The $10m medal: Australia’s eye-watering Olympic price tag reveal
Australia’s record-breaking Olympic feats come at a high price, including $100m in high performance funding over the past year alone.
Water Polo
How Stingers went from ‘dark place’ to 24-year best
Today she is glowing, off to the top European water polo club – a year ago Abby Andrews and the Stingers were in a ‘volatile’ position. The star reveals how they turned it around in time for Paris.
Boyfriend’s sweet act stuns Aussie star
An Australian Olympian has shared a sweet video of herself showing the moment she spotted a familiar face in the crowd.
When silver sparkles brighter than gold
Gold medals have dominated Australia’s Games but three silver medals contained performances for the ages and will long live in our memories.
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The four year old Olympic dreamer now a silver Stinger
Australia Stinger Bronte Halligan was a toddler with an Olympic dream, now the daughter of NRL star, Daryl, is bringing a medal home.
‘Watch this space’: Defiant Stingers ready to add to historic silver
As the Australian anthem started pre-match, emotions were already kicking in for the Stingers. Regardless of the result, this match was already an achievement in itself. And like they have all Olympics, they never gave up until the very end.
Sporting legend dads say nothing will beat daughters winning gold
They have played and won Rugby World Cup finals and NRL premierships, but doting dads Phil Kearns and Daryl Halligan said nothing they ever did on the footy field tops seeing their daughters go for gold.
What’s up with women’s water polo cossies?
Observers of the women’s water polo costumes will have noted some uncomfortable features that have now been explained.
Stingers stun USA: Night that will go down in water polo history
The Aussie Stingers are into an Olympic water polo gold medal match for the first time since Sydney 2000 after winning a penalty shootoout against Team USA to cap a comeback for the ages.
Sharks’ medal campaign over after ‘heartbreaking’ USA loss
Brave until the very end, the Sharks’ Olympic medal campaign is over after an agonising penalty shootout defeat to the USA in their quarterfinal.
Aussie Sharks on cusp of Olympic Games history
For so long, the Aussie Sharks have had to prove they belong at the biggest water polo tournaments. But on the back of their success in Paris, they’re ready to spark a new chapter.
Sharks handed shock loss ahead of historic quarter final
It was the game many expected the Sharks to win, but Japan registered their first win of the Olympics. Now, Australia’s attention turns to the knockouts where history awaits.
Stingers ‘stamp their authority’ to close in on an Olympic medal
An epic five-goal haul to Alice Williams against Greece has put Australia on track for an Olympic medal.
Magnussen: ‘Mixed medley is the Olympics’ egg and spoon race’
With bragging rights on the line, Matty Johns and James Magnussen break down the penultimate final night of swimming, the strange individual medley, success on the clay and more.
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