Opinion | The Guardian USAug 22
AFL footy is my passion. But it’s the one place I can’t come out | Dylan Harrington https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/22/afl-footy-is-my-passion-but-its-the-one-place-i-cant-come-out #Australianrulesfootball #Australiasport #Australianews #AFL
AFL footy is my passion. But it’s the one place I can’t come out

I just want to be an openly gay man enjoying and playing footy. It’s that simple. Yet still, I cannot

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Opinion | The Guardian USJul 31
People love to say ‘sexuality doesn’t matter’ and shouldn’t come up in AFL – so why do players hurl homophobic slurs? | Rebecca Shaw https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/01/afl-homophobic-slurs-ntwnfb #Australiasport #Australianews #LGBTQ+rights #AFL
People love to say ‘sexuality doesn’t matter’ and shouldn’t come up in AFL – so why do players hurl homophobic slurs?

When footy players are homophobic on the field, it very clearly expresses disdain for us more than for their opponent

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Science | The GuardianJul 13
The fascinating science of pain – and why everyone feels it differently https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/14/the-fascinating-science-of-pain-and-why-everyone-feels-it-differently #SouthSydneyRabbitohs #Medicalresearch #Australiasport #Australianews #Rugbyleague #Psychology #Science #Health #Health
The fascinating science of pain – and why everyone feels it differently

Do you scream when you stub your toe? Could you play a grand final with a shattered jaw, or work all day as your belly fills with blood? When it comes to suffering, perspective is everything

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Opinion | The Guardian USJun 28
Australia’s had two more years of gambling ad harm since the Murphy report. It’s time for Labor to show some courage | Zoe Daniel https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/29/australias-had-two-more-years-of-gambling-ad-harm-since-the-murphy-report-its-time-for-labor-to-show-some-courage #Australianpolitics #AnthonyAlbanese #Australiasport #Australianews #Laborparty #Gambling #Health
Australia’s had two more years of gambling ad harm since the Murphy report. It’s time for Labor to show some courage

The public wants the ads banned but the government keeps bowing to pressure. Now, with its whopping majority, what’s the excuse?

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USApr 4
Cate Campbell: ‘I think people who have no regrets in life haven’t lived exciting enough lives’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/05/cate-campbell-i-think-people-who-have-no-regrets-in-life-havent-lived-exciting-enough-lives #Australianlifestyle #Australiasport #OlympicGames #Lifeandstyle #Swimming #Sport
Cate Campbell: ‘I think people who have no regrets in life haven’t lived exciting enough lives’

The Olympic swimmer on finding herself after swimming, the relief of retirement, and never having reached the pinnacle of her sport

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World news | The GuardianMar 20
Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe denied in vote https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/20/kirsty-coventry-elected-first-female-president-ioc-sebastian-coe-denied-vote #InternationalOlympicCommittee #WinterOlympics #Australiasport #WorldAthletics #Sportpolitics #OlympicGames #SebastianCoe #USsports #Zimbabwe #Africa #Sport
Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe routed in vote

Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr suffered a crushing defeat in the first round of voting as Thomas Bach’s preferred successor secured a majority

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJan 20
Australian Open fashion through the decades: how tennis went from preppy and minimal to flashy and fun https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/jan/21/australian-open-fashion-through-the-decades-how-tennis-went-from-preppy-and-minimal-to-flashy-and-fun #Australianlifestyle #Australianfashion #AustralianOpen #Australiasport #Australianews #Lifeandstyle #Fashion #Tennis
Australian Open fashion through the decades: how tennis went from preppy and minimal to flashy and fun

From colour-coordinated bandanas to the ‘Serena-tard’, we look back at the on-court attires that truly served

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Business | The Guardian USDec 23, 2024
News Corp and Telstra agree sale of Foxtel to sports streaming service DAZN for $3.4bn https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/23/news-corp-and-telstra-agree-sale-of-foxtel-to-sports-streaming-service-dazn-for-us22bn #Australianmedia #NewsCorporation #Australiasport #Australianews #Business #Sport #Media
News Corp and Telstra agree sale of Foxtel to sports streaming service DAZN for $3.4bn

Pay TV channel sells along with the streaming services Kayo and Binge, subject to regulatory approval

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJul 28, 2024
Three things with pro surfer Matt Formston: ‘Voiceover technology just opened my whole world’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jul/29/three-things-with-pro-surfer-matt-formston-voiceover-technology-just-opened-my-whole-world #Australianlifestyle #Australiasport #Lifeandstyle #Sportfilms #Surfing
Three things with pro surfer Matt Formston: ‘Voiceover technology just opened my whole world’

In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the legally blind surfer tells us about life-changing technology – and why his wife calls him a prima donna

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Climate crisis | The GuardianJul 11, 2024
How Sydney’s endless rain is ruining football seasons and breaking young hearts https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/12/how-sydneys-endless-rain-is-ruining-football-seasons-and-breaking-young-hearts #Australiaweather #Australiasport #Australianews #NewSouthWales #Climatecrisis #Environment #Football #Plastics #Sydney #Sport
How Sydney’s endless rain is ruining football seasons and breaking young hearts

As Saturday after Saturday gets wiped out by bad weather, clubs are drowning in a sea of unplayed fixtures

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