as Games come to an end

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mark Knight cartoon on 14yo gold medallist

Faster, higher, stronger – younger!

Mark Knight’s cartoon of our youngest ever gold medallist, 14-year-old Arisa Trew, show just how much (and how little) Games have changed as Ancient Greek marbles mingle with new legends

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