American skier Lindsey Vonn has topped off her comeback season with her first podium finish since 2018. The four-time Olympian retired in 2019 but returned to the sport at the beginning of the season following a knee reconstruction.

The 40-year-old’s silver placed finish in the women’s Super-G makes her the oldest woman to have stood on a skiing World Cup podium by six years.

She said: "Age is just a number. If you feel good and you're mentally still driven and you work hard, you can achieve anything you set your mind to."

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The number of runs Australia’s women’s cricket side beat New Zealand by, in the second match of a T20 series between the two sides. The win means Australia has also claimed an overall series victory. Australian batter Beth Mooney was named the Player of the Match for her superb effort, scoring 70 runs off 42 balls. The third match of the series will be played on Wednesday from 12:45pm.

“Mega job, guys. Mega, mega job… That is one satisfying weekend.”
Australian Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri after winning the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Sunday. Piastri started the race in pole position and finished more than nine seconds ahead of his McLaren teammate, Lando Norris. McLaren has won the first two races of the year. Piastri’s victory is his third in Formula One and first for 2025, kicking off a campaign that may see him compete with Norris for the world title. Mercedes’ George Russell finished third and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished fifth. Ferrari’s disappointing start to the season continued, with both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton being disqualified after the race for breaches of technical regulations.

A 2020 study found that over distances of more than 195 miles (313km), women ran 0.6% faster than men. The study found that generally, “the longer the distance the shorter the gender pace gap”. For example, men were an average of 17.9% faster than women over five kilometres but only 11.1% faster over ten kilometres. The study included more than five million results from 15,451 events.

🥊 Two-time world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman died on Friday aged 76. Foreman became an Olympic champion at the 1968 Mexico City Games and five years later beat Joe Frazier to win his first heavyweight title fight in 1973. Foreman lost his first title to Muhammad Ali in the iconic Rumble in the Jungle bout in 1974. After retiring from the sport in 1977, he made an astonishing comeback and reclaimed the title from Michael Moorer in 1994 to become the oldest-ever heavyweight champion aged 45.

🏏 Fast bowler Jofra Archer has recorded the worst-ever bowling figures in the Indian Premier League’s history. Archer was hit for 76 runs off just four overs without taking a wicket. Aussie batsman Travis Head contributed to the figures, hitting 23 runs off a single over of Archer’s bowling. Head is playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad and is continuing his impressive run of form, hitting 67 off 31 balls in the opening match of the season against the Rajasthan Royals.

⚽ Sam Kerr will remain on the sidelines for the Matildas upcoming two matches against South Korea. Kerr is still recovering from a knee injury sustained in January 2024 and was not named in the Matildas 23-player squad announced today. Meanwhile, midfielder Clare Wheeler is back in the fold after missing two international windows with injury, and defenders Courtney Nevin and Jamilla Rankin have both been recalled based on their recent performance overseas. The Matildas’ first match against South Korea is next Friday 4 April in Sydney.

The Illawarra Hawks have won their first NBL title since 2001, defeating Melbourne United 114-104 in the Game 5 championship decider. It was the first game of the series to be won by a home team.

United started fast but were reeled back in before quarter-time where scores were locked at 26-26. The Hawks produced a championship quarter in the second, gaining a ten-point advantage before half-time which they were able to retain through three-quarter time and full-time.

Hawks guard Will Hickey continued where he left off in Game Four, recording 21 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists to inspire the home side to victory. The Hawks were also boosted by the return of Trey Kell III, who had 26 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists after a knee injury sidelined him for Game Four.

Melbourne United veteran Matthew Dellavedova was awarded the Larry Sengstock Medal for the NBL Finals series MVP. The announcement of the award was met with boos from the Wollongong crowd. Upon receiving the trophy, Dellavedova gestured to Hickey and said: "This belongs to you." He then walked through the crowd and handed the trophy to the Hawks guard.

Hawks coach Justin Tatum said: "It's an indescribable feeling. To see the enjoyment of the fans and everybody who's originally from Illawarra, who's been waiting for this for 23 plus years, that excites me more than anything.”

Of Dellavedova, United coach Dean Vickerman said: "You win with class, and you lose with class. That's one of the classiest things I've ever seen in an awards ceremony. Delly had an amazing series himself but for him to go and do that was exceptional."

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Australian athletes have produced a record performance at the World Athletics Indoor Championships, winning seven medals across the weekend in Nanjing, China. The Aussies finished sixth on the gold medal tally and second in the overall number of medals won behind athletics powerhouse the U.S. Australia’s best result at the event before the weekend was four medals in Toronto in 1993.

Nicole Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson stood atop the podium for Australia in the women’s high jump, with Olyslagers becoming the first Australian to win multiple indoor world titles.

Olyslagers, a two-time Olympic silver medallist, told reporters she changed her run-up for the event, saying: “I knew that if I wanted to jump as high as I wanted, to be as competitive as I wanted, I needed to do things outside of my normal comfort zone.”

28-year-old long jumper Liam Adcock won his first international medal representing Australia. Adcock jumped 8.28m to win a bronze medal in the men’s long jump, behind Italy’s Mattia Furlani (8.30m) and Jamaica’s Wayne Pinnock (8.29m).

Adcock told Australian Athletics: “I thought I could have won it but I was still stoked to see the Australian flag. It was a surreal moment really when I thought about retiring from the sport six months ago.”

Ellie Beer, Ella Connolly, Bella Pasquali, and Jemma Pollard became the first Australians to win a medal in the women’s 4x400m in 26 years, finishing third in a field of five. The young team, made up of two Olympians and two teenagers, finished behind Poland (silver) and the U.S. (gold).

Before the final day, Australia had already collected three medals. Former rugby player turned sprinter Lachlan Kennedy won a silver medal in the men’s 60m and Jess Hull and Ky Robinson won bronze medals in the women’s and men’s 3000m respectively.

Kennedy’s silver was Australia’s first ever medal in the event and his time of 6.50 set a new national record. Kennedy said after the race: "I know I can do so much more, this is only the beginning".

Australia’s athletes will now turn their focus to Saturday’s Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne.

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