Woodman-Wickliffe breaks New Zealand try record in World Cup cruise against Japan

Woodman-Wickliffe breaks New Zealand try record in World Cup cruise against Japan

Pool C: New Zealand 62-19 Japan Woodman-Wickliffe scores 50th try in 30 Tests Portia Woodman-Wickliffe had already cemented her legendary status in rugby before making more history against Japan. So much has been said about the wing, with the former Black Fern Kendra Cocksedge saying she “isn’t human” and the New Zealand star Ruby Tui describing her as “out of this world”. Woodman-Wickliffe broke New Zealand’s all-time try-scoring record as the Black Ferns secured their quarter-final place with a big win. Continue reading...

US Open tennis 2025: Jessica Pegula, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka in action on day eight – live

US Open tennis 2025: Jessica Pegula, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka in action on day eight – live

Follow the fourth-round action at Flushing Meadows Get in touch with Katy via email Hello! And welcome to today’s coverage of the US Open, as we hit the midway point in the final slam of the year. Despite all the noise and chaos over the past week in New York – including Daniil Medvedev’s mighty meltdown , Jelena Ostapenko’s ugly comments towards Taylor Townsend (for which Ostapenko has finally apologised), Stefanos Tsitsipas’s underarm serve fury and seven injury retirements on the men’s side – there’s a slight sense of calm at the start of day eight, with only six fourth-round singles matches in the day session. Starting on Arthur Ashe in a few minutes it’s the all-American encounter between last year’s runner-up Jessica Pegula and Ann Li, followed by the man of the tournament so far, Carlos Alcaraz, against France’s Arthur Rinderknech. Play on Louis Armstrong is already under way, with Adrian Mannarino and Jiri Lehecka fighting for a place in their first US Open quarter-final. Then it’s the two Taylors – Townsend takes on the 2024 Wimbledon winner Barbora Krejcikova and Fritz faces the Czech Tomas Machac – before Aryna Sabalenka (last but certainly not least as the defending champion) rounds things off against Spain’s Cristina Bucsa. Continue reading...

Piastri opens gap in title race after Norris forced to retire from F1 Dutch GP

Piastri opens gap in title race after Norris forced to retire from F1 Dutch GP

Win extends Australian’s championship lead to 34 points Lewis Hamilton crashes out early after unforced error Oscar Piastri won the Dutch Grand Prix with a dominant drive to victory from pole position, a win which may have turned the course of the world championship after his title rival Lando Norris was forced to retire from second place as an oil leak hit his car just seven laps from the end. The race was also marked by a remarkably uncharacteristic, apparently unforced, error from Lewis Hamilton which led to the seven-time champion crashing out early in the race, his hope for a fresh start in this second half of season at Ferrari ending in bitter disappointment. Continue reading...

Gruda fires late winner in Brighton’s comeback win over Manchester City

Gruda fires late winner in Brighton’s comeback win over Manchester City

When a team loses the aura of champions, it can go absolutely. Opponents suddenly look at them and wonder what on earth once seemed so intimidating, how on earth a bunch of players in these shirts, could seem so unbeatable. At half-time, Manchester City led, and seemed comfortable in their lead against opponents who had never got going. By the time Brajan Gruda calmly rounded James Trafford and dumped Rayan Aït-Nouri on his backside before rolling into an empty net, a Brighton winner had come to seem almost overdue. Continue reading...

61 leafy seadragons, 604 Port Jackson sharks: logging the grim tally of death in South Australia’s algal bloom

61 leafy seadragons, 604 Port Jackson sharks: logging the grim tally of death in South Australia’s algal bloom

Experts say data reported by beachgoers is ‘hugely useful’ after a slow official response to disaster Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sixty-one leafy seadragons, 604 Port Jackson sharks, 1,999 southern fiddler rays and 287 bluespotted goatfish make up a fraction of the dead washed up on South Australian beaches in the past months. Since the algal bloom hit SA, hundreds of citizen scientists have come together to create what has become one of the main sources of data on the disaster. Continue reading...

Illicit and 3D-printed firearms are a growing problem. Authorities are struggling to keep up

Illicit and 3D-printed firearms are a growing problem. Authorities are struggling to keep up

As police investigate whether alleged Porepunkah killer Dezi Freeman owned homemade firearms, experts say the laws on privately manufactured guns are a ‘dog’s breakfast’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Read more from our investigation into gun control in Australia In 2023 a Canberra mechanic was servicing a grey BMW when he made a startling discovery. Under the seat he found a handgun. The pistol looked strange. It was made almost entirely of plastic – half white, half black. Continue reading...

Australia’s pole vault queen Nina Kennedy: ‘I’m in full force to go to the world champs’ | Jack Snape

Australia’s pole vault queen Nina Kennedy: ‘I’m in full force to go to the world champs’ | Jack Snape

The Paris gold medallist opens up on her comeback from surgery, her longtime US rival, and the inner ‘mongrel’ that drives her to win The best female pole vaulter on the planet is Australia’s only reigning Olympic athletics champion, and she will compete in Tokyo in two weeks at the world championships to defend the gold she won in 2023. But while spectators will recognise the Australian as she walks into Japan’s National Stadium, they will in truth see a different Nina Kennedy. “I don’t have full confidence in my body,” the 28-year-old says, two weeks out from an unprecedented challenge in her esteemed career. “But that’s OK, because I have learned that there are a hundred ways to get the same outcome, and we’re just going a different route to normal.” Continue reading...

Is it depression or an iron deficiency? – podcast

Is it depression or an iron deficiency? – podcast

Treating an iron deficiency can be elusive and frustrating. That’s particularly true for women who may have been misdiagnosed with depression and other chronic illnesses, until those low iron levels are finally picked up. Reged Ahmad speaks to health reporter Natasha May on why so many women have to wait years to find out what’s wrong, and whether a new test could be the solution. Read more: Misdiagnosis of iron deficiency can lead to years of debilitating illness. Could nanodiamonds be the solution? Continue reading...

The kindness of strangers: she gave me a pristine white handkerchief to mop up the blood on my face

The kindness of strangers: she gave me a pristine white handkerchief to mop up the blood on my face

I was visiting Naples with my daughter. Feeling exhausted after the flight, I tripped and fell face first Read more in the kindness of strangers series Years ago I was visiting Naples with my daughter. On our first day there, she was itching to go for a walk down to the port, so we dropped our bags at the accommodation and set off to explore. I was feeling quite exhausted after the flight, and while walking down a steep cobblestone street, I tripped. I flew through the air and fell flat on the ground, face first. For some reason, the instinct to put my hands out to cushion the fall hadn’t kicked in, so I landed straight on my chin. I knew immediately that my jaw was broken – I’d heard the awful crack. Before long, blood was gushing down my face. Continue reading...

My client attended therapy because he was mandated to. Making progress to stop his use of child exploitation material was vital | Ahona Guha

My client attended therapy because he was mandated to. Making progress to stop his use of child exploitation material was vital | Ahona Guha

We started by agreeing that we both wanted the same thing – for him to not reoffend The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work Sometimes people attend therapy because they are mandated to attend, not because they want to. Bill* was one of these clients. He sat before me, avoiding eye contact, arms crossed. “I didn’t hurt anyone, not like those other blokes did,” he said. Continue reading...