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Rory McIlroy wins the Masters.

Rory, Duplantis and India’s women cricketers: In 2025, it was a wide world of sports

Looking outside Australian sport puts us in position to pay respect to some outstanding achievements.

  • Malcolm Knox

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Lleyton Hewitt and Adam Scott struck up a friendship while both lived in the Bahamas.

Behind the Lleyton Hewitt friendship driving Adam Scott towards his second major win

Two of Australia’s greatest athletes lived in the Bahamas. One was in his prime, the other battling badly.

  • Sam McClure
Rory McIlroy’s air swing.

‘I can’t remember the last time I had one’: McIlroy shows he is human with swing and miss

The Northern Irish star had an air swing on the par-five 14th at Royal Melbourne and made bogey, sending waves of fear around the course that he could miss the cut.

  • Sam McClure
Australian golfer Lucas Herbert joined the LIV tour in 2024.

Rory McIlroy the one to beat at the Australian Open, but Lucas Herbert is still simmering

Lucas Herbert believes superstar Rory McIlroy is a sure bet to be among the contenders at the Australian Open, but the local hope has plenty of motivation.

  • Iain Payten
Rory McIlroy wins the Masters at Augusta.

You’ve got lots of cash, Cam, but where’s your golf game gone?

Yes, yes he may have millions in the bank but where was the Queenslander when the whips were cracking at Augusta?

  • Peter FitzSimons
Rory McIlroy on the 18th green after winning the Masters.

Rory McIlroy, the baseball superstar and the inside story behind this moment

Rory McIlroy, weeping on his knees, will go down as one of the iconic images of golf. And it was captured by one of the most famous baseballers in history.

  • Iain Payten
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Rory McIlroy wins the Masters.

The eight wild moments that defined McIlroy’s Masters triumph

A double bogey to start his round, a nightmare chip shot into the water, stunning strokes from the trees – Rory McIlroy’s final round at Augusta had everything.

  • Tom Decent
Rory McIlroy celebrates winning the US Masters.

McIlroy’s breathtaking Masters win was as good as sport will ever be

Throughout a gripping final round at Augusta, the whole golfing world watched as one man conquered his demons in a triumph for the ages.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Rory McIlroy’s winning putt.

McIlroy breaks Masters drought with remarkable victory in a play-off

Rory McIlroy has won the Masters in a dramatic play-off against Justin Rose. See how the action unfolded during the final round at Augusta.

  • Tom Decent
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, waves after making a putt on the 14th hole during the third round at the Masters golf tournament, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

McIlroy sets up shot to join golf’s most exclusive club. But a major nemesis stands in his way

Taking a two-shot lead into the final round of the Masters, Rory McIlroy has a chance to become the sixth player in history to win all four majors.

  • Iain Payten and Murray Wenzel