August
Opals win bronze in emotional send-off for talisman Jackson
The women’s basketball team lifted Australia’s total medal tally to the highest since Sydney 2000, and made a fitting finale for the game’s five-time medallist.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Rampant USA runs roughshod over Opals
The USA has won the gold medal at every Olympics since Atlanta 1996. On Friday, it was easy to see why.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
July
Off-colour Opals stunned by Nigeria in major upset
Australia now have to beat fifth-ranked Canada and seventh-ranked France to have a chance of getting a fifth medal for Lauren Jackson.
- Murray Wenzel
July 2021
COVID-19 cuts $3 million hole in AOC’s pocket
The country’s national Olympic committee has had to cancel two key fundraising events even as it meets extra costs of the pandemic-hit games.
- Michael Bleby