Bizarre pic gifts Aussies shot at gold
This photo might make you think Germany got things horribly wrong in its semi-final against Australia, but there’s a logical explanation.
Olympics 2016
Stunning twist in cycling loophole scandal
A storm has erupted in Tokyo after a team was spotted using a questionable accessory during an Olympic record performance.
Olympic comedown: Bizarre activities to keep Aussies sane
Australia’s record-breaking Olympians are now contending with the reality of quarantine in the Top End, where some odd activities have been planned in a bid to stave off boredom.
Knocked out by a nation that shouldn’t be at Games
Australia has been cruelly knocked out of the women’s water polo by a nation that shouldn’t even be allowed to compete at the Olympic Games.
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Boomers must save Australia from 32-year low
THE Boomers aren’t just trying to win Australia’s first Olympic men’s basketball medal at Rio 2016 – they’re trying to save us from a disaster not seen since 1984.
Rio road ends for shellshocked Opals
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Old foe: Boomers Olympic finals draw decided
AUSTRALIA’S opponent for the Rio Olympics basketball quarter-finals and their path to a potential gold medal game v Team USA has been revealed.
Heartbreak for Stingers in penalty shootout
THE Stingers rushed to absolve Bronwen Knox of blame after the skipper’s missed penalty saw Australia bundled out of Olympic medal contention for the first time ever in women’s water polo.
Hockey Australia warns against funding cuts
HOCKEY Australia bosses have warned a savage cut to their $5 million funding under the Winning Edge program would severely impact their ability to rebound from a disastrous Olympic campaign.
Meares bows out, Samuel goes long
A roundup of what went down on day 10 in Rio: Anna Meares bids farewell to the Olympics, Dani Samuel goes long in the discus and the Hockyroos and Stingers crash out …
Hockeyroo announces shock retirement
THE Hockeyroos’ meek departure from the Olympic Games just 16 hours after the Kookaburras was heightened by the shock retirement of their skipper.
Bairstow injured, Boomers down Venezuela
IT was harder work than necessary but the Boomers will enter the men’s basketball finals with confidence after securing a 81-56 victory over feisty Venezuela.
Rio failure set to scar Kookaburras
DID the Kookaburras spend so much time looking back they forgot to look properly forward? Robert Craddock looks at our men’s hockey team and why they couldn’t put it together in Rio.
Aussie swimmers in Rio ‘better than London’
KIEREN Perkins looks at where it went right for Australia in the pool, where it went wrong, and why Rio’s performance was ‘way better than London’.
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