Patrick Stack

The scenes of Eli Katoa looking distraught on the sidelines after three nasty head knocks were confronting. The news that he had to undergo surgery to ease pressure on his brain was disturbing. Now the industry is asking how this happened and whether the existing guidelines are doing everything possible to protect the game's players. Featured: Jack Snape, journalist, The Guardian.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

The daughter of winter Olympian speed skaters. A talent who left school at 15 to pursue a jockey apprenticeship. Immense success and talent, followed by controversy and an injury that left her in a coma. Winning the Caulfield Cup. These stories are all part of Jamie Melham's incredible road to riding the favourite at the 2025 Melbourne Cup. Featured: Daniel Miles, horse racing journalist, ABC Sport.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Oscar Piastri has lost his grip on the F1 title race. It's now been four races without a podium finish and six without a win for the Australian, as his McLaren teammate, Lando Norris, surged past him. Piastri is adamant it's not the car that's the problem, so what's gone wrong for the Australian and how does he fix it in time to salvage his dream? Featured: Michael Doyle, F1 writer, ABC Sport.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

When Samoa and Tonga clash this weekend in the Pacific Championships, the teams will be teeming with players who could be wearing the green and gold in England. Increasingly, stars like Payne Haas and Robert Toia are choosing their Pasifika heritage, but far from compromising international rugby league it's enriching the game at the highest level. Featured: Sam Wykes, host, That Pacific Sports Show.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

The Ryder Cup showed us the best and worst of sport

The Dallas Cowboys are about to have a cultural moment. A new Netflix documentary on the team promises to be the NFL equivalent of The Last Dance. As exceptional as the show is, there's a sense that the team's ownership is leveraging the nostalgia of past glories, while neglecting the present day team. Featured: RJ Ochoa, reporter, SB Nation.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

When sex toys started being thrown onto WNBA courts across America we assumed this was some base level misogyny. What we didn't expect is that it might also be tied to a meme coin in the murky world of crypto. Featured: Ben Pickham, journalist The Athletic/NY Times.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Cate Campbell wants Australian sports fans to know that we are in a golden era right now. Kayle McKeown is the "best backstroker the world has ever seen". Mollie O'Callaghan has as many world titles as Ian Thorpe.  Meg Harris is won gold with her eyes, literally, shut. The LA Games can't come soon enough. Featured: Cate Campbell, Australian swimming great.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

After 45 years, the Australians who competed in the 1980 Moscow Olympics will be recognised for their contribution after defying government opposition and copping public backlash.

Ex-Olympian Cate Campbell has been covering the World Championship trials in Adelaide. What she's seeing is some great swimming and some athletes at breaking point. Mollie O'Callaghan, Kaylee McKeown, Cam McEvoy, Lani Pallister, have all given voice to the same thing: it's been a struggle post Paris. Why? Ex-Olympian Cate Campbell explains the cocktail that threatens to break our stars. Featured: Cate Campbell, Olympic swimming champion.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Biblical rain, inner demons, Queensland, none of those impediments could stop NSW claiming  the women's Origin series. Can they make it a sweep? In the men's there are some big selection headaches for both teams. We have the best motivational speech of the AFL so far. PLUS, the sound of pure sporting joy. Featured: Zac Bailey, NRL reporter, Channel Nine. Marlee Silva, NRLW reporter, Channel Nine. Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Ange Postecoglou always wins a trophy in his second season and now Tottenham are one win away from doing just that. The Aussie manager is on the cusp of something special and he has not held back in his press conference addressing perceived haters. Willie Rioli story was messy all week, have the AFL managed it adequately? We ask Corbin Middlemas. The NRL features a huge top of the table clash. While the IPL looks a scary place to play cricket right now. Featured: Corbin Middlemas, AFL commentator, ABC Sport. Daniel Garb, football reporter, ABC Sport.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Caleb Ewan is an all-time Australian cycling champ. The 30-year-old has eleven grand tour stage victories, five at the Tour de France. Why has he retired when he seemingly has so much left to give? Featured: Kate Bates, Australian cycling champion.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

This was not the Matildas story we expected this week. A slew of negative comments from a commercial radio announcer about the Australian women's football team has opened old wounds around women's sport and equality. Featured: Marnie Vinall, journalist, ABC Sport.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

When the Matildas beat fourth ranked Germany for the first time in 19 years, questions will be asked. Questions like, where did that come from? How good was that Kyra Cooney-Cross bomb? Should interim coach Tom Sermanni be hanging around a bit longer? Grace Gill joins the podcast to break down a brilliant win that has shifted the vibe around this Australian team. Featured: Grace Gill, ex-Australian footballer and commentator. Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Sports fans love a code crosser, which is why they need to know more about Cam Wurf. He's represented Australia in rowing, cycling and triathlon and does two of those simultaneously. This weekend he's trying to claim the triathlon holy grail; the Kona Iroman in Hawaii. At 41 can he finally achieve his ultimate goal? We ask the man himself. Featured: Cam Wurf, triathlon.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

For Olivia Gadecki, the growth starts when she gets uncomfortable. The 22-year-old has been chasing that feeling of discomfort for some time and the mentality yielded big results this week. Gadecki fell just short of a maiden WTA title in Guadalajara, but is now Australia's top ranked female player. She talks to us about being mentored by Ash Barty, her ongoing development and how she quit the sport as a teenager. Featured: Olivia Gadecki, Australia's top ranked female tennis player.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

Wheelchair racer Angie Ballard first represented Australia at the Sydney Paralympics as a teenager. 24 years on she will lead the team as co-captain at the Paris games. Competing across seven Paralympics, Ballard has seen how things have drastically changed for the movement, while other issues haven’t shown the desired progressions. As she prepares to lead her country Ballard is discussing her journey and why the Paralympic movement has never been more important. Featured: Angie Ballard, co-capt…

To win the Tour de France AND Giro d’Italia in the span of a cycling career is a big deal. To do it in the same year is historic. Tadej Pogacar will be chasing that piece of history when the race gets underway later this week. Today, Katherine Bates helps us understand why the Slovenian so dominant, who might stand in his way and what role the Australian contingent could play. Featured: Katherine Bates, ex-Olympic cyclist. Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

It's been dramatic year for Latrell Mitchell. He's been vilified by trolls, suspended by the NRL and questioned whether he wanted to quit rugby league altogether. Now he's been drafted into a NSW side that must win to keep the Origin series alive. Having just turned 27, there's a sense this series could be definitive for Mitchell. He seems more than ready. Featured: Nick Campton, NRL journalist, ABC.  Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter