She’s played at four Olympics,but this hoops legend has never felt so much pressure

She’s played at four Olympics,but this hoops legend has never felt so much pressure

She might be an all-time great,but Lauren Jackson has never felt so much pressure as she did before Australia’s Olympic basketball teams for Paris were announced. Like Patty Mills and Joe Ingles,she’s off to her fifth Games.

  • byRoy Ward

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‘We have to earn it’:How Opals,Boomers could realise their Paris medal dreams
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‘We have to earn it’:How Opals,Boomers could realise their Paris medal dreams

Australia will head to Paris with dreams of stunning the USA and winning gold. But with world basketball growing ever-stronger,the Opals and Boomers will be tested like never before.

  • byRoy Ward
‘Super special’:Opals dominate despite Jackson’s struggles as she looks ahead to fifth Games

‘Super special’:Opals dominate despite Jackson’s struggles as she looks ahead to fifth Games

The Opals scored another big win over one of the benchmarks of world basketball and stand-in coach Cheryl Chambers senses something special is building ahead of Paris 2024.

  • byRoy Ward
Jackson ‘the fittest she has ever been’ as teen Opal dreams of Paris

Jackson ‘the fittest she has ever been’ as teen Opal dreams of Paris

A super-fit Lauren Jackson continues to wow her Opals teammates and coaches including teenage teammate Izzy Borlase who could be joining Jackson in Paris.

  • byRoy Ward
‘Girls deserve better’:Billionaire businessman,Tesla chair take over WNBL

‘Girls deserve better’:Billionaire businessman,Tesla chair take over WNBL

Billionaire Larry Kestelman and Tesla Motors chair Robyn Denholm will overhaul the Women’s National Basketball League after striking a deal with Basketball Australia.

  • byJon Pierik
From Moe to the big stage:The Aussie staring down basketball’s record-breaking phenom Caitlin Clark

From Moe to the big stage:The Aussie staring down basketball’s record-breaking phenom Caitlin Clark

Moe’s Jaz Shelley is one of the Australians riding the exploding popularity of US women’s college basketball,playing in front of millions and hoping to lead Nebraska to a fairytale run in “March Madness”.

  • byRoy Ward
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‘Basketball heaven’:Jackson claims sixth WNBL title,25 years after her first,United down JackJumpers in NBL title series opener
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‘Basketball heaven’:Jackson claims sixth WNBL title,25 years after her first,United down JackJumpers in NBL title series opener

Lauren Jackson’s sixth Women’s National Basketball League title was secured on Sunday,remarkably 25 years after her first.

  • byJon Pierik
Brady,Federer,Williams and ‘Loz’:How Lauren Jackson joined this exclusive list

Brady,Federer,Williams and ‘Loz’:How Lauren Jackson joined this exclusive list

She fits weights and shooting practice around her two young sons,and at 42 is eyeing her fifth Olympics. But there’s a grand final to win before then.

  • byJon Pierik
‘Breaks my heart’:Lauren Jackson wants support for kids’ travel to Paris in shock Olympic bid
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‘Breaks my heart’:Lauren Jackson wants support for kids’ travel to Paris in shock Olympic bid

Australia’s greatest basketballer,a single mum,is asking for practical and financial support to travel with her young sons as she considers reversing her recent decision to retire.

  • byJon Pierik
‘Fine,I’ll show you’:This star Tiger has not given up on her Opals dream

‘Fine,I’ll show you’:This star Tiger has not given up on her Opals dream

AFLW best and fairest winner Monique Conti is having a career-best season in the WNBL. She’s going to toe-to-toe with Opals opponents and hasn’t totally ruled out that dream for herself,either.

  • byMarnie Vinall
Cambage denies racial slur as fresh footage emerges of violent incident

Cambage denies racial slur as fresh footage emerges of violent incident

A new video has emerged of the violent altercation which led to fallen Opals star Liz Cambage leaving the Australian Opals on the eve of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

  • byJon Pierik