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The Iranian women’s football team is facing an impossible situation. Return home, and possibly face punishment from the Islamic Republic regime for its silent protest, or stay in Australia and their families could instead suffer retribution. Source link

Mercedes has lived up to the preseason hype with a dominant qualifying performance, locking out the front row of the grid for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix. Source link

Wayne Bennett rules South Sydney out of the Zac Lomax stakes, with the Rabbitohs coach insisting the exiled State of Origin star must live with the consequences of his split with Parramatta.  Source link

George Russell will enter Saturday’s qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix having posted the fastest time in practice, while his teammate suffered a big crash late in the session.   Source link

Nestled away and out of view from the public sits the grand prix medical centre at Albert Park, with trauma specialists from Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital on stand-by for the worst moments in motorsport. Source link

The Sliders are representing Australia on the world stage in just two months, but they’re not as widely known as other national sports teams. This year, they hope to make a wave. Source link

Former coach Tom Sermanni says “it wasn’t his greatest look”. But for its part in helping the Matildas to 2010 Asian Cup glory, it may well be the most consequential makeover in Australian football history.  Source link

Teammates and rivals praise all-rounder Annabel Sutherland after her starring role with the ball on day one of the pink-ball Test between Australia and India. Source link

For 45 minutes, minnows Bangladesh pushed North Korea all the way. It was a breath of fresh air for a tournament desperately lacking close matches. Source link

There are concerns for the safety of Iran’s female footballers after they were condemned on Iranian state TV as wartime traitors for not singing the national anthem before their first game. Source link