Melissa Coulter Ryan

Deputy editor AM, Age Sport/Sunday Age Sport print editor. All opinions expressed here are my own. For use of photos or video, contact me or @theage

[Basileos @arkeologbirey]

Türkiye-Avustralya Dünya Kapısı maçı Antalya Kaş’da bulunan Antiphellos Antik Kenti’inin tiyatrosunda dev ekran kurularak izlenecek. 🏛️🏺⚽️

[Jake Niall @JakeNiallTHEAGE]

It’s genuinely possible for @CarltonFC to make @AFL finals - thanks to the top ten (they have 3 of bottom 4 in next 4 games). And why the coaching position- held by caretaker Josh Fraser - is now attractive, at club with stable, experienced leadership . https://t.co/8uAUbnHghH

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

We did it, together.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

[Melbourne Press Club @MelbPressClub]

.@TheAge’s @MickGleeson has taken home the 11th Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year Award, sponsored by Champion Data. Gleeson is praised for his exceptional coverage charting the rise of Gout Gout and his peerless columns covering the AFL. #MPCQuills

[Jake Niall @JakeNiallTHEAGE]

Revealed: The @AFL strategy for getting First Nations players back in the game, as numbers reach 20-yr low. AFL set a target of 111 Indigenous players in AFL & AFLW by 2030 & looking at measures like a designated extra list spot. Retention a major issue. https://t.co/fgkjdNvDNy

[Jake Niall @JakeNiallTHEAGE]

How the world’s most expensive stadium (A$8.5 billion in 2020) is being turned into a swimming pool for LA Olympics. 47,000 fans projected at swimming. Unlike @AFL Tassie, Perth & all
Aust stadia, this one didn’t cost taxpayers anything. https://t.co/qqASn17e3a

[Michael Gleeson @mickgleeson]

Worst thing? It’s marketing nonsense to call it a ‘wildcard round”. It’s now just a top 10 and there’s 2 weeks of elimination finals. So 10/18 teams play a final. What’s the point of 23 rounds when you can be the 10th best team and play finals?

[Real Footy (AFL) @agerealfooty]

Trade period officially opens on Monday but the chess pieces are already being moved. Here’s your club-by-club guide to what’s on the radar for each team and the players who could be on the move. https://t.co/58ykTthA0R

[Real Footy (AFL) @agerealfooty]

BREAKING | Christian Petracca chooses Gold Coast, now it's up to the Suns to strike a deal with Melbourne. Story by Peter Ryan
https://t.co/LYNRDjcczq

[Roy Ward @rpjward]

Larry Kestelman, @NBL and #VisitVictoria are on a charm offensive this week to impress the @PelicansNBA and hopefully attract more #NBA teams to Australia in future. LK has big plans that local fans would love. https://t.co/ftNYsoWijN #NBAxNBL #NBL26

[peter ryan @petryan]

Dangerfield's off-field contribution is without peer in his era, and his performance at the Cats has been beyond their wildest expectations. His loyalty to family, friends, colleagues and team is what people remark on most: https://t.co/IUv940cSDL

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

🇦🇺🎟️ Australia have punched their ticket to #FIFAWorldCup 26!

@aramco | #WeAre26

[CommBank Socceroos @Socceroos]

FT in Jeddah | WE'VE DONE IT. WE'RE HEADING TO ANOTHER #FIFAWORLDCUP! 💚💛🙌👏

#Socceroos #KSAvAUS

[The Age Sport @theagesport]

‘We are forever connected’: Ange Postecoglou pays tribute to Tottenham players, fans after sacking https://t.co/OUZVbQHO7r

[Jake Niall @JakeNiallTHEAGE]

.@NRL has a potent new franchise in State of Origin for women as ratings show. How should @AFL respond by creating major event games, eg moving the AFLW grand final date (& season), all-star games.? Here’s some ideas. https://t.co/oT5wYUVfMH

[Real Footy (AFL) @agerealfooty]

The Melbourne Football Club is Kysaiah Pickett’s “home away from home”. He loves the club, and the club loves him. Pickett the footballer could not be happier.
Home for Pickett, though, is not Melbourne. It’s more than 3000 kilometres away. https://t.co/hIJ3fwOVl8

[Andrew Wu @wutube]

Thanks to everyone who had a chat to me for this piece on the new football media: content generated by fans for the fans. Chances are they know more about your team than any expert you read, see or hear.

https://t.co/aQ8EQGdLz3

[The Age Sport @theagesport]

ANALYSIS | This NBA superstar says he wants to play for Australia. This is why it won’t happen. By Roy Ward.
https://t.co/GIuQzMVSKO

[Jake Niall @JakeNiallTHEAGE]

.@PAFC had flagged the handover not long after Josh Carr came back. The timing is the story - inevitably, power shifts to the new coach during season