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‘Robs Peta to pay Peta’: Union hits out at Netball Australia as bitter pay war escalates
The netballers’ union has accused Netball Australia of “weaponising” the looming pay deal deadline to pressure players into signing a new collective player agreement, in the latest escalation to the league’s bitter pay dispute.
- by Carla Jaeger
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Hutchison takes on netball in new radio rights deal
Sports media mogul Craig Hutchison has added netball to his sprawling broadcast empire, inking a new radio deal with the embattled sport.
- by Carla Jaeger
While Australia watched the Matildas, we won another World Cup. Players are seething
Infighting, culture wars and financial woes have eclipsed netball’s successes. So how did Australia’s biggest women’s sport get in this mess, and how can it be saved?
- by Carla Jaeger
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Super Netball
Diamonds are the best netball team on Earth. But there’s unfinished business
Australia is leading the netball world on the court, but there is unfinished business facing netball in this country. The truth is we can do better, and so we must.
- by Liz Ellis
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Why the best netball league in the world is facing a $7.5 million black hole
A secret report shows Australia’s elite netball league is bleeding money and being propped up by the fees paid by junior and club players at a time when competition from rival sports is intensifying.
- by Carla Jaeger
‘I didn’t want to be the gay athlete’: How retiring Diamond Ash Brazill changed netball
In retiring from netball after 13 seasons with a World Cup medal around her neck, Ash Brazill hopes she’s helped changed the look of her sport and made it more welcoming for gay girls.
- by Marnie Vinall
Netball’s dream team: Why Diamonds’ dominance is not as easy as it seems
The Australian Diamonds have now won the netball World Cup 12 times from 16 attempts, but some of the game’s greats say this victory was “more extraordinary” than earlier triumphs because of the turmoil in the sport and rise of other nations.
- by Carla Jaeger
Australia claim record 12th Netball World Cup
The Diamonds have claimed their 12th Netball World Cup, defeating England 61-45 in the final.
‘Everyone loved targeting us’: Diamonds dominate England to claim world title
Australia, who lost the 2019 title to New Zealand, regained their position as the sport’s global champions in Sunday’s showdown in South Africa.
- by Marnie Vinall
History on their side: Why Diamonds can turn tables on England in netball World Cup decider
A new chapter in the fierce sporting rivalry between Australia and England will be played out in South Africa overnight when the nations clash in the final of netball’s World Cup.
- by Marnie Vinall
‘Incredible’: Diamonds edge Jamaica to make netball World Cup final
The game was tied 50-50 going into the last five minutes, but an intercept by outstanding goalkeeper Courtney Bruce helped turn the tide in Australia’s favour on Saturday.
- by Adrian Warren