Steve Turner

Polish player Iga Świątek has gained the world number 1 women’s ranking after Ash Barty’s retirement from tennis. Behind Świątek are Barbora Krejcikova (Czech...

Ash Barty has announced her retirement from professional tennis. The 25-year-old will put the racquet down and focus on other goals. Barty announced the news...

Last August, in an old chicken shed in suburban Queensland, world champion Lilly Barker was skipping as fast as she could. It was hot,...

Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas recently pipped Aussie Sam Kerr to win the FIFA Women’s Player of the Year award. The 2021 Balon d’Or winner is the first...

Local Tyson Brown takes a very personal approach to training his clients. His training takes two forms. One is online training, where programs are...

Mighty mare Verry Elleegant was crowned Australian Horse of the Year in mid-October. The event, usually held in August (not long after the racehorses’ birthdays), was postponed.

Australian wheelchair tennis star Dylan Alcott has won Paralympic gold in the quad tennis singles in Tokyo after a thrilling battle with Sam Schroder. The...

Brisbane’s selection as the host city of the 2032 Olympic Games will inspire a host of younger athletes dreaming of competing on home soil,...

Dynamic Surry Hills singer and wellness teacher Carina Grace has been studying and practising various wellness and healing methods for 30 years. Carina, originally...

An artwork by Kymeesha Shillingsworth, 9, and her grandfather Bruce Shillingsworth Snr has been chosen to feature on the Sydney Kings kit for the...

Lydia Ko recently ended a 1,084-day victory drought at the Lotte Championship at Oahu in Hawaii. The comeback was a feel-good win for anyone...

Long-time Redfern resident and celebrated burlesque dancer Mia Mortal is celebrating 40 years in show business. Her lithe, expressive and sensual dance technique has...

Back in national colours for the first time in a year, Ellyse Perry says the Australian men's tour of New Zealand has provided valuable...

LeBron James continues his ascent towards the top of the American NBA’s all-time scoring list. With a free-throw late in the second quarter of the...

Hungarian, Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest Olympic champion, recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Fleeing the Nazis, surviving the Holocaust with a false ID, and...

Six months down the track from Victoria's disastrous hotel quarantine outbreak, which led to an unprecedented 112-day lockdown, nothing is more important than protecting...

This year marks 40 years since Redfern resident and Aussie swimming icon Mark Tonelli and his team won gold in the 4x100-metre medley relay...

Last month the Olympic cauldron was reignited in Cathy Freeman Park for the 20-year anniversary of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Two young Australian athletes,...

Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel recently crossed the English Channel for the 35th time – surpassing the men’s record for the most crossings from England...

World number two Simona Halep has withdrawn from this month’s Palermo Ladies Open following Italy’s decision to impose a mandatory quarantine for people coming...

John Lanzky reports that Souths have played some heavy games against the in-form Roosters and Panthers. A gutsy win against the Bulldogs has restored...

Rugby Australia (RA) chairman Paul McLean has staunchly backed departed chief executive Raelene Castle, whom he says was subjected to “abhorrent” bullying from “faceless...

Not even pandemic isolation can prevent people from keeping fit at home! After a discussion with our rugby league writer John Lanzky, here is a suggested 30-minute daily routine...

A thriving partnership is equipping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to gain employment in the fitness industry.

Although the finals will be happening as we go to print, we offer some of the highlights of this year’s Australian Open. We also bid farewell to Kobe Bryant ...

Australia’s new backstroke queen Minna Atherton has fallen just short of another short-course world record at the inaugural International Swimming League (ISL) championships recently....

Home advantage was not the case in the 2019 Australian Boat Race, with the University of Melbourne finishing behind the University of Sydney in the men’s and women’s races.

Swansfit health and fitness program is a local initiative to teach young Australians about leading an active lifestyle.

South Sydney star utility Adam Doueihi recently had the unenviable task of judging the SSH Rabbitohs Colour & Win competition.

Hiscoes Gym and Fitness Centre on Crown Street is a Surry Hills institution, having operated for the last 39 years. The centre was founded...

Many Australian schools participate in the annual Jump Rope for Heart program, an initiative created by the Heart Foundation in 1983. Bourke Street Public...