Again and again, the Americans stand between the Opals and their golden dreams. Rampant USA runs roughshod over Opals afr.com/world/europe/r… /

The Olympics starts breaking; Lachlan Murdoch watches people climb rocks; Australia glisters but not with gold... here's the day 14 report from Paris 2024. afr.com/world/europe/e…

After the gold rush, a day of silver and fourth-place podium misses. It was a day of what-might-have-beens for Australia ... but the country is still clinging to third on the medal table. afr.com/world/europe/t…

This was a story I really got behind over the course of the Olympics, having first gone to see a group game and being struck by the great crowd vibe and the can-do team. Stingers, denied by Spain, go out with heads held high afr.com/world/europe/s…

Did the furore over Imane Khelif mean anything for how sport approaches the transgender issue, or for the broader culture war? It had a few peculiarities that might mean the answer to that question is no... afr.com/world/europe/h…

Australia’s athletes bag more Olympic medals than any Games since 1956 afr.com/world/europe/a…

Opals win bronze, in emotional send-off for talisman Jackson afr.com/world/europe/o…

The good, the bad and the ridiculous: We’ll always have Paris 2024 afr.com/world/europe/t…

My sentiments exactly, herein … this format, and its availability on free-to-air TV, was what brought my kids to cricket. Now they’ll gladly go to a county four-day game. The Hundred is glorious anti-cricket spectator.co.uk/article/the-hu…

Macron turns to veteran Brexit hardman as French PM afr.com/world/europe/j…

Recycling a policy from 1788? thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Friend or foe? Europe’s big Chinese EV dilemma afr.com/policy/energy-…

It doesn't look like Australian investor EMR Capital's big punt on the British coal industry is going to pay off, after a court decision on Friday looks to have kyboshed West Cumbria Mining's $320m, 25-year project. afr.com/companies/mini…

After Victoria’s body blow, the Scots step up to keep the Commonwealth Games on life support. afr.com/world/europe/s…

Nick Scali wants to conquer Britain. Does it stand a chance? afr.com/companies/reta…

The fallout from the collapse of Greensill Capital is casting a long shadow over Sanjeev Gupta's metals empire. Sanjeev Gupta faces UK tax office blowtorch, auditor walkout afr.com/world/europe/s…

Bank of England holds fire on rate cuts after Fed’s bazooka round afr.com/world/europe/b…

Brits regret Brexit, but can the country turn back? afr.com/world/europe/b…

Will the Rightmove ‘fortress’ fall to REA’s siege? afr.com/world/europe/w…

Starmer calls for return of ‘sausages’ from Gaza in conference gaffe afr.com/world/europe/s…