A star striker with freakish matchwinning ability comparable to Richmond great Dustin Martin in the AFL headlines hockey’s next crop of Olympic hopefuls attempting to book a trip to Paris. Meet every current Kookaburra and Hockeyroo.
Lauren Jackson may be 42, but the Aussie basketball great says she has never felt better as she weighs up another return to the court.
The stars of Australia’s water polo teams have hailed the arrival of a breakthrough sponsorship deal that will hopefully aid a climb back onto the podium at the biggest events in world sport.
The Kookaburras disappointing run in the FIH Pro League has continued with the Aussies falling 3-1 to Olympic champions Belgium.
When Nathan Power’s mum passed away when he was just 12 he wanted to stay connected to her. And he found a way to do that through a sport taking him to the Olympics.
For the most part Olympic venues are pretty much dead but we found Tokyo’s biggest party — and so too did a former NBA giant.
TOKYO — From buses stormed by SAS soldiers to poetry at sunrise, these are the unusual tactics gold medal-winning coach Tim Walsh has used to inspire his Australian men’s sevens team.
Sam Kerr has long been Australia’s biggest football superstar but a key deficiency has left the Matildas exposed on the world’s biggest stage.
This is the committed team behind Mary Fowler’s rise to the Olympic Games and, finally, her first “A” international senior cap which now ties her to Australia’s national football team.
He might be one of Australia’s most famous athletes but apparently Patty Mills isn’t a big name in Canada.
Only weeks after being elevated to the Olyroos squad, Marco Tilio is the name on every Australian football fans’ lips. This is how he became an overnight sensation.
Equestrian bosses have made a final call on whether two Australian showjumpers can compete in Tokyo after their teammate was banned for cocaine use.
The full schedule for the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics shows there is plenty of action before Friday night’s opening ceremony.
The Olyroos pulled off an upset for the ages against Argentina but they were lucky to be on the good side of a controversial call.
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