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When Nicola Olyslagers competes in high jump, it's as much about her religion as it is winning medals. The 28-year-old celebrated both competitive victory and her faith in a night deep with rain and storylines. Featured: Simon Smale, senior writer, ABC Sport. Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Most sprinters are racing the clock, paradoxically, Gout Gout wants to use time as his friend. Bruce McAvaney joins us to explain why. Then Emma Lawrence helps us understand why Rooster Victor Radley accepted a $150k fine and ten game suspension. We break down the NRL finals, before Kath Loughnan previews two juicy AFL preliminary finals. Featured: Bruce McAvaney, athletics commentator, SBS. Emma...

At his first major meet, Gout Gout did what Usain Bolt could not, he got out of his heat. As he readies for the pointy end of the event, we speak to his team to understand how the 17-year-old is managing the deluge of interest from the athletics community. Featured: James Templeton, Gout Gout's manager.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

The Tasmanian Planning Commission has some thoughts on the proposed Hobart stadium. They reckon it's too big, too expensive and doesn't suit the area. The Tassie government say they're going to do it anyway. Is this tipping point moment in a conversation that has already divided a state and created bulk headaches at AFL house. Featured: Chris Rowbottom, ABC broadcaster, Tasmania.  Subscribe to the...

How would you celebrate the peak of your career? For Kurtis Marschall, that involved going to karaoke in Tokyo with his biggest rivals. The Aussie pole vaulter is what the kids would call 'a vibe' and he joined us to talk about his bronze medal, Japanese celebrations and his insanely talented rival Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis. Featured: Kurtis Marschall, bronze medallist, World Athletics Championship...

Extra, extra time. A Reece Walsh headbutt. Multiple sin bins. A disallowed, match winning try. A Ben Hunt redemption subplot. It was utter chaos in Canberra and the repercussions are enormous for the NRL finals picture as top ranked Canberra heads for elimination week and the Broncos head for a home preliminary final. We unpack a wild clash full of flow on effects. Featured: Brett Sprigg, ABC NRL...

In the AFL, we have Jack Ginnivan winding up the state of South Australia as he and Hawthonr threaten to troll the Crows into an early holiday. The Lions are battered, but can the reigning premiers see off their younger brother Gold Coast? The Demons have picked Steven King as the next Melbourne coach. In the NRL we have four blockbusters to unpack, each with brilliant storylines. PLUS, Ange Poste...

Few athletes have commanded so much attention and excitement at such a young age. As Gout Gout readies for his tilt at the World Athletics Championships, we ask Bruce McAvaney to break down the 17-year-old's chances and help us understand what might be possible. For an incredible talent, you need Bruce's analysis. Featured: Bruce McAvaney, athletics commentator.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newslet...

Ange Postecoglou told Tottenham fans that in every great TV series, season three surpasses season two. We never got to see what that looked like at Spurs, but we will get a new edition on Angeball at Nottingham Forest. It will come with some unusual challenges, including a wildcard Greek owner and a squad developed for a manner of play at odds with Postecoglou's style. Featured: Daniel Garb, footb...

The short-term focus of Pat Cummins' back injury has become the opening Ashes Test, but the ailment brings into focus the inevitable shift in leadership. We ask the captain about how he sees that long term transition before speaking with Mitchell Starc about sporting mortality following the left-arm veteran's T20I retirement. Featured: Pat Cummins, Australia captain. Mitch Starc, Australia fast bo...

In the industry, they call it the 'second season'. Only eight teams remain as the NRL gears up for a finals series rich with storylines. What are the narratives that will define finals time? Maybe it's the Panthers seeking to find innovative ways to win the title, again. Perhaps it's the Roosters harnessing star power old and new. The infrastructure of the Storm. The complicated momentum of Brisba...

When Rohan Browning ran 10.01 at the Tokyo Olympics, he assumed fame, fortune, and faster times would naturally follow. That's not how it played out. Now, as the charismatic sprinter readies himself for the 100m at the world championships he is talking to us about the lessons learned, what he's seeing in Gout Gout and why Australia is in an athletics 'golden age'. Featured: Rohan Browning, Olympia...

Collingwood shook up the AFL finals with an upset over Adelaide, but the booing of Isaac Quaynor has dominated much of the conversation. It's an ugly post script to the Izak Rankine suspension. In the NRL, we unpack the brilliance from Brisbane, especially Reece Walsh, as the Storm's premiership push continues to stall. Ex-Wallabies and Pumas coach Michael Cheika calls in to talk Australia vs Arge...

Eight teams remain and we're here to tell you why every single one can win the 2025 AFL Premiership. Corbin Middlemas joins us to make a case for each club and why they're certainties to lift the trophy on the last Saturday in September. Featured: Corbin Middlemas, lead AFL commentator, ABC Sport.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Molly Picklum calls in from Fiji to talk about partying in a wetsuit, the big names who reached out to congratulate her, how she steeled herself after an early stumble in the final, how she wants to dominate the sport for years to come and tequila. If you want to hear what it sounds like for a 22-year-old surfer to realise her dream in Hawaii, then this is the episode for you. Try and listen to th...

Some athletes have a way of making you smile inherently. Molly Picklum is one of those competitors and she gave Australian surfing fans reason to grin ear to ear. A world title clinched in Fiji puts her in the same space as Steph Gilmore, Tyler Wright and Layne Beachley and she's far from finished. Featured: Chris Binns, surf writer and broadcaster.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Teenage football sensation Nestory Irankunda has had an impressive week in the Championship with Watford FC and he's back in the Socceroos squad. Along with a host of other young stars, the national team is taking on New Zealand in two friendlies starting this weekend. What is coach Tony Popovic looking for with this group as he eyes a FIFA World Cup next year? Featured: Craig Foster, former Socce...

When former West Coast Eagle Adam Hunter passed away his family made the decision to donate his brain to the Australian Sports Brain Bank, and the results show he suffered from CTE. His family think a lot of that damage may have come after his AFL career, when he was playing local footy and being targeted on-field. Plus it's a finals shaping weekend in the NRL so we talk resting and the run home....

When it comes to competing Eliud Kipchoge and Sifan Hassan have nothing left to prove, so what drives them to keep showing up for elite level marathons? Ahead of a massive Sydney marathon, we put that question to these two champions, before asking Australian competitors Brett Robinson and Jess Stenson to help us understand what makes Kipchoge and Hassan so formidable. Featured: Eliud Kipchoge, mar...

In nearly 130 years of Australian Rules no male player has revealed they're bi-sexual, until now. Former West Coast player Mitch Brown has opened up about his sexuality at a time where the sport has been grappling with multiple cases of homophobic slurs, headlined by last week's Izak Rankine saga. It's a powerful moment for the LGBTQIA+ community inside and outside the sport and has the capacity t...

We already knew Belinda Clark was a legend of Aussie cricket, now Sport Australia has made it official, elevating her to "legend" status in its hall of fame. This is a woman who has achieved everything on field and been part of running the sport of it. As cricket finds itself juggling formats, priorities and budgets, she gives her read of the landscape. Featured: Belinda Clark, Australian cricket...

Des Hasler won't coach the Gold Coast in 2026 and appears finished as a head coach in the NRL after agreeing to leave the Titans. The Gold Coast has tried experienced coaches, emerging talents and everything in between, but haven't been able to contend for an NRL title. Can new recruit Josh Hannay change that and what will be his priorities when the Queenslander takes control? Featured: Michael Ca...

The Izak Rankine finding has landed and it's managed to seemingly frustrate all involved parties. We ask Kath Loughnan why. Then we look at the Fremantle Dockers as they prepare for mini-elimination final with the Dogs. The NRL has a double crunch Friday of fixtures. While the Wallabies attempt to break two hoodoos in two weeks. Featured: Kath Loughnan, AFL reporter, Fox Footy.  Subscribe to the A...

The US Open of tennis just dramatically overhauled the mixed doubles. A new short format, held before the grand slam's official start, with a huge prize money increase and lots and lots of singles stars. Did they just save mixed doubles or did they just kill it? Featured: John Millman, ex-ATP veteran. Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

The Dallas Cowboys are about to have a cultural moment. A new Netflix documentary on the team promises to be the NFL equivalent of The Last Dance. As exceptional as the show is, there's a sense that the team's ownership is leveraging the nostalgia of past glories, while neglecting the present day team. Featured: RJ Ochoa, reporter, SB Nation.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter