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South African shines as Adelaide strike down Lightning

The Adelaide Thunderbirds have defeated the Sunshine Coast Lightning in a tense encounter after some individual brilliance from Elmere van der Berg.

AAP · Apr 25

Vixens stay perfect after edging out Thunderbirds

Melbourne Vixens have moved four points clear at the top of the Super Netball ladder after a 56-50 home win over the previously unbeaten Adelaide Thunderbirds.

AAP · Apr 18

Adelaide thunder back to edge past winless Giants

The Thunderbirds have overcome a seven-goal third-quarter deficit to maintain their unbeaten start to the Super Netball season and deny the Giants a first win.

AAP · Apr 11

Van der Berg stars for Thunderbirds as records tumble

Adelaide Thunderbirds scored their highest-ever total and new recruit Elmere van der Berg the club's most goals in a dominant 74-54 win over Sydney Swifts.

AAP · Mar 14

Trump team now working to save Native American mascots from schools that were told to remove them

Between 2022 and 2023, upwards of 16 schools altered their mascots, according to the National Congress of American Indians

The Independent UK · Jan 30

New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds,’ US says

Federal education officials say a New York school district is “erasing its Native American heritage” and violating civil rights law by changing its team name from the “Thunderbirds” to the “T-Birds.”

The Independent UK · Jan 23

“I just couldn’t believe I was gonna be on a George Harrison record. He’d been listening to what the T-Birds had been doing”: Jimmie Vaughan on longevity, Strats and recording the Porky’s Revenge soundtrack – with a Beatle

A new Fabulous Thunderbirds box set is bursting with powerful stuff by Jimmie Vaughan & Co. – including an entire unreleased album from 1978. Here, Vaughan talks T-Birds and Strats and Fender amps, and tells us what flips his switch

Guitar World · Jan 22

Air Force pilot safely ejects before F-16 fighter jet crashes in California desert

Military officials say a fighter jet with the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration squadron has crashed in the Southern California desert

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Strictly Come Dancing week three: Lewis Cope lands first 10 of the series in action-packed Movie Week

All the updates from week three of the BBC competition as Cynthia Erivo joins as guest mentor

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025

Broadcaster Anthea Turner looks back: ‘I spent my Blue Peter era scared to death I was going to get found out’

The presenter on building Thunderbirds’ Tracy Island, being in the tabloids and getting out of her comfort zone

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2025