This Month
Khawaja wears black armband as Australia pummel Pakistan in Perth
David Warner’s quickfire century against Pakistan at Perth’s Optus Stadium got the test off to a cracking start.
‘It’s human, not political’: Khawaja to fight Palestine shoe ban
Australian batsman Usman Khawaja says he will fight the International Cricket Council for the right to wear shoes with “All lives are equal” written on them.
- Rohan Sullivan
- Exclusive
- Business of sport
Super Rugby’s Melbourne Rebels falls behind on tax bill, stadium fees
While the ATO is demanding its directors pay up, the club’s chairman, Paul Docherty, insists the team is financially viable.
- Zoe Samios
Barry O’Farrell named interim Wests Tigers chair as board dismissed
The entire board of struggling NRL club the Wests Tigers has been dismissed and the CEO has resigned following an extensive review into its governance.
- Zoe Samios
Hamish McLennan confronts rugby’s biggest lie
Coach Eddie Jones always denied there were plans to ditch the Wallabies. Events seem primed to blow up in the faces of Rugby Australia, including the board.
- Mark Di Stefano
The NRL takes its biggest gamble yet
Documents obtained by AFR Weekend provide the clearest insight yet about what exactly the league is planning in its big push into the lucrative US market.
- Zoe Samios
No site visits, no briefings: Games’ business case done in just weeks
EY partner Dean Yates says the original business case the firm prepared for the cancelled 2026 Commonwealth Games identified significant problems.
- Gus McCubbing
No Lee way: siblings fall agonisingly short at Open
Local heroes Min Woo Lee and Minjee Lee had their chances but ultimately fell short of a rare sibling double at the Australian Open.
- Maxim Shanahan and Darren Walton
Min Woo Lee closes in on rare and famous golf double
Min Woo Lee and Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino look set for a final-day shootout for the second week in a row.
- Darren Walton
Nadal to return in Brisbane’s Australian Open warm-up
The Spanish great declared on social media that ‘after a year away from competition it’s time to come back’.
- Ian Chadband
‘The more fun, the better he plays’: Golf’s rising star Min Woo Lee
The golf industry has tried for decades to attract more young people to play. A West Australian-born golfer is helping to move the dial.
- Zoe Samios
November
- Exclusive
- Horse racing
Horseracing director pushes for renewal amid NSW leadership clash
International racing heavyweight Greg Nichols has urged administrators to prioritise renewal as a NSW leadership spat divides the racing community.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Inside the Zoom board meetings which flipped rugby on its back
Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan is gone, and he’s made sure everyone knows it. But where to from here?
- Zoe Samios and Mark Di Stefano
Harvey Norman terminates rugby sponsorship deal
Chief executive Katie Page says the decision to end a three-year partnership with Rugby Australia was simply a case of “bad timing”.
- Zoe Samios
Socceroos, Matildas success boosts cash for Football Australia
Almost $20 million in prizemoney from the Socceroos, a boost in sponsorship and an uptick in merchandise sales nearly doubled Football Australia’s revenue.
- Zoe Samios
How much money Australia’s cricketers are taking home from Cup win
After stunning bookies’ favourites India in the World Cup final, the team will be awarded more than $6 million.
- Ainsley Thomson
Ares, Pacific Equity Partners line up for Rugby Australia debt
Negotiations with credit providers are entering extra time as the code looks for $60 million.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- The AFR View
One-day cricket champions of champions
The India-Australia rivalry now approaches the intensity of the traditional Ashes battle between Australia and England.
- The AFR View
- Updated
- Australian rugby
New Rugby boss Dan Herbert says ‘everyone recognises’ game is broken
But deposed chairman Hamish McLennan, who was ousted in a boardroom coup on Sunday, has warned his exit will lead to “more division ... not less”.
- Updated
- Kylar Loussikian and Zoe Samios
New cricket hero almost missed the World Cup
Travis Head nearly spent the cricket World Cup sitting on the couch after breaking his hand. Then he produced one of the great individual performances on the sport’s biggest stage.
- Ian Chadband
