Today marks TDA co-founder Zara’s last day before she goes on parental leave.

While there are obviously lots of things to think about when you have a child, an absolute priority must be ensuring that your child supports the right sports team.

According to a 2001 study, 38.7% of males (Zara is having a boy) say the biggest single influence on the team they support is their father.

Olly, Zara’s husband, is a huge Melbourne Demons fan.

I think we can see where this one is heading!

Poll results: 66% of you think Cricket Australia should not open another investigation into the Sandpapergate incident after Usman Khawaja recently reignited the scandal with fresh claims in his book.

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The consecutive number of matches the Bendigo Spirit have lost since the beginning the WNBL season. The Spirit remain winless this season after going down to the Perth Lynx 94-84 on Tuesday night in Perth. Georgia Amoore starred for the Lynx with 27 points.

“I’m not here to inflame the situation anymore… All I’ve ever wanted is for us to take accountability as a team, and I don’t think that’s a lot to say.”
Former Test cricketer Usman Khawaja in an interview with ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson on Tuesday night. Khawaja has reignited the Australian Test team’s Sandpapergate scandal by providing an account in his book which claims that the entire team knew that sandpaper was being used by Cameron Bancroft to tamper with the ball in a 2018 Test against South Africa. A Cricket Australia investigation at the time found that only three players - Bancroft, David Warner, and Steve Smith - knew. Since last night’s interview, the book’s publisher, Penguin, has informed media that Khawaja will no longer be doing any TV or radio interviews during this time.

In 1929, Sir Henry Segrave became the first British sportsman to be knighted. The motorsports legend was honoured for driving a car to 231 mph (371.7km/h) at Daytona Beach, a land speed record at the time. He went on to beat Gar Wood, a previously unbeaten American champion, in a head-to-head speedboat race. The King sent his congratulations by telegram. The following June, moments after breaking the water speed record on Lake Windermere in England, Segrave was killed when his boat flipped.

⛳ Australian triple major champion Minjee Lee will miss the LPGA’s season-ending Tour Championship for the first time since 2014, after sitting out this week’s ANNIKA event at Pelican Golf Club in Florida. Lee has slumped from third to 24th in the world rankings, her equal-lowest in 11 years, following struggles with her swing and a last-place finish at the Japan Classic. Sitting 79th in the season points race and not competing this week means Lee has no hope of being among the top 60 players to play in the Tour Championship from 19 to 22 November.

🏏 The Hobart Hurricanes remain winless in the Women’s Big Bash league (WBBL), following a four-wicket loss to the Adelaide Strikers on Tuesday night. Chasing 138, the Strikers needed final ball to win, and Adelaide’s Sophie Ecclestone pulled through with a match-winning boundary. The Hurricanes are the competition’s defending champions but now will likely have to win all five of their remaining matches to make this season’s finals series. The Strikers are fifth on the WBBL ladder with two wins and two losses.

🏇 A 22-year-old jockey has died following a fall during a horse race at Warren on Sunday. Apprentice jockey Izzy Neale died of head injuries sustained in a mid-race fall during the Cotton Cup. The horse she was riding, Marnoo, was euthanised because of a leg injury from the same incident. A statement from her family posted by Racing NSW said: “Izzy was dearly loved and will forever be in our hearts.”

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Australia’s hopes of winning the 2026 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup have ended following an 86-18 loss to England in last night’s semi-final.

England were dominant from the get-go, shooting out to a 30-0 lead and going into halftime up 40-6 against the Wheelaroos. Rob Hawkins starred for England with five tries, helping his side reach the final of the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup for a fifth successive time.

Wheelaroos coach Brett Clark said: “We didn’t execute what we practised. I just don’t know what happened today, we just seemed to switch off so there’s no excuses.”

England, the tournament’s defending champions, will now have the chance to go back-to-back in a 2022 World Cup final rematch against France. The French defeated Ireland 82-26 earlier on Tuesday night to secure their spot in the decider. It’s the fourth World Cup final in a row that will be played between England and France, with the three previous finals all being decided by four points or less.

Before the final on Friday night, Australia will take on Ireland in a third-place playoff.

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The WTA Finals are underway in Indian Wells, and one player has already secured her spot in the semi-finals of the prestigious season-ending tournament.

Here’s what to know.

The season finale brings together the year’s top eight women’s singles players in two round-robin groups of four, with the top two from each advancing to the semi-finals.

World number one Elena Rybakina is the tournament’s reigning champion but withdrew this week due to illness.

Linda Nosková, the Czech world number eight who won her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon in July, beat fourth-ranked American Coco Gauff in straight sets (6-3, 6-3) on Tuesday (local time) to become the first player through to the semi-finals. The victory was her sixth win over a top-ten opponent this season.

In the other group one match, American Jessica Pegula beat Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in straight sets (6-2, 7-5) for her first win since September. Kostyuk only found out on Saturday that she would be playing, stepping in after Rybakina’s withdrawal.

With one round of group one matches remaining, Gauff and Pegula are both still alive for a semi-final spot, while Kostyuk is out of contention.

In group two, Belarusian world number two Aryna Sabalenka and Russian Mirra Andreeva both won their opening group matches yesterday and will meet tomorrow, with the winner set to secure a semi-final spot. Meanwhile, Czech Karolína Muchová will play Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in what is effectively a knockout match, with both players looking to bounce back from losses.