Sport

Proper nutrition plays a key role in reducing injury risk, particularly for female distance runners, a new study reveals. 

Not only is Erchana Murray-Bartlett running for office, she ran 120 km around McPherson to raise money for community independents.  

Sam Kerr will be eligible to return as Matildas captain after Football Australia decided it would not take any further action.

Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee.

Global revenues in women’s elite sports are predicted to reach at least US$2.35 billion in 2025, according to new Deloitte research. 

A 17-year old midwifery student has become the first woman to win the tractor-pull competition at NZ’s annual agricultural event. 

Completing two marathons a day, every day for six months straight. Brooke McIntosh is doing just that to raise $1.4 million for mental health. 

The disparity in pay and media coverage for female athletes highlights the need for a fundamental commercial shift.

Coverage of women’s sport increased in Victorian media from the previous year, but the widespread underrepresentation of women still exists.

Marty Sheargold’s Matildas comments show us that this visibility and representation of women in sport still matters, a lot.

Marty Sheargold’s comments on the Matildas tap into a deeper, darker seam in our country. We must demand better.

Triple M radio personality Marty Sheargold apologises after his on-air ‘rant’ about the Matildas, comparing them to “Year 10 girls”.