‘We were mortified’: Divisive feud that cost Australia Olympic gold
As the Australian government prepares to acknowledge the athletes who competed at the 1980 Olympics after more than four decades, one of those involved in the drama has spoken out.
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Tears shed as young Hockeyroo joined First Nations trailblazers
Nova and Brooke Peris, Lorelle Morrissey, Mariah Williams — and now Jamie-Lee Surha. Tears fell as the youngster became just the fifth Indigenous Hockeyroo. Here’s what made it even more poignant.
‘Still a lot of trauma’: Rosie Malone on hockey and her new sporting dream
Rosie Malone has shed light on her new footballing venture, the possibility of playing in the A-League and what her hockey future holds. Details inside.
Shattered comeback star opens up on Paris Olympics coke bust
Banned Kookaburra Tom Craig is set for a return to the national team and has spoken out for the first time since his Paris Olympics drug bust, revealing that he feared his career was over.
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World champs in Aus forced to be cancelled
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Olympic sports axed as crippling funding crisis deepens
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The $10m medal: Australia’s eye-watering Olympic price tag reveal
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Disgraced Olympian slugged with monster cocaine ban
Australian hockey star Tom Craig has learned his fate over the Paris Olympics cocaine scandal – with the Kookaburras gun set for a lengthy stint on the sidelines.
Hockeyroos’ toxic past behind them as funding restored for LA
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Inside timeline of Aussie star’s cocaine run-in with Paris law
As a Hockey Australia family-and-friends function broke up on Tuesday night, Kookaburras striker Tom Craig went looking for trouble. A timeline of the events that followed.
Arrest photo: Olympian tried to run from cops after buying cocaine
An Australian hockey athlete says he is “truly sorry” after being barred from the Olympic village and closing ceremony for buying cocaine on a Paris street and fleeing police.
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