20 things you might’ve missed
1 Celebrate women’s sport – just don’t let them do the celebrating. Sam Kerr says something actually interesting in a post-game interview after a vindicating win (honestly, it should be printed inside the collar of the Matildas’ jerseys), and it becomes a national talking point. This comes on the heels of the Americans getting blasted for partying a little too hard in running up 13 goals on Thailand. We will know true gender equity has been achieved in sport when female sport stars can be just as big as idiots as men, and nobody blinks.
Or, they could all just be like Ash Barty. The humble 23-year-old from Ipswich becomes the nation’s darling after winning the French Open, rising to no.1 in the rankings, and inciting thousands of “if only Nick and Bernard were like her ... ” musings. Pretty fair for someone who had given up tennis to
