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Goals from Sam Kerr and Alanna Kennedy allow the Matildas to scrap to a 2-1 win over North Korea in Perth in a thrilling Women’s Asian Cup quarterfinal clash.  Source link

Alex Johnston becomes the greatest try-scorer in Australian rugby league history with a double against the Roosters, prompting fans to ignore the NRL’s pleas not to storm the field to celebrate. Source link

Having fled Afghanistan as an 18-year-old, international cricketer Firooza Amiri knows what it is like to be a sports refugee from a war-torn country. Source link

India releases a video of its celebrations following the T20 World Cup, and it features an unhealthy amount of a man who should not be there. Source link

Pressure is growing on FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation to help the members of the Iranian women’s football team returning home, and their families, and to learn lessons ahead of the men’s World Cup.  Source link

Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis breaks the world record for the 15th time. Source link

US President Donald Trump says Iran men’s national soccer team is welcome to participate in the 2026 World Cup, but believes it is not appropriate that they be there “for their own life and safety”. Source link

When the Matildas played North Korea in Pyongyang in 2007, it was like unlike anything they had experienced before.  Source link

NRL superstar Latrell Mitchell opens up about the Winmarra foundation, which he co-founded to empower emerging Indigenous leaders. Source link

The choice for some Iranian women’s soccer team members to stay in Australia is not the first time athletes have travelled for a sporting competition and chosen to stay.  Source link