Tag Archives: Australia

A dexterous 14-year-old has blitzed the world record in solving a Rubik’s cube while blindfolded.  Key points: Charlie Eggins has broken the world record in blindfolded Rubik’s cube solving Toby Seufert won the 2023 National Speedcubing Championship in the 3×3 division The two boys became friends at a 2021 tournament…

Legion Walker spent his childhood chasing wallabies and hunting food on a small island off Australia’s north coast but dreamt of one day becoming a Socceroo.  Key points: Legion Walker grew up on Mornington Island The Rale Rasic Joey’s Mini World Cup provides rural footballers with a chance to play in Europe

A decade ago, women or non-binary people were not always welcome or able to reach their full potential as skaters. In just under 10 years however, skateboarding is currently undergoing radical change. Sydney will host a Street League Skateboarding tournament this weekend, providing a high profile opportunity for…

A unique 2030 World Cup is set to be played in Europe and Africa, with the surprising addition of South America, in a deal to allow the men’s showpiece football tournament to start with a 100th birthday party in Uruguay. FIFA reached an agreement on Wednesday between soccer’s continental leaders …

A world cup is almost always the pinnacle of a sport. The same can and should be said of cricket. The Cricket World Cup gets underway on Thursday in India, the most populous nation of fervent supporters the game has — a seemingly perfect home for two months of wall-to-wall international cricket. It should be…

Lili Mooney is a regular at her local running group, but as she ties her shoes for one of her weekly runs, she admits her relationship with exercise hasn’t always been positive. She developed an unhealthy association with food at 12 years old, and it was her intensifying running routine …

Fresh off his maiden Formula 1 podium, Oscar Piastri will take plenty of momentum into this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix. Key points: Oscar Piastri achieved his first podium during the Japanese Grand Prix McLaren are fifth in the F1 constructors’ championship This weekend F1 will host a sprint race and …

It seems there are no new superlatives left to use to describe the current Western Australian side. Draped in gold once again last season, Western Australia pulled off the incredible feat of going back-to-back in both the Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup in a dominant campaign, going undefeated in the …

Western Bulldogs key forward Aaron Naughton is set to finish his career as a one-club player in the AFL after committing to an eight-year contract extension. Key points: Naughton already had a year remaining on his current deal He described his re-signing as a “special moment” Naughton made his senior debut …

Feeling he hasn’t earned his world champion status, Australian boxing star Tim Tszyu is intent on snuffing out American underdog Brian Mendoza to do just that. The 28-year-old was crowned WBO super-welterweight world champion this week after Jermell Charlo was stripped of the title for reneging on the Tszyu fight …

Halfback Nathan Cleary has been ruled out of the Pacific Championships Test series with a knee injury he picked up during his heroic NRL grand final performance. Key points: Nathan Cleary was seen limping early in Sunday’s NRL grand final He was one of three Panthers named in the Kangaroos’ …

A remorseful Callum Mills has taken full responsibility for badly injuring his shoulder in a Mad Monday mishap which could cost him the Sydney captaincy. Key points: Callum Mills injured his left shoulder after wrestling with teammate Jacob Konstanty at the club’s Mad Monday celebrations Mills is one of Sydney’s …

At 31 years of age, Kate Surman has played 40 games of AFLW across five seasons and three clubs. But the experienced forward still struggles to call herself an athlete. “I feel uncomfortable saying that,” Surman says. “I think once the season gets to at least 12 games, I’ll be a …

Barely a year goes by without there being some form of Cricket World Cup, and the latest edition of the men’s 50-over tournament gets underway this Thursday, with defending champions England taking on beaten finalists New Zealand in Ahmedabad. The tournament, featuring ten teams, starts on October 5 but will not…

Quick Read In short: Lawyers hired to negotiate the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games in Victoria weeks before it was announced cost more than $1.2 million What’s next? Two parliamentary inquiries and the Victorian auditor-general are probing the Games’ cancellation Lawyers the Victorian government hired to…

Australian tennis player Marc Polmans has been defaulted from the final round of qualifying at the Shanghai Masters tournament, after smashing the ball into the face of the chair umpire. Polmans, the world number 140, was leading Italy’s Stefano Napolitano 7-6 (7/3) and had just blown his second match point, in …