Michael Gleeson
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia
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Murray defeats Kokkinakis in one of the great Australian Open matches
At 4.05am, Andy Murray won one of the greatest Australian Open matches of all time, one that barely anyone saw. → Read More
The good, the bad ... and the Brummie: Our reporters’ best and worst moments from the Commonwealth Games
Our team on the ground have the last word on the highs and lows of Birmingham 2022. → Read More
‘An emotional day’: McLachlan to leave AFL, but will finish with a bang
With one foot out the door after announcing his resignation as AFL CEO on Tuesday, Gillon McLachlan has agreed to complete the most significant piece of business before he leaves by leading negotiations on a new broadcast agreement. → Read More
It was never about the tennis: Barty’s mentor on the person behind the player
Ash Barty’s mentor Ben Crowe provides an insight into Barty, the person, to help understand her success and her shock retirement. → Read More
‘Borg, Sampras and Barty. Pretty good company’: World reacts to Barty bombshell
Fellow Australian Wimbledon champion Pat Cash is the latest tennis star to react to the shock news. → Read More
Flag-winning Demon to go under the knife, miss four to six weeks
Melbourne premiership defender Harrison Petty will have surgery to release bleeding from a corked calf and is likely to miss the opening rounds of the season. → Read More
Suns scare as star Ben King sent for scans after knee injury
Suns sources said the club was fearing the worst, as the early diagnosis without scans was that it was likely to be an ACL tear. → Read More
Slice and dice: Ash Barty’s not-so-secret weapon
The world No.1 has something other players don’t. And though the backhand slice is not Ash Barty’s only point of difference, it is her most significant point of advantage. → Read More
Siuuu: The cry that’s confusing tennis fans
If it sounds so very un-tennis to boo on a point, then there is a very good reason for it – the fans were not booing. → Read More
‘Complex reasons’: Vax-hesitant Blue makes $500,000 retirement call
Carlton defender Liam Jones has walked away from up to half a million dollars after choosing not to be vaccinated against COVID-19. → Read More
All you need to know about the AFL draft points system
There are two elite father-son prospects this year, Nick Daicos and Sam Darcy. Here’s how the points system will deliver them to their clubs on draft night. → Read More
Saying thank you for one of the best moments of the Games ... with a cabbage
People touched by their Olympic performance have inundated Australian decathletes Ash Moloney and Cedric Dubler with some very strange gifts in hotel quarantine. → Read More
The highs and lows of the Tokyo Olympics
As the Games draw to a close, we ask our reporters in Tokyo about the stories that captured their imaginations ... and what they’re looking forward to in Paris. → Read More
God’s work and self-confidence: Australian high jumpers’ lofty ambitions
Nicola McDermott relies on her scripture. Eleanor Patterson knows she is ready. Both breezed through the qualifying rounds to the finals on Saturday. → Read More
Italian wins 100m final in upset, Browning just upset as Bol sets second national record
The Olympics’ biggest race delivered a boilover with Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs becoming the first man other than Usain Bolt to win sprint gold since Athens. → Read More
Life after Usain Bolt: who can be the fastest of them all?
The great Jamaican dominated the 100 metres at the past three Olympics. Who will replace him on the dais as the quickest man in the world at this year’s Games? → Read More
Olympics in frame: McDermott first Australian woman to jump two metres
Records were smashed at the national athletics championships on Sunday where Nicola McDermott jumped into Olympic frame, Dani Stevens claimed a record 14th discus title and Stewart McSweyn was beaten in the 1500m. → Read More
Eddie McGuire steps down as Collingwood president, effective immediately
Eddie McGuire has stood down as Collingwood president, effective immediately. → Read More
‘I got it wrong’: McGuire says he regrets comments on racism report
Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire has told club faithful that he ‘got it wrong’ when he called the tabling of the historic report into racism at the AFL club a ‘proud day’. → Read More
In the name of the father: Maurice Rioli jnr arrives at Richmond
Maurice Rioli's son, MJ, has been drafted by Richmond. He thinks his dad would be proud of where he's ended up. → Read More