The Lions play a vital role for the talented kids, many from refugee backgrounds, living in one of Melbourne’s most gentrified suburbsGrowing up in the high-rise commission flats of Melbourne’s inner north, one thing was certain for Abdul Abdurahman.De…
The Lions play a vital role for the talented kids, many from refugee backgrounds, living in one of Melbourne’s most gentrified suburbsGrowing up in the high-rise commission flats of Melbourne’s inner north, one thing was certain for Abdul Abdurahman.De…
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Football Victoria plan gets FFA backing‘Coming of age for women’s sport in Australia’The Matildas will be able to call Melbourne home after Football Victoria, with the backing of Football Federation Australia, announced its intention to establish a sta…
Bahraini refugee in the spotlight during Pascoe Vale’s first home game of the season despite not getting any playing timeIt hardly mattered that Hakeem al-Araibi didn’t make it on to the pitch for his homecoming match.The Bahraini refugee, whose recent…
Wife of refugee thanks supporters for helping to secure his release as family call on Bahrain to ‘drop all the fabricated charges’Hakeem al-Araibi arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday, 77 days after he was arrested in Thailand on an Interpol red notice, dra…
Request comes as Thai prosecutor confirms country’s attorney general has authority to override court processThe Australian government has renewed demands for the release of Hakeem al-Araibi after the Thai prosecutor publicly confirmed the government ha…
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North Melbourne AFL club releases letter revealing utility is making ‘huge strides’AFL player Majak Daw, who fell from a bridge in Melbourne in December, says he is recovering from his injuries and has been blessed with a “second chance at life”.The No…
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The depiction of the tennis star in an Australian newspaper recycled centuries-old racial stereotypes. Publishing it showed an extraordinary lack of judgmentIf there is one thing more damning than the racist cartoon of Serena Williams published in Melb…
Five-time British Open champion had been treated for Parkinson’s diseaseThe Australian golfing great Peter Thomson has died at the age of 88. The five-time British Open champion had been treated for Parkinson’s disease for the past four years.He died s…
Five-time British Open champion had been treated for Parkinson’s diseaseThe Australian golfing great Peter Thomson has died at the age of 88. The five-time British Open champion had been treated for Parkinson’s disease for the past four years.He died s…
The first day from Melbourne Park as Venus Williams is defeated in the women’s draw and Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios headline the evening session in the men’s draw Continue reading…
The first day from Melbourne Park as Venus Williams is defeated in the women’s draw and Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios headline the evening session in the men’s draw Continue reading…
In Melbourne to celebrate 50th anniversary of her Australian Open victory, King says of Court ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate … she’s gotten derogatory’American tennis legend Billie Jean King has called for the Margaret Court Arena’s name to be chang…
Birdcage snobbery and drunken racegoers have become a Melbourne Cup staple, but Australia’s refusal to take the day too seriously still shines through It is easy to send up the Melbourne Cup, but easier if everyone’s in on it. Matthew Young and Rob Wad…
Tennis great calls out fellow former world No1 over anti-gay rights stance, accusing her of ‘bullying’ and ‘linking LGBT to Nazis, communists, the devil’
Martina Navratilova has repeated her call to rename Margaret Court Arena after the latest comments by her fellow former world No1 caused yet more outrage in the LGBTI and tennis communities.
“We celebrate free speech, but that doesn’t mean it is free of consequences – not punishment, but consequences,” Navratilova wrote in an open letter published by Fairfax Media.
Tennis great calls out fellow former world No1 over anti-gay rights stance, accusing her of ‘bullying’ and ‘linking LGBT to Nazis, communists, the devil’
Martina Navratilova has repeated her call to rename Margaret Court Arena after the latest comments by her fellow former world No1 caused yet more outrage in the LGBTI and tennis communities.
“We celebrate free speech, but that doesn’t mean it is free of consequences – not punishment, but consequences,” Navratilova wrote in an open letter published by Fairfax Media.
