Martin McKenzie-Murray

As the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion takes personal evidence from former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus, Labor is working to avoid a conflict at its national conference over its platform on Israel and Palestine.

While stories on chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Australia focus mainly on Aussie Rules and the rugby codes, brain injuries from soccer must also be interrogated.

The case of the cheeky cricketer has brought out the performative outrage in professional usual suspect Piers Morgan

Sport has its parallels with politics – notably, when it comes to the grace with which star players assess their own contributions, and accept realities.

He has reigned over FIFA opaquely and with hubris – a megalomaniac at the head of world soccer – but the empire of Gianni Infantino finally looks set to crumble.

Remembering the impudent music critic Lester Bangs for his unselfconscious writing as much as his belief in music as revelation

A new documentary, The Match , examines the longstanding animosity between England and Argentina on the soccer pitch – a bitter rivalry revisited in last month's World Cup semi-final.

Perhaps unfortunately for Malcolm-Ieuan: Roberts, better known as Malcolm Roberts, this book's release coincides with recent renewed media attention upon the federal senator's curious beliefs.

As grave allegations came to light surrounding a group of Sydney Swans players, the rush to judgement – of footy, its pundits, the club and society in general – ignored due process.

The hurricane that all but destroyed New Orleans 21 years ago kickstarted a still-contentious chapter in the city's cultural story