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Caitlin Clark sold out a WNBA game in 40 minutes. She could be set to play in Australia
The NBA’s deputy commissioner says there is “tremendous interest” in bringing a WNBA game to Australia, with Clark or her great rival Angel Reece potential headliners.
- Roy Ward
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Why Serena Williams is this Australian’s new boss
With the world’s premier women’s basketball league set to restart on Saturday, here are the Australians to watch.
- Frances Howe
‘It’s life-changing’: Australian basketball star signs record $5 million WNBA deal
Alanna Smith was once cut from the WNBA and the Opals. Now she has signed the richest contract by an Australian woman in team sport.
- Frances Howe
Alanna Smith had the best year of her WNBA career. The league is falling apart
Last month, Alanna Smith was named the WNBA co-defensive player of the year. Next month, she might get shut out of playing in the league.
- Frances Howe
Opals coach set her WNBA team’s record for most wins. Then she was sacked
Opals head coach Sandy Brondello has been sacked as New York Liberty head coach one season after winning them the championship.
- Frances Howe
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‘Fearful of sneezing’: How this Australian star came back from spinal fusion and a broken leg
The champion basketballer was in so much pain from spinal fractures that she did not realise she was also playing with a broken leg.
- Brittany Busch
Boomers, Opals defeat New Zealand in Trans-Tasman Throwdown openers
Dejan Vasiljevic’s perimeter brilliance launched the Boomers to an 80-68 victory, while debutant Miela Sowah and Stephanie Reid carried the Opals to an 88-70 win.
- Steve Barrett
Victorian athletes feted in Melbourne as Paralympian calls for gender equity
Melbourne Park gave returning Olympic and Paralympic athletes a hero’s welcome on Saturday – and gold medallist Emily Petricola had a message for the International Paralympic Committee.
- Hannah Hammoud
No-action Jackson: Legend’s fifth medal comes the Ezi way as Opals claim bronze
Lauren Jackson “played” her last game for Australia on Sunday and came away with a bronze medal and a trove of memories.
- Greg Baum
As It Happened: Closing ceremony concludes Paris 2024 Olympics with Tom Cruise, Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Billie Eilish
One of the most spectacular Olympics of the modern era have drawn to a close in Paris with smiling athletes, slick French pop and Snoop Dogg – as the Games head for La La Land in 2028.
- Claire Siracusa, Marnie Vinall, Roy Ward, Jordan Baker, Megan Levy and Chris Paine