Matt Brown

Alex Pullin has been chosen as Australia’s flag-bearer for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Scores of Iraqis have been killed after militants attacked parts of the central Iraqi city of Baquba, just 60 kilometres north of the capital Baghdad. Among those killed were dozens of Sunni prisoners who died when a police station was caught up in the fighting. The government says they were killed by mortar fire, but a local morgue says they were shot in the head and in the chest, and some locals say they were killed by a notorious Shiite militia. Baquba is the closest the fighting has come…

The fight to retake Mosul from Islamic State is one of the many battles being fought in the shadow of the wider conflict between Baghdad and the Kurds, which is accused of illegally expanding their autonomous zone in the country's north.

The Iraqi military says the battle for Mosul has entered its final phase, but what comes next will be crucial to the international battle against the Islamic State group, writes Middle East correspondent Matt Brown.

President Hassan Rouhani declares the people of Iran the "real winners" of its election, after decisively defeating rival Ebrahim Raisi at the polls.

A fan and his sons discover the urinals at the MCG are an instructive place, where the state of the season and the state of the game suddenly becomes clear.

A scarf, a scrapbook and a scruffy hair-do. How one Richmond supporter has done his bit to get the Tigers into a grand final.

Middle East correspondent Matt Brown has been to numerous war zones during his posting but as he returns home it’s the innocent victims of conflict that stay with him.

The death of Qassem Soleimani is a watershed moment, even in the long and bloody history of Middle East conflict. Softly spoken, calculating and lethal, he left an extraordinary mark on a region accustomed to the failings of big men with big mouths.

Dustin Johnson’s runaway win on the PGA Tour is the latest example of power conquering all in men’s golf. The women’s tour is showcasing a more thoughtful approach, writes Matt Brown.