Jess Fox OAM – Gold in WK1. JESS Fox OAM continued her dream comeback season on the weekend, winning her second Women’s K1 gold medal of the 2026 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup series at the venue where she won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Following her outstanding 2026 World Championships results in […]

Kaylen Bassett.  Photos courtesy of Paddle NSW PADDLE NSW has announced that Western Sydney Whitewater club members Kaylen Bassett and Lucy Casserley were both successful in the 2025/26 Paddle NSW Annual awards. Kaylen has been named the Male Paddler of the Year. During the nomination period, Kaylen won the silver medal at the 2026 Canoe […]

Western Sydney Alliance. Phto courtesy of ‘Captured by Cindy’ THE Western Sydney Alliance Under 15 AFL Division Two team has made history, completing the home-and-away season undefeated and claiming the minor premiership of the AFL Sydney Juniors competition. Western Sydney Alliance finished the season with 13 wins and one draw and a 808-476 points for-and-against […]

Tyrell with Box ‘N’ Burn team. IT was a capacity crowd at Richmond Race Club on Saturday 29th November 2025, on hand to see 20-year-old Tyrell Adams (Mt Druitt) defeat Shamal Ram Anuj to win the Australian National Boxing Federation (ANBF) Australian Featherweight title, becoming the 2nd-youngest fighter to hold the title behind the legendary […]

Tahlia Tupaea in action this season.  Photo: Aaron Camua FORMER Penrith Panthers junior and senior representative Tahlia Tupaea has guided the Bankstown Bruins women’s team into the grand final of the 2026 Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 East basketball competition. Tupaea delivered a game-winning 24 points, 5 rebounds two assists and four steals as the Bruins rolled […]

Men’s 4 x 100m Relay. A 256-strong Australian Team at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games competed in ten sports on the Games program. Thirteen athletes from Western Sydney won selection to the Australian Team, including Jackson Sharp (Wentworth Falls) Men’s 5,000m – Athletics, Desleigh Owusu (Blacktown) Triple Jump – Athletics, Ritam Malik (Kellyville), Tru Hagens […]

The Eights following their World Cup victory.  Photo courtesy of Benedict Tufnell / Rowing Australia ROWING Australia (RA) has named crews for 13 boats to race at the 2026 World Championships held on the Bosbaan international course at Amsterdam, Netherlands from 24-30 August. The Rowsellas Team for Amsterdam comprises 61 athletes from across RA’s Men’s, […]

Jess Fox – KX Time Trial Action 2026 Worlds. JESSICA Fox OAM has completed a comeback story for the ages, claiming her fifth women’s Kayak (WK1) title in Oklahoma at the 2026 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. After being unable to defend her 2023 K1 World Championship title on home soil last year, Jess started […]

THE Penrith Panthers senior men’s and women’s basketball teams wrapped up their 2026 Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 East season on the weekend with two road trips, playing the Sutherland Sharks on Friday night and the Illawarra Hawks on Sunday. All three teams contesting the two women’s games were well out of playoff contention, the only prize […]

WALLACIA Country Club has won the Division Four Pennant in the 2026 The Master Pennant competition, defeating Bingara Gorge 5.5-2.5 on Sunday morning at Lakeside Camden GC. For Wallacia, Justin Woodward produced the standout individual result of the Final, cruising to a 7&6 win over Leigh Sienkiewicz. Christopher Holmes backed him up with a 3&1 […]