Dual International Sonny Bill Williams on facing up to the man in the mirror. Plus major reforms for FINA, and will gold medals from women's swimming at the 1980 Moscow Games finally be redistributed?

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The Man in The Mirror - Sonny Bill Williams

A deeper dive into abuse allegations that have rocked the Australian women's football team, the Matildas, reveals the complexity of personality, high performance and the sports bubble.

Matildas, Abuse Allegations & Complexity

As voices inside Afghanistan fade, who will help? This week Cricket Australia and the players took a stand against the Taliban's claim women cannot play. Plus personal reflections and insights from Tokyo Paralympic medalists.

Cricket Australia Takes a Stand; Personal Paralympic Moments

Afghanistan's Paralympians describe for the first time fleeing the Taliban, getting to Tokyo and now starting a new life; Ian Chappell on Afghanistan, cricket and the UNHCR; Brenton Rickard on protecting innocent athletes; Remembering former IOC president, Jacques Rogge, with Dick Pound.

'Indescribable' - Afghanistan's Paralympic journey

Afghanistan's female athletes put out a call for help when the Taliban took over putting their lives at risk. Australia heard the call and reacted first. Emergency visas issued, almost 100 rescued. The key players talk through the complex operation.

Afghanistan Rescue Mission - Australia Steps Up

With the backing of sports bodies and Western governments, the women of Afghanistan asserted their rights as trailblazers in sport. Now, with the Taliban back in charge and the West gone, they feel abandoned. What can and should sport do?

Sport, the Taliban, and the Women of Afghanistan

The Olympics are done, the Paralympics to come. What's the midway verdict? How will history remember these games? Plus the ethical dilemma for a 7x Paralympian.

Tokyo 2020: 10 out of 10 or too early to tell?

Has Tokyo 2020 been a success? Guests include Cate Campbell, Laurel Hubbard, the AOC, the IOC and a voice from Morocco.

The Ticket from Tokyo

From the smallest team, to the refugee team, and the first transgender athlete Tokyo is setting all sorts of records. But are the games Covid safe? And lessons from Jessica Fox and Patrick Tiernan.

Tokyo Olympics - more than medal winners

A special edition: The Ticket from Tokyo, where despite all the odds, the games have actually begun, plus WADA back to pre COVID testing levels, Brisbane to host in 2032 and MMA multi time champion Tyron Woodley on life and the movies.

The Ticket from Tokyo 2020

Americans embrace Liz Cambage's confidence, while Australians struggle with it as her withdrawal from the Olympics has shown; The Lewis Hamilton Commission report is out; the latest doping documentary from Hajo Seppelt; plus remembering Tokyo 1964 with Phil Coles.

The complex story of basketballer Liz Cambage

From Tokyo 1964 to Tokyo 2020 - the incredible life of one of the world's greatest athletes. Dawn Fraser, her story, in her words.

Olympic legend - Dawn Fraser

Two weeks out from the Tokyo Olympic Games organisers continue to face challenges, while athletes have been dealing with their own. Basketball star Patty Mills on the importance of culture; Discus thrower Dani Stevens on spinal surgery that threatened her career; and the pain on non-selection with Taekwondo's Carmen Marton.

Patty Mills - Standing Tall

Swimming enquiry's chair says all sport should review culture regularly but 'it's not'; High performance funding in Australia to be linked to cultural wellbeing; Remembering Tokyo 1964 with basketball legend Lindsay Gaze; Tokyo 2020 athletes from football, badminton and Paralympic taekwondo

The Road to Tokyo: from Tokyo 1964 to the 2020 Olympic Games

As the high profile Australian Swimming Team held its Olympic trials headlines focussed on allegations the sport was drowning in a culture of abusive behaviour. The Ticket investigates the voracity of those claims.

Swimming Australia - What's Really Going On?

A weekly sports panel program for sports enthusiasts who can talk about more than just the score card and injury sheet.

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