Patrick Cripps claims his second Brownlow with record-breaking vote tally
Carlton captain Patrick Cripps takes home his second Brownlow Medal, breaking the record for most votes received in a single AFL season in the process.
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Carlton captain Patrick Cripps takes home his second Brownlow Medal, breaking the record for most votes received in a single AFL season in the process.
Brisbane will face Sydney in the 2024 AFL grand final after the Lions stood up in the final moments to win a classic preliminary final against Geelong.
Sydney coach John Longmire has a few selection headaches on his plate in the lead-up to his second grand final in the space of three seasons.
A blistering first half sets Brisbane up for a convincing elimination final win over Carlton, after the Swans beat the Giants in one of the great finals matches to secure a home prelim.
Hawthorn forward Jack Ginnivan caused a stir when he was spotted at a pub 24 hours before his team's finals opener. It was an outing his senior coach was entirely on board with.
Geelong produces an inspired qualifying final display, beating Port Adelaide by 84 points to earn the right to host a preliminary final.
The 18-year-old broke down into tears during an emotional post-swim interview in one of the most memorable moments at the Paris Paralympics.
Just three years after being in a coma, Alexa Leary has starred in the mixed 4x100m medley relay final to help Australia win the gold medal.
The Paris Olympics can officially be marked down as a complete success, but it was away from the athletic feats on fields and in pools that real value of the Games could be found.
The greatest collection of superstars thinkable, a crowd overflowing with passion, and an all-time performance from one of the game's best ever — Steph Curry, LeBron James and the US's basketball triumph over France is the perfect parting gift from the Paris Olympics.
The Opals have yet again had their dreams of Olympic gold ended by the all-conquering and possibly unbeatable US, in a rivalry that is only getting more and more one-sided.
It can be hard to draw your attention away from the Eiffel Tower when watching the beach volleyball in Paris, but as Australia and Brazil became locked in a gripping women's semifinal, every eye was locked on the court.
Nina Kennedy has had to fight for every inch of her glittering career, and having conquered the demons that threatened to derail her, she is the perfect athlete to earn Australia's record-breaking gold.
Patty Mills delivered one last iconic Olympics moment for Australia, but for all the Boomers' effort and guts defeat to Serbia in their quarterfinal represented a missed opportunity, and a repeat of familiar failings.
How do you compete at the Olympics when you know gold is an impossibility? That's what faced Kurtis Marschall in the men's pole vault final, against the incredible Mondo Duplantis — arguably the most dominant athlete alive.
Much of an Olympic high jump final is spent watching and waiting. In very different ways, Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson conquered the in-betweens before soaring above the competition.
Nina Kennedy made international headlines when she and Katie Moon shared the pole vault gold at the 2023 World Championships. Do not expect her to be quite so generous in Paris.
Kaylee McKeown's rare Olympic "double-double" means she stands alone in Australian swimming history, but even without the records she will be remembered as one of the sport's most unique champions.
Simone Biles is quite clearly the greatest gymnast to have ever lived, but that doesn't go far enough to describe her impact. The scenes in Paris as she won yet another Olympic gold prove she is far more than a champion athlete.
Paris has thrown its doors open to the world for these Olympic Games, and that has meant allowing modern intrusion to some of history's most storied places. At Chateau de Versailles that invasion is felt most keenly, but somehow has become something magical.
Golf's return to Olympic competition failed to initially capture the imagination of the game's best. But on the eve of competition in Paris, all that has changed — and Australia's four-strong team of superstars are more driven than ever.
Australian expectations were high heading into Thursday morning, and it took some magic moments to deny the Aussie gold rush at the Olympics.
Australia's brilliant campaign in the women's rugby sevens looked on track to deliver gold but ended in heartbreak. This is how a few tiny errors ended up in Olympic heartbreak.
It was Mollie O'Callaghan's night in Paris, but alongside Ariarne Titmus, with the gold medal around her neck and the pressure finally released, she was free to create a moment to live long in Australian Olympic folklore.
Jess Fox was already an Olympic gold medallist, and already an Australian sporting champion. But this Paris triumph, celebrated with friends and family and a roaring crowd of Australians, is on a whole other level to anything that came before.