Australians in sport
The elusive search for Australia’s next grand slam champion
Ash Barty retired four years ago, and 24 years have passed since Lleyton Hewitt won the Wimbledon singles title. How is Tennis Australia’s development pathway tracking?
- Marc McGowan
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Djokovic, de Minaur knocked out of Roland-Garros as young stars emerge
Novak Djokovic’s bid for an elusive 25th major title has ended in Paris after youngsters Joao Fonseca and Jakub Mensik each claimed major scalps in the third round.
- Marc McGowan
Injury-cursed Kokkinakis retires at Roland-Garros, wants to play slams ‘one more time’
Thanasi Kokkinakis’ latest comeback from injury is on hold after he retired midway through his second-round match at Roland-Garros.
- Marc McGowan
Aussie underdogs shock tennis world with stunning upsets at Roland-Garros
Adam Walton needed a wildcard just to make the Roland-Garros main draw, but is now celebrating his maiden top-10 victory, while Kim Birrell stunned a top-five rival.
- Marc McGowan
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
Angus was offered a $3.5 million racing deal. Then he received a death threat
In a sport where financial support is the difference between greatness or failure, race car drivers are particularly vulnerable to online scams.
- Frances Howe
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- Usain Bolt
The numbers that show just how impressive Gout’s 200m record is
The second half of Gout Gout’s 200-metre, record-breaking race on Sunday was well under 10 seconds and quicker than Usain Bolt ran his final 100m when he broke the world record.
- Michael Gleeson
‘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
- Australia’s richest athletes
- Business of sport
Jett used to share a sandwich with his family to save money. Now he’s one of Australia’s richest athletes
In the fifth and final part of our series on the biggest Australian earners in sport, we look at the 23-and-under category, including motocross superstar Jett Lawrence, whose family gambled it all on him and his brother making it big – and won.
- Marc McGowan
- Australia’s richest athletes
- Business of sport
Australian sport’s top earners: Counting down from 25 to one
These are the salaries, prizemoney and sponsorship returns of Australia’s highest-paid athletes. In part two of our series, we count down from 25 to one.
- Marc McGowan