Well, there’s a whole heap of sport going on so I won’t keep you here for too long.

We’ve adjusted the format of the newsletter a little bit to accommodate for the Winter Olympics, as always we’d love to know what you think.

Let’s get into it!

8:30pm, Alpine Skiing: Men’s Team Combined (downhill)
The team combined event sees nations compete with teams of two. Athletes race in one discipline each (downhill and slalom) with a final ranking determined by adding the times from both races. No Aussie team in this final. 

8:30pm, Men’s Skeleton: Official Training (Heat 1 and Heat 2)
Aussie Nick Timmings will open his second Olympic campaign for Australia tonight. He finished 25th in the men’s skeleton at Beijing 2022. Skeleton sees athletes lie face-first on a sled and race down a track at speeds exceeding 130km/h.

12:00am, Alpine Skiing: Men’s Team Combined (slalom) 
Following on from the earlier downhill event. No Aussie team in this final. 

3:30am, Speed Skating: Women’s 1000m
Japan’s Miho Tagaki is looking to defend the gold medal she won in this event at Beijing 2022. No Aussies in this final. 

5:20am, Figure Skating: Ice Dance (Rhythm Dance)
Aussie ice dancers Holly Harris and Jason Chan will slide into action on the ice as they look to finish in the top 20 of their group to advance to the free dance.

5:30am, Women’s Snowboarding: Big Air Final 
Tess Coady and Meila Stalker will represent Australia in the women’s snowboard Big Air final. Coady finished 12th in qualification while Stalker impressed with sixth place.

6:12am, Ski Jumping: Men’s Normal Hill Individual Final
No Aussies in this final. In this event, ski jumpers launch off a 90-metre hill, with scores based on distance achieved and technique displayed across two rounds. Ryōyū Kobayashi of Japan is the reigning Olympic champion. 

Australia will have two riders in the women's snowboard Big Air final after Tess Coady and Mela Stalker advanced from qualification on Sunday night. Coady qualified in 12th place (the last place available) after making her highest score in her third and final run at Livigno Snow Park. Olympic debutant Stalker impressed to finish sixth, nailing two of her three runs, one of which included a trick she only learned after arriving in Italy. The final is on tomorrow at 5:30am (AEDT).

Australian cross-country skiers Hugo Hinckfuss and Seve de Campo finished 56th and 57th, respectively, in the men's 20km Skiathlon at Milano Cortina 2026. De Campo, competing in his second Olympics, said: “I was really up for the fight, and I think we fought super hard.” Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won gold, with France's Mathis Desloges taking silver, and Norway’s Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget claiming bronze. Hinckfuss and de Campo will both compete again in other cross-country events at the Games.

Aussie Alex Ferlazzo wrapped up his fourth Olympic luge campaign with an 18th-place finish at the Cortina Sliding Centre on Sunday. The Australian improved his time on each of his four runs, reaching speeds beyond 127km/h on the final day. "I put it all out there," Ferlazzo said. Germany's Max Langenhan won gold, Austria's Jonas Müller silver, and Italy's Dominik Fischnaller bronze.

American skiing legend Lindsey Vonn's Olympic comeback ended in heartbreak overnight after the 41-year-old crashed during the women's downhill at Milano Cortina.

Vonn was just 13 seconds into her run when she clipped a gate mid-jump and tumbled down the course. She lay on the snow before being airlifted from the slopes of Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Remarkably, Vonn was skiing on a ruptured ACL sustained just nine days earlier.

Here's what you need to know.

Since her 2002 Olympic debut, Vonn has become one of the world's most decorated alpine skiers. In 2010, she became the first American woman to win Olympic downhill gold. She also has two Olympic bronze medals and 84 World Cup victories.

Vonn retired in February 2019, but announced a comeback in 2024 – months after partial knee replacement surgery – ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Despite rupturing her ACL nine days before the event, the five-time Olympian was determined to compete and shared videos of intense rehab sessions. Vonn previously won a 2019 World Championships bronze medal while skiing with a torn LCL and several leg fractures.

Vonn showed strong form in training, posting the third-fastest time on Saturday. That night, she wrote on Instagram: "I will race tomorrow in my final Olympic Downhill and while I can't guarantee a good result, I can guarantee I will give it everything I have."

Starting 13th in a field of 36, disaster struck when her right ski pole clipped a gate at the crest of a jump, sending her tumbling down the course.

Vonn underwent surgery in Treviso to stabilise a left leg fracture. The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team confirmed she is stable "and in good hands with a team of American and Italian physicians."

Teammate Breezy Johnson, who won gold, said: "My heart goes out to her."

🏟️ Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout has opted not to compete at this year’s Commonwealth Games – hosted in Glasgow from 23 July to 2 August.  The 18-year-old will instead focus on the World Under-20 Championships in August. Gout is hoping to emulate Usain Bolt, who launched his career with gold in the 200m at the under-20 world champs in 2002. Australian team chef de mission Petria Thomas said she understood Gout’s decision, noting he's building towards the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.

🏉 The Australian women's Rugby Sevens team fell to New Zealand 29-7 in the Perth Sevens final on Sunday. It marks their third loss to the Kiwis in four tournament deciders this season. The men's team provided redemption in the trans-Tasman rivalry with a dramatic 12-10 victory over New Zealand to claim bronze. Australia’s Josh Turner scored with 10 seconds remaining before Ben Dowling's conversion sealed the win.

🏉 Star Brisbane Broncos forward Payne Haas will join the South Sydney Rabbitohs at the end of the 2026 season. The three-year deal will see the 26-year-old reunite with former coach Wayne Bennett, who originally recruited him to Brisbane. Haas will travel to England this week with the Broncos as they prepare to take on Super League champions Hull KR in the World Club Challenge. 

🏐 Australia's netball team defeated Jamaica 73-41 in Perth on Sunday to secure an unassailable 2-0 series lead. The result follows their 72-41 win in Adelaide three days earlier. Sophie Garbin starred with 29 goals from 32 attempts, while Kate Moloney celebrated her 50th cap with four gains and two intercepts. The two sides will face off again in Wednesday's series finale in Melbourne.

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From NBA All-Star Weekend (from 16 February AEDT) and Aussies like Dyson Daniels making moves in the NBA, to the Tillies pushing through the UEFA Women’s Champions League, there’s no shortage of big moments. 

Alongside the chaos of March Madness and the run home to the NBL Finals and WNBL Finals, summer sport well and truly takes centre stage. 

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The Seattle Seahawks have won the Super Bowl, defeating the New England Patriots 29-13 in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday night (local time).

The win was also a victory for Australians as Seahawks punter Michael Dickson became the second Aussie in history to win a Super Bowl title. 

Here is what to know. 

Seattle’s defence, ranked number one in the league, well and truly overpowered the Patriots. The Seahawks sacked New England quarterback Drake Maye six times and forced him to throw two interceptions. 

The result marks Seattle’s second Super Bowl title. It’s also sweet revenge for Seattle’s fan base, who saw their team lose to the Patriots (and Tom Brady) in the 2015 Super Bowl.

For the second consecutive year, an Australian has played in in a Super Bowl-winning side. Sydney-born Jordan Mailata achieved the feat for the first time with the Philadelphia Eagles last year. Fellow Sydney local Michael Dickson has now followed suit. 

Dickson, widely considered the best punter in the NFL, finished with seven punts for 335 yards. 

Seattle running back Kenneth Walker III was named the Super Bowl MVP after an incredible performance, which saw him gain 135 yards across 27 carries. He’s the first running back to win the award since 1998.

Perhaps equally as celebrated as the championship game is the halftime show.

This year, it was Bad Bunny who made history as the first halftime headliner to perform entirely in Spanish. His 13-minute set featured bold staging, vibrant choreography, and guest appearances from Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. 

Bad Bunny closed the show holding a football that read “together, we are America”, with a billboard behind him saying: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love”.