‘I would love to be the champion here’:Barty aiming high at Wimbledon

‘I would love to be the champion here’:Barty aiming high at Wimbledon

Ashleigh Barty enters the grasscourt championships surrounded by external expectations and her own willingness to “dream big” about nabbing a Wimbledon trophy.

  • byScott Spits

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Stuck in the mud:Lack of red dirt has hurt Australian tennis
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Stuck in the mud:Lack of red dirt has hurt Australian tennis

Loathed instead of loved? Shunned instead of savoured? Clay has been down the pecking order for Australian tennis in recent decades,but things are changing.

  • byScott Spits
Tennis pro Margaret Court’s oceanside home hits Perth’s sizzling property market

Tennis pro Margaret Court’s oceanside home hits Perth’s sizzling property market

The two-storey home – which features five spacious bedrooms,three bathrooms,a jacuzzi and multiple living spaces – has been advertised for $2.9 million,more than four times what Court paid for the property in 1996.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
‘It’s two different sports’:Serena better than Court,says coach

‘It’s two different sports’:Serena better than Court,says coach

Patrick Mouratoglou says Margaret Court’s tally of 24 grand slams won in the amateur days cannot compare with the American’s haul of 23 in the professional era.

  • bySam Phillips
‘Troubled by rhetoric’:UK podcast renames Margaret Court Arena

‘Troubled by rhetoric’:UK podcast renames Margaret Court Arena

A British tennis podcast has flamed debate about the name of one of Melbourne Park’s main show courts by declaring it will refer to Margaret Court Arena as Evonne Goolagong Arena instead.

  • byScott Spits
They may be bigots,but here’s why we can’t gag Israel Folau or Margaret Court

They may be bigots,but here’s why we can’t gag Israel Folau or Margaret Court

A former sex discrimination commissioner argues we need to be careful about stifling the voices we disagree with.

  • byPru Goward
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Australian honours system fit for purpose? Hardly

Australian honours system fit for purpose? Hardly

We all know the Australian honours system is elitist and discredited. But can something be done about it?

  • byJon Faine
‘Who influenced this process?’:Readers respond to Margaret Court’s AC

‘Who influenced this process?’:Readers respond to Margaret Court’s AC

Margaret Court’s Australia Day honours upgrade to a Companion of the Order of Australia generated some heated reader debate.

  • byLissa Christopher
‘Bad theology kills’:Senior cleric returns honour over Margaret Court decision

‘Bad theology kills’:Senior cleric returns honour over Margaret Court decision

The Reverend Alistair Macrae,a former president of the Uniting Church in Australia,has joined a growing list of Australia Day honours recipients to reject their awards.

  • byRachel Eddie
The Rocket behind Margaret Court’s AC
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The Rocket behind Margaret Court’s AC

The Council for the Order of Australia,like Tennis Australia,has tried to separate Margaret Court’s extraordinary tennis achievements from her views about homosexuality.

  • byChip Le Grand
‘I couldn’t think of a better use of the award’:Peter Kingston rebuffs Australia Day honour in protest
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‘I couldn’t think of a better use of the award’:Peter Kingston rebuffs Australia Day honour in protest

The artist’s stand ramps up pressure for an overhaul of the Australia Day award’s system.

  • byLinda Morris