Hot starts for Fire, Boomers and Lynx in WNBL round one The WNBL season is underway and the Melbourne Boomers are leading the pack with two wins in the opening round. AAP · Nov 5, 2023
Opals' Olympic path to Paris goes through Brazil Australia's women's basketball team must avoid a last-placed finish at a round-robin tournament in Brazil to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics. AAP · Oct 5, 2023
Lauren Jackson defies odds to return once more to Australia’s WNBL The basketball great has recovered from an achilles injury and will re-join the Southside Flyers the age of 42 The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2023
Basketball star Lauren Jackson suits up again in WNBL Australian basketball great Lauren Jackson has recovered from an achilles injury and will re-join the Southside Flyers in the WNBL this season at the age of 42. AAP · Oct 2, 2023
Breanna Stewart Wins Second WNBA MVP Award in Incredibly Tight Three-Way Race The five-time WNBA All-Star won her first MVP award during her tenure with the Storm. Sports Illustrated · Sep 26, 2023
Larry Stone: Storm enter season amid mystery and skepticism without Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart The changes are seismic. Sue and Stewie have gone their separate ways, one to a well-deserved yet still jarring retirement, the other electing to leave her only WNBA home as a free agent to move closer to her childhood home, signing with the New York Liberty. Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023
No LJ, no worries for the WNBL's Southside Flyers The finals-bound Flyers proved there is life after Lauren Jackson with an impressive win over Bendigo to kick off the WNBL's Indigenous split round. AAP · Feb 11, 2023
Larry Stone: Breanna Stewart and other stars are forming super teams, but is that good for the WNBA? When Breanna Stewart signed with the New York Liberty last week, on the heels of another women’s basketball superstar, Candace Parker, announcing her intention to sign with the Las Vegas Aces, it caused a nationwide chorus of the same two-word phrase. Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2023
Opals legend Jackson awaits scans after WNBL injury Australian basketball great Lauren Jackson will undergo scans after suffering a suspected Achilles injury just over a minute into her WNBL tribute match. AAP · Feb 4, 2023
Lauren Jackson limps off after barely a minute as WNBL crowd record broken in Flyers vs Flames clash The Southside Flyers and Sydney Flames played out their round 13 WNBL clash in front of a record crowd, but the biggest drawcard was forced off the court after barely a minute. ABC News · Feb 4, 2023
Lauren Jackson continues to wow crowds ahead of expected record WNBL attendance for Southside Flyers vs Sydney Flames Lauren Jackson's record-breaking, peerless basketball journey continues tonight in front of a record crowd at John Cain Arena. She's so committed, she's playing with a broken foot. ABC News · Feb 3, 2023
'Manipulative' one-punch killer left pregnant girlfriend needing possible surgery after brutal attack Woods knocked his girlfriend to the floor and left her injured in a public park Manchester Evening News · Jan 28, 2023
'Animal' battered pregnant girlfriend 6 years after killing pensioner with punch Luke Woods punched pregnant girlfriend Lauren Jackson in the face following an argument in December last year, just six years after killing pensioner Len Saunders in a vicious and unprovoked attack in 2017 Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2023
Thug who punched his pregnant girlfriend after being freed for battering a pensioner to death tells a court: "I want to be a positive role model" Luke Woods, 22, has served time for manslaughter - back behind bars for attacking his partner, he told a judge the prospect of fatherhood has changed him Manchester Evening News · Jan 28, 2023
Liverpool Echo · Jan 28, 2023 Killer battered pregnant girlfriend and abandoned her as she lay injured in park Luke Woods was previously convicted of the manslaughter of 65-year-old Len Saunders
AAP · Jan 21, 2023 Coach Heal remains absent in WNBL The absence of Shane and Shyla Heal, which has stretched into a second consecutive WNBL game, remains unexplained by the Sydney Flames.
ABC News · Jan 5, 2023 Canberra Capitals player Nicole Munger showcases the value of the 'ageing rookie' in WNBL The 25-year-old player says a positive attitude and a series of 'sliding door' moments helped her make her WNBL debut last year.
AAP · Dec 23, 2022 Flames heap more pain on Capitals in WNBL The Capitals' struggles continued, Lauren Jackson had another big game and Cayla George posted the WNBL's first triple-double in a decade during round seven.
AAP · Dec 18, 2022 Successful homecoming for Jackson in WNBL Basketball legend Lauren Jackson has made a triumphant return to Canberra to help the Southside Flyers defeat her former club UC Capitals in the WNBL.
ABC News · Dec 10, 2022 How the WNBL is leveraging the Opals' World Cup success After a successful Women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney, can the WNBL capitalise on the momentum in the long term?
AAP · Dec 10, 2022 Griffin heroics keep Bendigo top of WNBL Red-hot Bendigo remain unbeaten after a masterclass from Kelsey Griffin, Sydney have broken their duck and Melbourne have jumped to second spot in the WNBL.
Newcastle Herald · Nov 5, 2022 McSpadden fit and firing ahead of seventh WNBL season "I feel the fittest I've ever been, which is always good heading into a season. I don't really have any injuries or niggles going on."
ABC News · Oct 8, 2022 Growing women's basketball fan community highlighted at recent World Cup in Sydney From custom, handmade merchandise, to personally crafted zines, to social pick-up games: The women's basketball fan community is thriving and growing thanks to the recent World Cup in Sydney.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2022 Lauren Jackson’s Opals farewell one last dance for greatest of all time Denied the fairytale ending in 2016, Jackson has finally bowed out in a manner befitting her status in Australian basketball
ABC News · Oct 1, 2022 Lauren Jackson delivers one last time in her Australian Opals farewell at FIBA World Cup Lauren Jackson gave fans a final reminder of her greatness as she helped the Opals secure the bronze medal at the FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney, writes Hayley Wilde.