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analysis:As Silver Ferns results slip, should Netball New Zealand reconsider its Super Netball ban?

After New Zealand's struggles at another international netball tournament, former Silver Ferns star and new Giants recruit Sam Winders gives her thoughts on the team's strict fitness standards and ineligibility relating to the Super Netball league.
Sam Winders passes the ball to a teammate as she stands beside Diamonds captain Liz Watson

analysis:Marinkovich silences critics as Diamonds close in on 10 straight series wins

Australian netball head coach Stacey Marinkovich wasn't the favourite to score the gig back in 2020. However she's getting the credit she deserves after developing the next generation of Diamonds and taking the team to new heights during a rocky period for the sport.
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Stacey Marinkovich smiles for the camera in front of a black screen

Ruthless Diamonds claim Nations Cup with dominant victory over England

The Diamonds have continued their winning ways against England, running out 69-49 victors against their biggest rivals in the final of the Nations Cup. 
A woman celebrates winning a netball match

Clinical Diamonds see off Uganda to make it through to Nations Cup final against England

Donnell Wallam stars with an almost perfect shooting game as Australia makes it through to the Nations Cup final.
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'You wouldn't even know they had a netball team': former Pies coach saddened by seven-year erasure from club's history

Diamonds assistant coach Nicole Richardson is focused on the team's performance at the Nations Cup, but the ghost of her defunct Collingwood netball side has again reared its head, after a 'tone-deaf' video from the AFL club drew criticism for failing to admit its new HQ upgrade covered the old netball court.
Nicole Richardson looks upwards as she sits on stage with the Diamonds team at a World Cup farewell event

Diamonds outshine the Roses at Netball Nations Cup in World Cup final rematch

The Diamonds break English hearts at Wembley Arena with a narrow win in the Netball Nations Cup, dampening the celebrations for one of the Roses' greats celebrating a career landmark. 
An Australian netballer leaps high and grabs the ball during a game as a number of England players look on.

Australia beats New Zealand in Netball Nations Cup opener

Australia opened its Netball Nations Cup campaign with a comfortable win against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand, while England battled past world number seven Uganda at Wembley.
Kate Moloney catches the ball

After fleeing war-torn nations and debuting for their adopted countries, these two netballers are set to play each other for the first time

As the Diamonds prepare to face Uganda for the very first time in netball at the Nations Cup, there are two players from opposite teams — Sunday Aryang and Mary Cholhok — that have a lot in common.
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Sunday Aryang and Mary Cholhok pose for their World Cup profile shots with their arms crossed

Netball Australia agree to deal with players over pay disptue

Netball Australia and the players have agreed on a deal that will see players receive pay rises and a share in revenue.
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Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds

analysis:Netball Australia raises the white flag in long and bitter pay dispute with players

Netball Australia has finally agreed to a modest revenue share partnership with its players, but how much have its brutal tactics throughout the pay negotiations damaged the game?
A woman stands in front of several microphones and smiles as she listens

Netball Australia ends civil war with players, agrees to 'historic' three-year pay deal

Netball Australia's bitter dispute with its players is over, after both parties signed a new three-year pay deal that includes a revenue sharing component.
Netball players contest the ball

New form of netball springing up across Australia

Age and injury has brought many an amateur netballer's sporting career to an end but walking netball is drawing some out of retirement.
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Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds

Netball boss Kelly Ryan resigns after months of disharmony over pay dispute

Kelly Ryan hands in her resignation effective immediately after a year of controversy and disharmony in the sport.
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Kelly Ryan stands in a stadium.

Walking netball is for everyone

Walking netball allows enthusiastic netballers of all ages and abilities to keep playing the sport they love.
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Duration: 59 seconds

Rule changes let netballers 'never laugh so much' as they play the game they love

Walking netball is enabling people of all ages and abilities to get on the court. But it could also be a key to tackling loneliness, especially in regional Australia.
An older woman passing a netball on an outdoor netball court. Behind her the sky is blue. She has white hair.

Meet the regional women playing the game they love at their own pace.

The Riverland Walking Netball team is helping women of all abilities step on the court.
A woman with grey hair in the foreground with her hand up, and in the background is women playing netball.
Duration: 5 minutes 7 seconds

Women's sport is rising faster than ever before — but which sports are keeping pace with wages?

The momentum of women's sport is in unstoppable motion, but the wages of some codes compared to others shows not all sports are created equal, writes David Mark.
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Women's sport trailblazers back netballers in bitter pay dispute

Australia's top netballers receive some high-profile support in their bitter pay dispute, with Kyah Simon from the Matildas saying the nation's female soccer stars can empathise.
Matildas striker Kyah Simon wearing a jacket, holding a silver trophy with the light towers of the MCg in the background.

Jo Weston breaks down in tears talking about impact of pay dispute

Australian Netball Players Association president Jo Weston and CEO Kathryn Harby-Williams discuss the toll an ongoing pay dispute is taking on players.
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Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds

'I thought a page was missing': Players association boss dismisses deal offered by Netball Australia as 'publicity stunt'

The Australian Netball Players Association criticises the sport's governing body for putting forward a half-measure in the bitter pay dispute, with Super Netball players entering a ninth week of unemployment.
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Kathryn Harby-Williams

Netball Australia proposes 11 per cent pay rise to players

Netball Australia CEO Kelly Ryan says it's concerning players are having to consider other jobs as the governing body proposes an 11 per cent pay rise to players.
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Duration: 4 minutes 57 seconds

Netball Australia puts pay offer on the table amid bitter dispute with players

Netball Australia offers Super Netball players an immediate pay rise as part of a stopgap in the ongoing dispute between the governing body and the players union.
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Netballers compete for the ball

Liz Ellis calls out 'callous disregard' by Netball Australia, questions leadership amid pay standoff

Australian netball great Liz Ellis voices her disappointment that players were forced to attend a ceremony for the award named in her honour, and questions the overall leadership of Netball Australia. 
Liz Ellis smiles while holding a microphone courtside

Netball Australia confirms it threatened legal action against players as stars boycotted awards night

Super Netball stars boycott their awards night, as Diamonds players are forced to attend after Netball Australia threatens legal action.
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A wearing wearing a white dress poses with a glass award.

Sharon Finnan-White wants to see more Indigenous netballers play for the Diamonds

Former Australian Diamonds netballer Sharon Finnan-White runs the First Nations Academy of Excellence netball pathway program — creating more opportunities for Indigenous girls and women to make it to the top.
Sharon Finnan-White stands on the grass in front of a netball court, smiling as she holds her old Diamonds dress and a netball