The eastern grandstand at Accor Stadium will be the first to be named after a woman in NSW,the government says.
The Matildas at the World Cup have even won hearts previously hardened against all sports. But where will it all lead?
Is this the “Cathy Freeman moment” the Matildas wanted to give to Australia? Hopefully not. Hopefully,this is just the entree.
The players thought they were attending a tactics meeting in Melbourne last week. Instead,they received a shock visit from one of Australia’s most iconic sporting heroes.
Not since the 2000 Olympics has there been so much pressure riding on the shoulders of a single Aussie athlete to perform in front of an expectant home crowd.
The star striker believes the upcoming home World Cup is a chance for the national side to build a legacy that could change the women’s game forever in Australia.
Australia will bring some of the biggest names in world athletics to Melbourne next month,with $200,000 in prizemoney on offer.
It’s soccer’s moment in the sun,but the costs of playing can be prohibitively expensive,up to $2000 for kids.
At the Commonwealth Games in Victoria,Canada,in 1994,Cathy Freeman made the world sit up and take notice in more ways than one.
To all but a small circle of sports history buffs and academics,their names have been long forgotten.
He’s helped Ash Barty,Dylan Alcott and the Richmond Tigers rediscover their mojo – and right now,Ben Crowe’s rebooting his own. Here’s how he does it.