Formula One held the 2025 season launch in London overnight.
Altor Capital will initially hold a majority stake in the JackJumpers, before taking full control in two years’ time.
Racing Queensland has postponed a raft of meetings in South East Queensland ahead of the expected arrival of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
The $2m Jewel Day on the Gold Coast has been shifted to a twilight meeting on Saturday week due to the potentially devastating effects of the cyclone, which is expected to hit the South East Queensland coast on Thursday night or Friday morning.
It comes after Wednesday’s (today) Sunshine Coast thoroughbred meeting was abandoned, despite rumblings from some trainers in the area who woke to blue skies and light winds.
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Bendigo Spirit has won their third WNBL championship (and their first in a decade), beating Townsville Fire 63-55 in game 2 in front of 5400 fans in Townsville this afternoon, clinching the series 2-0.
Spirit’s Sami Whitcomb took home the Rachael Sporn Medal for the WNBL Grand Final MVP.
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WWE to Take Over RAC Arena with a Premium Live Event,
Friday Night SmackDown, and Monday Night Raw
As it turned out I did get lucky in the ballot and am a confirmed starter in August, as long as the legs survive the schedule including Wangaratta Marathon this Sunday, Canberra next month, Gold Coast in July where I’ve entered both the half and full, and pending a time quick enough, Comrades in South Africa which this year has changed years of tradition by going with 2 separate starts (not waves, but different starts 15 minutes apart and starting 15 and 30 minutes respectively later than normal, citing safety concerns on the roads out of Pietermaritzburg as the main reason…and it was treacherous in 2018 and probably not much has changed now) with both having the same 12 hour cutoff. Melbourne and Auckland to follow with an early finish to the running year this year as the GC50 (the national 50km race) being moved to the same day as Melbourne thinking they’ll avoid the heat.
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David McCowen has written an opinion piece for News Corp, lamenting the huge number of empty seats at Accor Stadium in Sydney for Race of Champions motorsport event last week.
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It was poorly promoted and the tickets were stupidly priced - timing worked to link in with the F1, but the timing isn’t great in the broader local sporting calendar.
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Chinese appliance brand TCL has signed a long-term partnership deal with the International Olympic Committee, replacing Panasonic.
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Yuck. Junk products.
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With more than 180 Australians currently playing professional and collegiate basketball overseas, including in the NBA, WNBA, NCAA, and European leagues, Basketball.com.au aims to showcase these athletes’ stories, ensuring they receive the recognition they deserve. While also showcasing the insane line up of players in the NBL and WNBL.
To bolster credibility and insight, the platform has secured an impressive roster of contributors led by Australian basketball icon Andrew Bogut. The NBA champion, former NBL MVP, and Sydney Kings co-owner will provide expert analysis and first-hand experiences from the highest levels of the sport.
Joining him is NBL legend and commentator Lanard Copeland, who will contribute throughout the NBL playoffs. Copeland, a two-time NBL champion and Grand Final MVP brings over three decades of experience to the platform.
Basketball.com.au is owned by the LK Group, which also owns the NBL and soon the WNBL.
Think this might be close to where the starting line was for the Newcastle Street Circuit which is sadly no more, after council complaints led to the sudden axing of the Supercars Newcastle 500 event in 2023.
2032 Brisbane Games shock: Tennis could be held in Melbourne if funding shortfall eventuates
The 2032 Brisbane Olympic tennis tournament is under threat of a shock switch to Melbourne as plans for an essential upgrade of the Queensland Tennis Centre hang in the balance.
Senior Queensland tennis officials have already told the International Tennis Federation the Queensland Tennis Centre cannot deliver the traditional Olympic Games requirements of 10,000, 5000 and 3000 seat arenas.
But, in the spirit of “the new norm’’ designed to take financial pressure off Games hosts, the ITF has agreed to accept a compromise model which features a 5500-seat Pat Rafter Arena supported by a 3000-seat venue and further outdoor seating.
But even to reach that point the Queensland Tennis Centre at Tennyson will need a yet-to-be-approved $113 million upgrade.
(News Corp) understands Olympic officials have privately discussed whether Melbourne’s Australian Open venue, the National Tennis Centre, could host the Games tournament if Brisbane does not come up to scratch.
A switch to Melbourne, apart from being a promotional disaster for the Brisbane Games, would be seen as a major test given the city’s July temperatures floating between seven and 13 degrees would be a turn-off for players.
Many sports fans assumed the Queensland Tennis Centre, host of the Brisbane International, would be a comfortable fit for the Olympics, but Tennis Queensland chief executive Cameron Pearson says they are different beasts.
“The Olympic tennis event has 30% more players and 75% more matches than the Brisbane International which was already at capacity,’’ Pearson said.
“The Brisbane International has five match courts. The Olympics requires 12.’’
Melbourne already has some soccer…
Keep it in Brisbane and upgrade it
Lando Norris held off Max Verstappen to win the opening race of 2025 F1 season in Albert Park. George Russell finished third.
Oscar Piastri was neck and neck with McLaren teammate Norris, but his hopes were dashed on lap 44 when his car spun and slipped off the track on turn 13. Piastri managed to return to the track and came ninth.
The F1 debut of Jack Doohan ended after half a lap.
The start of the race was delayed by 15 minutes after another debutant Isack Hadjar spun out on the formation lap.
465,498 fans attended the event over four days (including over 131,000 today) a new attendance record for Albert Park circuit.
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Half a lap.
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more like 5 corners
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