News & Views Matildas open Olympics campaign with a roaring win over New Zealand Ferns On Wednesday, the Matildas began their Olympics campaign with a 2-1 win over New Zealand’s Football Ferns.
News & Views ‘You are going to the opening ceremony’: AOC boss John Coates mansplains to Annastacia Palaszczuk Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has publicly mansplained to Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk about why she should attend the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony.
News & Views Women’s beach handball players fined for not wearing bikini bottoms The Norwegian women’s beach handball team has been fined for wearing shorts, and not bikini bottoms, at a European championship match.
News & Views COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on the Tokyo Games but female athletes are being hit hardest There’s no excuse for sidelining the needs of athletes with disabilities and women at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
News & Views Paralympic champion Olivia Breen told her sprint briefs ‘too short’ Two-time Paralympic champion Olivia Breen was “left speechless” after she was told her competition briefs were too short by an official.
News & Views A group of women who fought for equality in tennis in 1970 have been honoured Australians Judy Tegart Dalton and Kerry Melville Reid have been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame with the ‘Original 9’.
Sport What we know about Liz Cambage’s decision to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has withdrawn from the upcoming Olympics, citing mental health concerns.
News & Views The Tokyo Olympics are supposed to be a ‘landmark in gender equality’ — are the Games really a win for women? Tokyo will feature the most female athletes ever at an Olympics. But the Games do not have a good track record when it comes to gender equality
News & Views 7News deletes ‘reprehensible’ racist headline about Euro final 7News posted an article about the racist abuse following the final, with the caption: “Three black players failed in the penalty shootout”.
News & Views ‘The stars aligned’: Ash Barty’s Wimbledon win is an historic moment for Indigenous people and women in sport Ash Barty emulates Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s achievement in 1971, it’s an opportunity to celebrate and to learn, writes Adele Pavlidis
News & Views Ash Barty through to Wimbledon final, the first Australian woman in 41 years Ash Barty will become the first Australian woman to contest a Wimbledon final in 41 years, after her straight sets semi-final win.
News & Views Male commentators said 18yo Wimbledon star Emma Raducanu isn’t ‘mentally tough’ enough Emma Raducanu was forced to withdraw from her round 16 Wimbledon match after experiencing some breathing difficulties and dizziness on court.