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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 …

Some processes in physics happen in the blink of an eye, while others happen in the blink of a photon. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini, at the Ohio State University, Ferenc Krausz, at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, and Anne L’Huillier, at …

Rugby league has a different sort of edge when it’s played for nothing but love. Sure, the flashy lights and packed city stadium grand finals for the NRL are great. Being paid six figures (or more) each year to play the game professionally would be delightful too. But for the …

Like having to endure Chinese water torture, the Wallabies 2023 World Cup is still not strictly over. Even though, despite their 34-14 win against Portugal, everyone knows it is. The World Cup will go on without Australia, with an overriding sense that ‘less Eddie’ is a good thing. Almost everyone …

Jarome Luai will have shoulder surgery while he weighs up whether to sign a long-term extension with the Panthers or head to the open market after aggravating his injury in Penrith’s miraculous grand final win. Luai, who made a remarkable return in the grand final qualifier only four weeks after …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size SAINT ETIENNE – The Wallabies’ stay of execution has been extended another week after getting past Portugal 34-14 in their final World Cup pool match. It shapes as being one of their longest. Despite …

Earlier in the night, Mam had seemingly beaten the machine. Brisbane found their inspiration the form of a heavily tattooed Torres Strait Islander, whose mother’s trek to be in Sydney on grand final night started with a dinghy ride from a remote island in northern Australia. What a story she …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Penrith have etched their name into the NRL history books by surging back from a 16-point deficit to become the first team since the 1983 Parramatta Eels to win three straight premierships.  They looked …

Melbourne United needed a late run to navigate past an improved Adelaide, with Matthew Dellavedova and Chris Goulding arriving with clutch final-quarter shots in an 82-74 NBL win. The visitors were hot favourites to go 2-0 in the NBL’s opening weekend after defeating South East Melbourne Phoenix on Thursday. But …

Bates finished with 14 tackles, while Anderson had 30 touches, eight tackles and eight clearances. Bates admitted to Channel Seven she was nervous before the bounce but afterwards said she was proud of how her side attacked the game. “I think when you know each other so well, you know …

Errors were the Knights’ worst enemy, and they gifted Chapman all three of the Titans’ tries. Alarm bells would have been ringing for Newcastle coach Ronald Griffiths in the second half. Nita Maynard and Rima Butler both came from the field for head injury assessments, and the following set captain …

Collingwood had played in finals in all but one of the last six years, including four preliminary finals, a semi-final and two grand finals. That period had included three different presidents, two football managers, two list managers and two coaches. All of the changes, other than the public board election, …

“So for us to have spent $72 million in hard costs, then probably another $20 million in marketing, we spent just under $100 million to generate more than double that. “Everyone is out there saying ‘Penrith will kill them’, but nothing would make me happier if we’re paying out tens …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Fiji hammered another nail into the Wallabies’ coffin by defeating Georgia to all but seal Eddie Jones’ World Cup fate – but their 17-12 win wasn’t without controversy. Twice English referee Karl Dickson made …

Murphy spent the rest of the match watching helplessly as Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions traded leads before magnificent Jordan De Goey and Steele Sidebottom strikes from long range delivered the Pies a four-point win. “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” he said, while holding the …

In only his second season in charge, McRae was in possession of the holy grail. “Two years ago we started this journey, this campaign, it’s been a hell of a ride,” McRae said. It wasn’t an easy afternoon. In temperatures topping 30 degrees, the Magpies had needed to fend off …