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5.  Racism in Sport 

Collingwood AFL racism issues

I found racism runs through the AFL – it has failed to uphold the rights and safety of Black players 

Mick Malthouse reacts to Collingwood racism claims from Heritier Lumumba - ABC News 

Héritier Lumumba reclaimed his name and found strength in African history. Will it change Collingwood and the AFL? - ABC News 

Collingwood Football Club is guilty of systemic racism, review finds - ABC News 

Collingwood AFL club's culture of 'structural racism' condemned in scathing report 

Collingwood racism report findings a vindication for Héritier Lumumba and others who paid price for speaking up - ABC News 

Collingwood racism report and the shame of inaction – Monash Lens 

What We’ve Learned Following The Release Of Collingwood’s ‘Do Better’ Report Into Racism 

Héritier Lumumba ends all contact with Collingwood over response to racism allegations 

2025

Spectator racism is still rife in Australia’s major football codes – new research shows it may even be getting worse

'Where's your visa' chant sign of widespread and malicious racism in the cricketing world

NRL bans two people for alleged racial abuse of Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker | SBS NITV

17-year-old Lachlan Power was allegedly racially abused by an adult spectator while playing footy | SBS NITV

Heckler at Qld rugby league game cops decade-long ban for racial vilification | SBS NITV

Major Australian sporting codes move to tackle spectator racism | SBS NITV

EMMA GARLETT: The booing of South Sydney star Latrell Mitchell has the sinister feel of Adam Goodes saga | The Nightly

Nicky Winmar: AFL faces same racism problem 30 years on

New move by Australian sporting codes to combat spectator racism | SBS News

 

3.  Gender Equity 

All Male Netball team wins Queensland title

Uproar after all-male team wins Queensland netball title 

Uproar as all-boys netball team beats girls to win state title 

Controversy after all-boys team wins netball state title over girls 

Male netball team wins grand final in girls’ netball state championships - Women's Forum Australia 

 

Pay Disparity

 

Why Female Athletes Earn Less Than Men Across Most Sports 

The Gender Inequality Gap In Sport Is More Evident Now Than Ever — The Latch 

Women’s sport and equal pay – the truth | Herald Sun 

Equal Pay for Equal Play: Mick Fanning, Steph Gilmore call to stop funding unless sports offer prizemoney parity | Daily Telegraph 

Special report: How Covid-19 pandemic has widened sport’s gender gap | Daily Telegraph 

Women in sport are winning the fight for equal pay – slowly 

USA women's football team reaches landmark $33m equal pay settlement with US Soccer - ABC News 

It's 2022, but there's still a long way to go before women see equal pay on the sporting field - ABC News 

Women who play footy at Aussie Rules club level aren't paid, yet men are - ABC News

Gender pay gap turning women off sport 

Cricket 2022: The shock pay gap between Australia’s men’s and women’s stars revealed | Daily Telegraph 

New Zealand Cricket strikes pay equity deal so women and men earn same match fees 

2025

Women’s Olympic uniform was controversial way before Paris 2024

Women’s sports kits are over-sexualised and not period proof. If this affected men, it would be fixed by now | Catherine Spencer | The Guardian

Opinion - Nike’s Olympic kits are an emblem of sports sexism - Thred Website

Footballer Alisha Lehmann calls out pay gap between her boyfriend

GEORGIE PARKER: Sam Kerr’s Matildas put women’s sport on map but most athletes not earning like Caitlin Clark | The Nightly

What Should Be Done About the Gender Pay Gap in Sports? - The New York Times

The chicken or the egg argument in women's sport: why investment first equals revenue later - ABC News