Sport

The Brisbane Lions has appointed former Sunshine Coast Lightning CEO Danielle Smith as its new General Manager of its women’s program.

Joanne Norman has become the first Australian woman to complete the gruelling Oceans Seven swimming challenge.

Liana France has become the youngest female to represent Australia at a winter Paralympics, placing 15th in women’s giant slalom standing.

Sports presenter Mel McLaughlin has revealed she’s been diagnosed with lung cancer, the same disease she lost her big sister to a decade ago.

The Albanese government is being called upon to protect the members of Iran’s women’s national football team during their stay in Australia.

In a powerful display of resistance against the Islamic Republic, Iran’s women’s football team declined to sing their national anthem.

Jerril Rechter has been appointed CEO of the Australian Sports Foundation, an organisation that supports philanthropic investment in sport.

Expanding his invite, rapper Flavor Flav has invited all female US Olympians and Paralympians to come party with him in Las Vegas.

In a landmark moment for sport broadcasting, Emma Lawrence will become the first woman in NRL broadcast history to call a game.

The footage circulating overnight of the USA men’s ice hockey team celebrating Olympic gold jarred so sharply for many women.

The US women’s hockey team has turned down an invitation from president Donald Trump, after footage shows misogynistic joke towards them.

Laura Mueller and Hannah Schmitz will become the first women to have a circuit corner named in their honour at Melbourne’s Albert Park.