Marnie Vinall speaks with former Matilda and current Melbourne City goalkeeper Melissa Barbieri on her career and the scope of women’s football in Australia today. The first official public women’s football game in Australia was played on September 24, 1921, at The Gabba in Brisbane to a crowd of 10,000 people. After this game, an …
We’ve seen welcome changes in sports media recently. Gemma Bastiani and Kirby Fenwick spoke to some of the women in sports media leading those changes. Marissa Lordanic describes her pathway into sports media as a story of “stubborn persistence”. “There’s definitely been times where I’ve thought to myself ‘what am I doing? I’m writing for …
Erin Delahunty speaks to history-maker Genevieve Beacom, after she became the first female to play for a professional baseball team in Australia on the weekend. Victorian baseball prodigy Genevieve Beacom, a left-hand pitcher with a blazing fastball recently clocked at 134km/h, has been making history since she started striking out boys in under-12s aged nine …
As we approach the end of the year, we are celebrating by looking back at the ten most popular pieces Siren Sport published in 2021. It’s been another big year for Siren Sport as we continue to grow and cover more sports, more stories, and amplify more diverse voices! We’re excited to share with you …
Sports journalist Marnie Vinall jumped in feet first when working on Australia’s official Tokyo 2020 broadcast, and shares some things she learned in the process. When I got the call from Nick Barrow, Executive Producer of Sport at Channel Seven, asking if I wanted to join the Olympic coverage team for the Tokyo 2020 Games, …