Sweet victory:Hawkins and Reid fire up to lead Townsville to WNBL title in 16th-straight win
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Sweet victory:Hawkins and Reid fire up to lead Townsville to WNBL title in 16th-straight win

Townsville Fire won game one with its scoring but it was their ability to grind out the key moments that took them to their fourth WNBL title on Wednesday night.

  • byRoy Ward

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The Most Influential Women in Australian Sport:The top 10

The Most Influential Women in Australian Sport:The top 10

For International Women’s Day,we have chosen the top 50 most influential women in Australian sport. Here are numbers 10 to one.

  • byChloe Saltau
‘See how it goes’:Jackson to delay retirement call as scans confirm partial Achilles tear
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‘See how it goes’:Jackson to delay retirement call as scans confirm partial Achilles tear

Lauren Jackson’s WNBL season is over after scans confirmed a partial tear to her right Achilles,but she will wait to see how her recovery goes before deciding if she will retire from basketball.

  • byRoy Ward
Cracked foot,broken record:Jackson and Flyers want to beat WNBL high crowd mark

Cracked foot,broken record:Jackson and Flyers want to beat WNBL high crowd mark

Lauren Jackson and her Southside Flyers are chasing a WNBL record crowd on Saturday when they host Sydney Flames at John Cain Arena on Saturday night.

  • byRoy Ward
Lauren Jackson never believed in fairytales,until she started living one

Lauren Jackson never believed in fairytales,until she started living one

After retiring in pain six years ago,Australia’s greatest basketballer is back on the court at 41. And fans are flocking to see the legend one last time.

  • byIain Payten
‘Just so emotional’:Jackson dominates in farewell as Opals win bronze
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‘Just so emotional’:Jackson dominates in farewell as Opals win bronze

Age may have wearied Lauren Jackson but her jump shot is forever and she proved this in her farewell Opals game on Saturday,leading the side to a World Cup bronze medal.

  • byRoy Ward andMillie Muroi
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‘We don’t want to go home empty-handed’:Opals play for bronze after China loss
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‘We don’t want to go home empty-handed’:Opals play for bronze after China loss

China has outlasted Australia to earn a place in the gold medal game at the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Sydney in front of a roaring crowd of 11,916 fans.

  • byRoy Ward
‘Nothing can top this’:Inspirational Jackson is the face of the World Cup

‘Nothing can top this’:Inspirational Jackson is the face of the World Cup

From ticket sales to GOAT masks and “angry mum” sprays,Lauren Jackson has been the face of the FIBA Women’s World Cup,and it is something she will never forget.

  • byRoy Ward
‘Fire up’:Jackson calls on Opals to lift

‘Fire up’:Jackson calls on Opals to lift

Lauren Jackson wants her teammates to lift their intensity and ride their home crowd into the medal rounds at the FIBA Women’s World Cup.

  • byRoy Ward andMillie Muroi
‘She should be home’:Breanna Stewart dedicates USA’s World Cup quest to Brittney Griner

‘She should be home’:Breanna Stewart dedicates USA’s World Cup quest to Brittney Griner

Playing with Team USA gives superstar Breanna Stewart a daily reminder her teammate and friend Brittney Griner continues to be detained in Russia and she is leading calls to bring the star centre home.

  • byRoy Ward
‘It’s going to come down to the wire’:Toughness the key as Opals prepare for physical Serbia clash

‘It’s going to come down to the wire’:Toughness the key as Opals prepare for physical Serbia clash

The Opals know their World Cup quarter-final hopes will go down to the wire,but a win over Serbia on Sunday in what is sure to be a physical contest will be pivotal to their hopes of competing for a medal.

  • byRoy Ward andMillie Muroi