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Scratch the surface of the history of swimming and you might find more than you bargained for — like why your local pool is shaped like a rectangle (hint: it's linked to Napoleon).

Bahraini refugee Hakeem al-Araibi rejoins his Melbourne football team at a match for the first time since he was released from a Thai prison after an extradition ordeal lasting more than two months.

The world's largest sports shoemaker loses around $2 billion from its market capitalisation after the trainer of the hottest basketball prospect in the United States, Zion Williamson, explodes during a college game and injures his knee.

Australia overcome a major scare to beat New Zealand by five runs in their ODI women's clash at the WACA.

Australia makes 241 with the bat in Perth, as it looks to continue its dominance over New Zealand in the first of three ODIs with the Rose Bowl up for grabs. Follow all the action in our live ScoreCentre.

The fact the commencement of the Super Rugby season has largely gone unnoticed shows just how much rugby union is struggling in the competitive Australian sporting landscape, writes Richard Hinds.

Look at the crowd figures, the TV ratings, the money and the media coverage and the conclusion is inescapable — women's sport across a range of codes is hitting mainstream relevance, writes Clint Thomas.

Ante Milicic faces the media to name his first squad for the Cup of Nations, saying he is unconcerned about the turmoil that came before his appointment.

This may be the last season for the 125-year-old Fish Creek football club and locals are angry that the AFL is not doing more to protect the "heart and soul" of the district.

When you've played 260 games for your footy club, the prospect of leaving the local competition is devastating — but that's what one Tasmanian club is facing after after 99 years in the game.

Having moved from Red Bull to Renault, Daniel Ricciardo's luck with cars remains rough — the Aussie's first testing session with his new team ends dramatically thanks to DRS failure.

Andrew Gaze confirms he will quit as the Sydney Kings coach after this year's National Basketball League playoffs — but he still has plans to coach somewhere else.

There is a deep irony to Martina Navratilova's claim in a newspaper article that trans women have a physical advantage over "innocent" cisgender women, writes Noah Riseman.

A landmark case begins in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland, as Olympic champion Caster Semenya challenges new IAAF rules around athletes with hyperandrogenism.

It may not become an Olympic sport, but the French fencing federation has opened the door to Jedi and Sith wannabes, making lightsaber duelling an official competitive sport.

The FFA's decision to parachute in a coach with no experience in the elite women's game and lead the Matildas is raising eyebrows, writes Patrick Galloway.

The AFL women's league is growing ever more popular; this round drew impressive crowds at the weekend, but also its fair share of controversy, writes Kate O'Halloran.

Martina Navratilova reignites debate about how transgender athletes compete at the elite level, saying rules that allow trans women to compete in women's tournaments are "insane" and amount to "cheating".

Some of Australia's sports have taken steps to achieve pay equity for male and female athletes — now a group of 17 sporting chiefs release a plan to close the gender pay gap.

Following a shocking month of controversy, the Matildas finally have an interim coach, with former Socceroo Ante Milicic to take charge of the team through to the end of the Women's World Cup in July.