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3 days ago | 
7news.com.au | Glenn Moore
A brilliant opening manoeuvre from Oscar Piastri has won him the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the lead in the Formula One drivers’ championship. It is the first time an Australian has led the drivers’ championship for 15 years, following his manager Mark Webber in 2010. At turn one Piastri nipped inside Max Verstappen, who had begun the race on pole, resulting in the Dutchman driving off the road to claim the lead.
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4 days ago | 
7news.com.au | Glenn Moore
If Joe Montemurro had wanted to quash the speculation linking him to the vacant Matildas post it was not the most convincing way to do so. As he basked in the tactical triumph of masterminding Lyon’s 2-1 win over his former Arsenal team in Saturday’s first leg of their Uefa Women’s Champions League semi-final in London, he was asked if his experience enabled to him to block out the ‘noise’ around the subject. There was a pause and a whispered aside to the club’s press officer before he spoke.
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6 days ago | 
perthnow.com.au | Glenn Moore
A four-goal first-half blitz has secured Melbourne City their A-League Women premiership title defence and completed an unbeaten regular season. City thrashed Perth Glory 5-1 on the road, taking an immediate grip on the match with goals from Taylor Otto and Bryleeh Henry in the opening six minutes. Though Glory pulled a goal back with a 12th-minute penalty from Susan Phonsongkham a second Otto goal restored City's cushion after 26 minutes.
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2 weeks ago | 
7news.com.au | Glenn Moore
Isabella Nichols has pulled off a shock victory in the last 16 of the World Surf League’s El Salvador leg, then revealed it is likely to mean she misses her sister’s wedding. The Queenslander upset 2023 WSL champion Caroline Marks, winner of the previous leg in Portugal and event favourite after back-to-back victories in El Salvador.
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3 weeks ago | 
thewest.com.au | Glenn Moore
Mitchell Starc has won the heavyweight showdown between Australian fast-bowling teammates with his 5-35 propelling Delhi Capitals to a five-wicket victory over a Sunrisers Hyderabad team captained by Pat Cummins. Starc dismantled the top order of Sunrisers' normally formidable batting line-up, dismissing Travis Head among a trio of early wickets in Visakhapatnam. He then returned to mop up the tail, dismissing Sunrisers for 163, and claiming his first five-wicket haul in the Indian Premier League.
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1 month ago | 
perthnow.com.au | Glenn Moore
Arsenal and their trio of Matildas have a lot to do if they are to reach the Women's European Champions League semi-finals after the Gunners suffered a 1-0 defeat at Real Madrid in their quarter-final first-leg. The London club largely controlled the match but rarely looked like scoring and conceded a goal in each half thanks to two mistakes in the Estadio Alfredo di Stefano. Arsenal began with Steph Catley in defence and Kyra Cooney-Cross in midfield.
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1 month ago | 
7news.com.au | Glenn Moore
Having been on the canvas, facing being counted out of the Olympic programme, boxing has survived a potential knock-out blow and is set to feature in Los Angeles in 2028. Which is good news for Australian pugilists with the nation having recently re-emerged as a contender for boxing medals. Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee president, said on Monday that the IOC’s executive board has approved including boxing in 2028 with the event run by the nascent World Boxing organisation.
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1 month ago | 
perthnow.com.au | Glenn Moore
Youth edged out experience in the all-Australian clash at Supertubos as Molly Picklum beat Tyler Wright to reach the semi-finals at Rip Curl Pro Portugal. With World Surf League leader Caitlin Simmers knocked out at the last-eight stage Picklum can move into the lead if she wins at Peniche for the first time. Strong waves then called off conditions early into the men's last-32 heats on Monday, but not before Jack Robinson had ridden a pair of barrels to score big and make the quarters.
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1 month ago | 
7news.com.au | Glenn Moore
Australia were too often a wicket or two short, with bat and ball, said captain Steve Smith after the four-wicket Champions Trophy semi-final defeat to India in Dubai. While always in the game Australia were never in command of it, losing wickets at key times in their own innings, and not taking them at those stages during India’s. “We had our opportunities throughout to post something up above 300,” said Smith.
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2 months ago | 
perthnow.com.au | Glenn Moore
New Zealand have made an impressive start to the Champions Trophy with a comfortable 60-run victory over hosts and holders Pakistan in the tournament’s opening match. Will Young struck 107 and Tom Latham smashed an unbeaten 118 to help New Zealand overcome a tricky start to post 5-320 after being put into bat at the National Stadium in Karachi. Glenn Phillips chipped in with a brisk 61 as New Zealand posted a challenging total having been put in to bat and slipped to 3-73 in the 17th over.
