News about Caitlin Bassett

The families of Olympic stars competing in Paris will be forced to shell out thousands of dollars to support their loved ones, with the eye-watering costs of going to the Games laid to bare. Athletes have been told that they will not receive free tickets for family or friends in France, where the Olympics take place next month.

Caitlin Bassett, the former Australian captain, has feared that promising young stars will abandon a career in netball due to the sport's financial crisis. It comes as Netball Australia's plan to rewrite the current Collective Player Agreement (CPA) came later this year, with no wage increases being made and admitting to being $4.2 million in debt.

Donnell Wallam, 29, sparked a firestorm last October when she refused to wear the Diamonds jersey with the Hancock Prospecting logo on it because of remarks made by Mrs Rinehart's father Lang Hancock nearly four decades ago. Mrs Rinehart called a call for her boycott but her colleagues and the backlash sparked an outpouring of a financial crisis for Netball Australia. Despite scoring the winning goal on his debut against England in the wake of the row, Wallam has now been ruled out of the Diamonds squad, with her World Cup place now in doubt.

Quantum Leap's cast and creative team received a Season 2 renewal in December. On Monday, NBC announced that the series premiere episode had attracted 10.8 million viewers on linear, digital, and streaming platforms like NBCUniversal's Peacock. According to a NBC press release, the show has the largest launch on Peacock to date and is currently the second most popular television show in the all-important 18-49 age group.