Women in sport

Charlotte Caslick never dreamed she would end up a professional rugby union player & wants girls around the world to have the same chance.

AFLW CEO Nicole Livingstone says no decision has been made. Susan Alberti says cutting the AFLW season is a backward step.

More than 140 survivors of Larry Nassar’s have taken to the stage at the ESPN awards to accept the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. 

Sharni Layton has announced she’ll soon retire from netball, after 46 international games.

Alexis Ohania put up four billboards to mark his wife Serena Williams’ return to tennis. Now he’s advocating for paid parental leave for all parents.

Sporting events are often a hotbed of sexism and the World Cup is proving no different. But women (and men) are calling time on it.

Meet 19-year-old Lakeisha Patterson, a professional athlete who is studying architecture and achieving some epic times and feats in the pool.

Forbes’ 100 highest paid athletes in the world come from 22 countries, compete in 11 sports and earned a cumulative $3.8 billion, with 23% of that coming from endorsements.

The decision by Steve Smith & the Australian test team to tamper with the ball in the third day of the test has been described as disgraceful, shameful, the darkest day in Australia’s sporting history.

Layne Beachley had four jobs, worked 60 hours a week waiting tables, selling t-shirts and teaching rollerblading to cover the cost of competing overseas for eight years.

Men behaving badly. Two execs resigned from the AFL because of their affairs and the NRL introduces new protocol for players guilty of crimes against women.

In his post-match Wimbledon interview Andy Murray reminds a reporter that several female players have reached the semi finals since 2009.