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It's not unusual to read about the 'brave' Socceroos enduring 'gruelling' road trips as they chase World Cup qualification. What about the team they beat this week? Some Palestine players faced astonishing challenges to make it to Kuwait for a game they were supposed to host. Other members of the squad were stuck in Gaza helping dig relatives free from the rubble as the conflict raged. Today Tracey Holmes joins Patrick Stack to discuss how sport amid the backdrop of war can bring a new focus to issues. Featured: Tracey Holmes, senior reporter, ABC Sport.

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The Commonwealth Games have birthed countless Australian sporting careers, but the event might be on its deathbed after Victoria cancelled its plans to host the 2026 edition. State Premier Daniel Andrews says rising costs have made the Games untenable, while critics have rubbished his claims. Today, Patrick Stack speaks with Peter Beattie and Tracey Holmes to understand how this transpired, what it will do to Australia's reputation and whether we just saw the end of a sports event that's run more than ninety years. Featured: Peter Beattie, 2018 Commonwealth Games chief. Tracey Holmes, senior reporter, ABC Sport. 

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We have the latest on the Novak Djokovic situation Down Under with ABC Presenter, Tracey Holmes, on Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe. 

Tracey Holmes, an Australian journalist and a presenter on ABC NewsRadio, with an extensive career in television and radio, specializing predominantly in sports. She currently presents The Ticket at 11:00am every Sunday on ABC News on radio.

Holmes began her work in 1989 as a journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was Australia's first female host of a national sports programme, Grandstand. From 1996 to 1998, she worked as a media spokesperson for the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. In 1998, she co-hosted SBS' presentation of the FIFA World Cup. She appeared on the nightly World Cup Show during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

From 1998 to 2000, she worked as a sports presenter for television station Channel Seven. Her contract was terminated amid some controversy in mid-2000.  Holmes then moved overseas with her husband, journalist Stan Grant, and worked as a sports broadcaster in Hong Kong and Beijing.

In 2006, Holmes returned to Sydney. She acted as fill-in presenter for Richard Glover's radio drive program on 702 ABC Sydney during the 2006/2007 summer break. In February 2007, Holmes was re-appointed as the ABC Radio Grandstand announcer, taking over from Simone Thurtell who moved to 1233 ABC Newcastle as Drive presenter. However, in 2009 Holmes left Grandstand to again follow her husband who was working for CNN as a reporter in Abu Dhabi. Holmes also worked for CNN in the middle East covering social issues, business and sport. In 2011, Holmes re-joined China's English-language news channel CCTV News as an anchor, a position she also held in 2005 and 2006.

Holmes returned to the ABC in 2014, as a news anchor on ABC NewsRadio.

In 2021, Holmes was at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and filing stories for ABC News Online and interviews on ABC Radio in Australia.

We have the latest on the Novak Djokovic situation Down Under with ABC Presenter, Tracey Holmes, on Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe. 

Tracey Holmes, an Australian journalist and a presenter on ABC NewsRadio, with an extensive career in television and radio, specializing predominantly in sports. She currently presents The Ticket at 11:00am every Sunday on ABC News on radio.

Holmes began her work in 1989 as a journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was Australia's first female host of a national sports programme, Grandstand. From 1996 to 1998, she worked as a media spokesperson for the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. In 1998, she co-hosted SBS' presentation of the FIFA World Cup. She appeared on the nightly World Cup Show during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

From 1998 to 2000, she worked as a sports presenter for television station Channel Seven. Her contract was terminated amid some controversy in mid-2000.  Holmes then moved overseas with her husband, journalist Stan Grant, and worked as a sports broadcaster in Hong Kong and Beijing.

In 2006, Holmes returned to Sydney. She acted as fill-in presenter for Richard Glover's radio drive program on 702 ABC Sydney during the 2006/2007 summer break. In February 2007, Holmes was re-appointed as the ABC Radio Grandstand announcer, taking over from Simone Thurtell who moved to 1233 ABC Newcastle as Drive presenter. However, in 2009 Holmes left Grandstand to again follow her husband who was working for CNN as a reporter in Abu Dhabi. Holmes also worked for CNN in the middle East covering social issues, business and sport. In 2011, Holmes re-joined China's English-language news channel CCTV News as an anchor, a position she also held in 2005 and 2006.

Holmes returned to the ABC in 2014, as a news anchor on ABC NewsRadio.

In 2021, Holmes was at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and filing stories for ABC News Online and interviews on ABC Radio in Australia.