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2025’s final Monument podium 🏆

Tadej Pogačar won Il Lombardia 2025 for the fifth consecutive time, with Remco Evenepoel and Michael Storer filling out the podium spots.

📸 Sprint Cycling

Another example of the extraordinary being made to look routine.

Incredible.

Queensland openers Matt Renshaw and Usman Khawaja heading out to bat for the first time on day two of the 2025/26 Sheffield Shield season at Allan Border Field.

Tasmania all out for 379 (Jordan Silk 104, Michael Neser 4-75).

Thanks mate - the standard was so high on Friday. I’m not sure I’ll be able to get there today but will check out the live stream.

'That's the beauty of sport': How an ancient Irish game connects As over 400 players head to Brisbane for the Australasia Gaelic Games Championships, the bond that exists between a distant home and sport is laid bare.

The clash of ash on ash, the speed of the sliotar flying through the air, the sound of Irish accents so far from home.

The sporting aspect of the Australasian Gaelic Games Championships is, obviously, of huge importance.

But it also means a whole lot more than that.

#GAA

This is a very suitable book to be reading tbh - including details on how hurling was being played in Australia before the first All Ireland was played under the GAA in 1887…

A nice morning at the Gaelic Grounds in Willawong for the 2025 Australasian Championships.

Some rare books have that incredible ability to just grab you by the soul and force you to keep reading.

This is one of them.

Obviously I’m a decade or more late to this, but @ricktimes.bsky.social, this is just a stunning story told with heart-rendering honesty and skill.

🇸🇮 Tadej Pogacar resumes 'normal' service with another Worlds win from another era

Analysis by ✍️ Barry Ryan:
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📸 Cor Vos

Another astonishing performance from Tadej Pogačar.

Ignited the race with over 100km to go and killed it off with 66km remaining.

Enormous respect for Remco Evenepoel though. He bent but did not break and to work as hard as he did to get second is remarkable.

#Kigali2025

What a game.

Suncorp was genuinely shaking after that full time siren.

The roar when Dylan Edwards missed that field goal was as loud as I’ve ever heard in a sports stadium.

Remarkable.

#NRLFinals

Finals footy…

#NRLFinals #BRIvPEN

What’s next for the new Junior World Champion Harry Hudson?

A new home with Lidl-Trek Future Racing! 🤝

Congratulations Harry! 🌈🏆

What a terrific bike race.

Chapeau Harry - plenty of grit shown there to stay away for 30-odd km.

First ever British man to win the junior men’s road race?

Amazing.

#Kigali2025

Great photo from Michael Matthews on his socials after Australia’s gold medal mixed team time trial relay performance.

So pleased for Bling - it wasn’t that long ago he had a pulmonary embolism that kept him out of the Tour de France and could have had even more serious impacts.

#Kigali2025 🌈

Just finished this masterpiece of investigative journalism by @migueldelaney.bsky.social.

Depressing, alarming and oh so important.

Such a brilliant piece of work.

It is with profound sadness that The Yorkshire County Cricket Club announces the passing of Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird MBE OBE, one of cricket’s most beloved figures, who died peacefully at home at the age of 92.

Read more: yorkshireccc.com/news/harold-...

Palestine recognised, Optus outrage, Charlie Kirk memorial + athletics golden era - triple j Australia has joined more than 150 other countries in recognising Palestine. So: what changes?  And 3 people died after an Optus outage prevented triple 0 calls going through. Now the government is p...

Also spoke about the golden era that Australia could be on the cusp of in athletics with Dave Marchese on Triple J Hack - from 21 minutes in.

"It was just worship": Olyslagers channels belief into gold - ABC listen When Nicola Olyslagers competes in high jump, it's as much about her religion as it is winning medals. The 28-year-old celebrated both competitive victory and her faith in a night deep with rain and s...

Spoke about a dramatic final day of the World Athletics Championships on ABC Sport Daily yesterday.

One gold medal for Australia but loads of storylines throughout.

Remco Evenepoel’s palmares at the ITT Worlds.

Remco Evenepoel’s palmares at the ITT Worlds is insane 🔥

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One of the most remarkable things I’ve seen in bike racing.

Remco is on another level in the race of truth.

#Kigali2025

How this beautiful moment made up for missing a medal for Aussie star Eleanor Patterson did not come away with a medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. But by supporting Angelina Topić through a tough moment, she gained so much more.

One of my favourite moments from the World Athletics Championships.

The sportsmanship between the field competitors has always been worthy of admiration.

Eleanor Patterson taking on a big sister role speaks volumes of her character.

Javelin bronze the 'icing on the cake' for Dr Little Mackenzie Little's second-successive World Athletics Championships bronze medal is an amazing achievement, all the more so considering she's a full-time surgical resident.

Big week for Mackenzie Little the athlete.

Big week for Mackenzie Little the surgeon, too.

Brazilian race walker loses wedding ring in race, wins gold Brazilian race walker Ciao Bonfim won a gold medal in the 20km race walk, the first major global title of his career. But he lost something important on the way.

Brazilian race walker Ciao Bonfim won a gold medal in the 20km race walk, the first major global title of his career. But he lost something important on the way.

Live: Aussies set for relay tests with final spots on the line Mackenzie Little will throw for gold in the women's javelin, with Rose Davies and Linden Hall shooting for glory in the women's 5,000m. Follow live.

Relays, javelins and a sneaky 5km.

It’s the penultimate day of the World Athletics Championships, with several Aussies competing.

It is absolutely intriguing as to who will come out on top between these two.

But Jay Vine is a really good outside bet.

He’s got kms in the legs from the Vuelta, looked really good in the mountains there and has a brilliant TT set up.

Absolutely a chance of a medal.

#Kigali2025

How Jess Hull's 'side quest' could lead to even greater glory Jess Hull was concerned that a focus on the 800m was potentially hurting her endurance. Instead, her "side quest" could lead to a second world championship medal.

An Australian record and a spot in a second world championship final in a week.

Not bad for Jess Hull’s “fun little side project”.

Live: Heavy fall mars opening event of heptathlon as Aussies open campaign Australia's heptathletes get their World Athletics Championship campaigns up and running, as Aussie trios aim for a final spot in the women's 800m and the men's 5,000m. Follow live.

Another big night of athletics.

The heptathlon is underway, there’s 800m semifinals and the heats of the 5,000m to sink our teeth into too.

The top 20 live blogs for ABC Sport since the start of August. For anyone questioning - as I've seen all too often - why there has been so much coverage of Gout Gout.

Incredible effort for a teenager to do what he did.

'I have time': Gout Gout's patience an impressive virtue Gout Gout's promise and progress are on full display at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. But by showing patience, he could get even better.

Over the past two nights, Gout Gout proved he is ready to join the elite.

But his levelheaded comments after his semifinal showed he has all the tools to be there for a long time.