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"The significance of this tour of Pakistan isn’t lost on a single member of our touring party."
It’s been 24 years since Australia played a Test in Pakistan and the Australian captain knows he’ll remember this moment forever.
#AUSvsPAK
✍️
@patcummins30
"I can't thank them enough for allowing me to be me, to be someone who is imperfect and screws up and makes mistakes."
This is
@ashbarty
's beautiful and emotional farewell to tennis, in her own words.❤️
#ThanksAsh
"And I had properly torn it.."
✍️
@ashbarty
explains that there was much more to her 2021 Wimbledon triumph than what we all thought. Namely a 10cm adductor tear 👇
“When I heard the leaked recordings of a colleague discussing Megan’s appearance and private life on social media on Thursday, my heart sank.
“I felt sick to my stomach. And I was angry.”
Kelli Underwood reflects on an important week for sports media.
"A cult figure to many who was treasured by his fans and friends."
Tributes continue to flow for Andrew Symonds. The former allrounder died in a car accident, aged 46.
“The more I keep going, the better I feel. We’ve been playing three games a week for six months ... I’m used to it now!”
A gruelling schedule and the intricacies of ‘iceberg football’ are making
@SamKerr1
an even better player.
✍️
@adampeacock3
"If a Melbourne, a Collingwood or a Richmond side was as depleted by Covid-19 as the Eagles are this week, the outcry would be such that the
#AFL
would postpone the game."
✍️
@WillSchofield
Do you agree? Should
#AFLNorthEagles
have been pushed back?
Australian Open winner
@ashbarty
has scarcely touched a racquet since her masterful fortnight at Melbourne Park.
The Ngarigo woman visited Uluru last week, bringing tennis to the Mutitjulu community.
️✍️🎦
@walshcee
STORY & PHOTOS:
Miomir Kecmanovic would most likely have been soundly defeated by countryman and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the
#AusOpen
today.
But if you think he is happy about Djokovic's deportation, think again, writes
@ozmo_sasa
from Belgrade.
Craig Tiley thought he had found a loophole in Australia’s strict vaccine rules to get Novak Djokovic into the country.
It turned into an international embarrassment, and he should resign, write
@craddock_cmail
and
@balymt
#AusOpen
Winning Wimbledon was a childhood dream .. but playing in the 2021 tournament was a miracle.
@ashbarty
's latest
@CodeSports
column reveals her painful path to an unforgettable triumph.
▶️ READ IT HERE:
"Storytelling is a massive part of Indigenous culture and Evonne and Cathy own tales both riveting and incredible."
Ash Barty ✍️ on the inspiration of Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Cathy Freeman.
"How did you play?"
After seeing a scan of the injury that
@ashbarty
carried into
#Wimbledon
2021, her mum (a radiographer) had one question.
Ash's latest
@CodeSports
column details the painful path that made last year's
@Wimbledon
fairytale possible.
More than most,
@akgardner97
understands the difficult journey cricket is on to reconcile with Indigenous Australians.
And that makes
@sboland24
's contribution today so much more important than the wickets he took.
#Ashes
👏🥇 Eileen Cikamatana becomes the first woman to win Commonwealth Games gold medals for two countries.
HER JOURNEY FROM A 🇫🇯 JUNGLE GYM:
ALL THE OVERNIGHT
#B2022
ACTION:
Pop star turned swimmer
@CodySimpson
is now a Commonwealth Games gold medallist. 👏
👉 This is the story behind his stunning transition:
✍️
@LMcKirdy7
#B2022
.
@awermabil17
is the 2023 Young Australian of the Year 👏👏👏
As ✍️
@adampeacock3
wrote last year, faced with disappointment and hardship in life and football, his achievements continue to amaze.
▶️ HIS STORY:
#Socceroos
|
@ausoftheyear
.
@DonnellWallam
found herself inching closer to 30 without a netball contract.
Now she's on the cusp of Diamonds greatness and hopes she can inspire more Indigenous kids to get involved in sport, not just netball.
➡️ STORY:
"If there needs to be cuts to save netball’s bottom line, how about we start with the executives at
@NetballAust
."
"Who have mismanaged our sport and allowed such a dire situation."
Former 🇦🇺 captain
@CBassNetball
✍️ on
#netball
💲 issues.
🏐 READ:
.
@MoseMasoe
has returned to Australia to restart his life after suffering a serious spinal injury in the UK Super League.
His first priority after leaving quarantine: hug the son he hasn't seen in three years.
via
@PamelaWhaley
#NRL
Gold to Jakara Anthony! 🥇
Anthony claims the women's moguls with a score of 83.09.
It's Australia's first Winter Olympics gold medal since Vancouver 2010.
#Beijing2022
A heartfelt congratulations to our contributor and friend Ash Barty and husband Garry Kissick on their pregnancy! 💙
This year looks set to be even bigger than her groundbreaking 2022!
Novak Djokovic’s medical exemption to play the
#AusOpen
- having refused the Covid-19 vaccine - has been met with backlash that could fast turn ugly.
Piercing analysis from
@kevinmitchell50
"It’s honestly a load of s*** .. the media really need to start to grow up."
Kyle Chalmers didn't hold back when asked if there was a rift in Australia's
#B2022
swim team.
Ollie Hoare - Commonwealth Games champion! 🥇
The Aussie produces one of the most incredible finishes to write himself into the history books.
A new
#CommonwealthGames
record and a PB by 2.5 seconds - 3:30.12.
#B2022
Congrats to Minjee Lee!!
The Australian ⭐ has won the
#USWomensOpen
by four shots.
It is her second major win. The winner's cheque is $US1.8 million, a record in women's golf.
KUBLER WINS!
In over four hours, the Aussie books his place in the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time in his career.
Jason Kubler def. Jack Sock 6-2 4-6 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3
#Wimbledon
HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE! 🇦🇺
Congratulations to
@ashbarty
who becomes the first Australian woman to win the Australian Open since Chris O'Neil in 1978.
She defeated Danielle Collins in the final, 6-3 7-6(2).
#AusOpen
Ash Barty has bowed out on top, retiring after winning this year's Australian Open.
The Ngarigo woman wrote this
@codesportsau
piece after visiting Uluru for the first time.
"It is the most remarkable thing I have done this year."
#thanksAsh
"I could literally be in jail if I go back there because of my statements."
“I don’t think I’m that important, but that’s what’s happening if you go to protests."
@Daria_gav
chats
#Russia
and her tears shed over the invasion of
#Ukraine
✍️
@LindaCPearce
"While it sometimes seems like one step forward, and then two steps backwards, I have hope for the future for our female broadcasters."
A must-read piece from Kelli Underwood:
▶️ ◀️
It's an important discussion that must continue
#callitout
#WomenInSport
"Bruce McAvaney would come in with this pile of books and stuff like Albus Dumbledore. And I had nothing."
Dennis Cometti, the retired voice of
#AFL
footy, speaks to
@WillSchofield
about his Hall of Fame commentary career.
"I cut out [Ian Chappell's column], stuck it on my bathroom mirror and looked at it every morning and night."
Steve Smith's debut CODE column is a must-read.
"Falling pregnant is not a given and waiting until the end of your career to start a family doesn’t always go to plan."
@natmedhurst
speaks to
@romelda7
about pregnancy, playing on and a career that has changed netball.
#SuperNetball
#SSN2022
Tim Tszyu's relationship with his legendary father Kostya is complicated. Every time he enters the ring, he's not just fighting his opponent.
A fascinating and brutally honest insight from the Australian boxing superstar via
@1bbradfo
England were a 2% chance of a positive result when Joe Root marked centre.
By stumps, that had soared to 25%.
@CricViz
analyst
@benjonescricket
breaks down Root's courageous innings.
#Ashes
🥇 KELSEY LEE-BARBER - WORLD CHAMPION 🥇
The Australian defends her javelin world title, the first woman to do it in history!
She took out gold with a world-leading throw of 66.91m.
#WCHOregon22
|
@AthsAust
.
@MasonFletcher19
is a top
#collegefootball
punter, constantly pinning oppositions in their end zone. 🏈
But his secret weapon is not his powerful leg, gangly 200cm tall frame or the genes inherited from his
#AFL
legend dad. 🧐
@GoBearcatsFB
The Tsitsipas family has forged a close relationship with Mark Philippoussis and the Aussie believes
@steftsitsipas
is the closest player on tour to
@rogerfederer
. 😳
This is his inside take ahead of tonight's
#AusOpen
semi-final.
STORY:
In the last four seasons of Shield cricket, Khawaja averages over 300 against spin.
You can’t really ask for much more.
@CricViz
analyst
@benjonescricket
breaks down how Usman Khawaja covertly solved a problem for Australia today.
It's one of the most remarkable stories in Australian sport:
@ChrisAnstey13
reveals the unbelievable lengths
@Patty_Mills
and
@Joeingles7
went to in order to forge the Boomers culture on a trip to Las Vegas.
Australia has cricket’s smallest, oldest relic safely in its keeping once again.
But a far greater prize than the 139-year-old
#Ashes
urn is the legacy this summer leaves for the nation’s cricketing generations to come.
✍️
@JacobKuriype
A major investigation has revealed what really happened in the infamous closed-door practice game that ended Liz Cambage’s Opals career, derailed an Olympic campaign and left a path of destruction.
England went from a 2% chance, to an 87% chance, to a draw - all in the space of ONE session.
The final few hours of the
#Ashes
Test was perhaps the most thrilling on record, writes
@CricViz
analyst
@rufus_cricket
.
RAFA WINS NO. 21! 🏆
For the first time in his career,
@RafaelNadal
has come back from two sets down in a Grand Slam final to win.
He defeated Daniil Medvedev to claim his second Australian Open title in a five-hour epic, 2-6 6-7 6-4 6-4 7-5.
#AusOpen
Ash Barty has become the first Australian woman in 42 years to qualify for the Australian Open final!
What a brilliant performance. Congratulations,
@ashbarty
!
#AusOpen
1986: Usman Khawaja born in Islamabad.
1998: Last time Australia played in Pakistan.
2022: An emotional & historic return for both?
✍️
@JacobKuriype
@76Shadabkhan
#Ashes
Nathan Lyon has never bowled faster in a fourth innings than at the SCG last week.
It is becoming problematic for Australia, writes
@CricViz
analyst
@benjonescricket
"In home Tests, Lyon has taken 204 wickets at 32.87. Other spinners in those matches have taken 180 wickets at 63."
@CricViz
analyst
@benjonescricket
's breaks down Nathan Lyon's brilliant spell and reveals why he remains a Test cricketing force.
#Ashes
It's a decision that could haunt Joe Root.
@CricViz
analyst
@benjonescricket
tries to decode the England captain's controversial call to bat first at the Gabba.
#Ashes
Rod Marsh would perch himself at the top of the dunes and look down as we all coughed and spluttered and sweated our way through the heavy sand with a belly full of beer.
“How was The Grand last night, Brad?”
✍️ Brad Haddin
#Cricket
"The last thing I wanted was people getting squeezed out because of what I was on."
Nathan Cleary wants youngsters Izack Tago and Taylan May to remain at his
#NRL
club.
The
@PenrithPanthers
co-captain has put his money where his mouth is.
✍️
@LMcKirdy7
A largely-forgotten tour played a crucial role in returning international
#cricket
to Pakistan.
As
@CricketAus
departs for an historic
@TheRealPCB
tour,
@JacobKuriype
tells the story of the Aussies who helped convince the world to play in Pakistan again.
Donnell Wallam was unwillingly thrust into the spotlight during Netball Australia’s sponsorship saga.
Several brands have since expressed an interest in working with the star ✍️
@ByElizaReilly
While it wasn't to be for Dylan Alcott tonight, it marks the end of one of the most inspirational sporting careers we have ever seen.
Congratulations,
@DylanAlcott
! 👏
#AusOpen
Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins weren't just good.
Their ferocious opening spell on Monday night was officially the best since such records have been recorded, writes
@CricViz
analyst
@benjonescricket
#Ashes
Bryce Cotton wears No. 11 because doctors told him he wouldn't live past that age.
And that's just the start of the
@PerthWildcats
' superstar's journey.
Storm prop
@clwelch94
is a rarity in rugby league and quickly puts his money where his mouth is when talk turns to publishing NRL player salaries. A compelling chat with
@JoelGould6
"The Australian government has just provided the most motivated tennis player in modern times more fuel than he has ever had in his 19-year, 20 grand slam career."
✍️:
@adampeacock3
#AusOpen
#NovakDjokovic
A huge congratulations to CODE Sports'
@LindaCPearce
who is a finalist for this year's
#ASCMediaAwards
👏👏👏
Her investigation into abuse in gymnastics nominated for the 'Best reporting of an issue in sport' award.
Alex Johnston excelled at 🏉⚽🏏 as a kid. He was also dux of his high school.
The prolific
@SSFCRABBITOHS
tryscorer has now written a "rugby league children's book".
✍️
@adampeacock3
#NRL
The
#cricket
world is mourning the death of Australian legend Rod Marsh.
Marsh was 74 and will be remembered as an icon of the game, having played 96 Tests for Australia between 1970 and 1984 as one of the greatest wicket-keepers of all time.
MORE:
.
@_jamespattinson
's shock international retirement has coincided with the door to the Test XI swinging wide open.
Indeed, two of the quicks chosen in his place this summer are older than him, writes
@DanielCherny
.
#Ashes
"A limit on caps would not solve the perceived issue around the development of our Australian talent. What does need to be addressed are the feeder competitions."
An incisive
@natmedhurst
piece on the
#SSN2022
import debate.
#nettytwitter
|
#SuperNetball
No professional rinks in Australia. National Championships held overseas due to lack of facilities.
And yet Australia has qualified a curling team for the Olympics for the first time in history.
via
@LMcKirdy7
#Beijing2022
@OWI_AUS
@AUSOlympicTeam