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GRENOBLE, FRANCE - JUNE 18: Sam Kerr of Australia celebrates scoring her side's and her own fourth goal during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France group C match between Jamaica and Australia at Stade des Alpes on June 18, 2019 in Grenoble, France. (Photo by Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images)

How Poms are helping Matildas spread the good news

World Cups, Asian Cups, Olympics … it’s all happening for the Matildas. But it’s individual success at club level that could underpin greater exposure for women’s football.

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Australia’s Hayley Raso and Taiwan's Chen Yen-ping challenge for the ball during the women's Olympic football tournament qualifier match between Taiwan and Australia at Campbelltown Stadium in Sydney on February 7, 2020. (Photo by JEREMY NG / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --

‘He’s so brave’: Matildas star’s amazing inspiration

Gold Coaster Hayley Raso has opened up about older brother’s battle with congenital heart disease and how it inspired her ahead of her Olympics debut. THE TOUCHING STORY >>>

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. NSW UNDER 18'S women's hockey team playing at recent championships in Launceston.

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Parents force probe into Hockey NSW bullying claims

Hockey NSW has responded to angry parent feedback and will probe allegations of shocking behaviour by both staff and players representing the state at the U18 Australian Championships.

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Burt's Bees ambassador Sally FitzgibbonsFor Sunday Telegraph #NoFilter

Australia’s best medal hopes at Tokyo Olympics

Australia has quietly assembled an Olympics team that is now predicted to deliver our best Olympic medal tally since 2008.

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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2014 file photo, a Russian skating fan holds the country's national flag over the Olympic rings before the start of the men's 10,000-meter speedskating race at Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The credibility of the fight against doping in sports will be at stake Friday, June 17, 2016 when track and field's world governing body decides whether to uphold or lift its ban on Russian athletes ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Sports geopolitics â€” and the key issue of individual justice vs. collective punishment â€” frame the debate heading into the meeting of IAAF leaders in Vienna. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, file)

Russia hit by more Rio Olympic bans

THE RUSSIAN men’s quadruple sculls team has been disqualified from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics for a doping violation, and will be replaced at the games by New Zealand

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The finals of the 2016 Asian Continental Cup beach volleyball Olympic qualifying event has been held on the Cairns Esplanade. Australian women's team member Nicole Laird celebrates her Olympic Games selection. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

Beach volleyballers bound for Rio

SOUTH Australian-based beach volleyballers Nicole Laird and Mariafe Artacho del Solar are the second team selected for Olympic Games in Rio next month.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 11: Abby Bishop #5 of the Seattle Storm drives to the basket against the Minnesota Lynx on June 11, 2015 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)

Opals cut Bishop, Blicavs

THE WNBL’s 2015 MVP, South Aussie forward-centre Abby Bishop, and burgeoning Dandenong Rangers talent Sara Blicavs today were cut from the Opals squad for the Rio Olympics.

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Australian Olympic Diving team preparing for trials which begin this Thursday at Aquanation in Ringwood, Melbourne. Melissa Wu in action. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Wu dives into Olympic waters for third time

SHE made her Olympic debut as a tiny, shy teenager at the Beijing Games back in 2008. Now eight years on Melissa Wu is the veteran of the Australian diving team heading to Rio.

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Hockeyroos goalkeeper Rachael Lynch and some of her teammates will take time out of their Olympic preparations to take part in the WhiteLion 'Bail Out', where people get 'locked up' for a good cause to help support at-risk youth. pictured is Rachael outside Fremantle Prison

Zika won’t stop Hockeyroos from Rio

AUSTRALIA’S Hockeyroos are not concerned by Zika virus fears in Brazil, as high-profile golfer Rory McIlroy pulled out of Rio because of the threat.

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Indigenous trailblazer teams up with veteran

Indigenous trailblazer teams up with veteran

LOUISE Bawden and Taliqua Clancy are officially on their way to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games where they will represent Australia in beach volleyball.

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Sunday Telegraph. The 2013 Water Polo By The Sea is held at Bondi Icebergs pool. ( L to R ) Johnno Cotterill and Nicola Zagane

Water polo couple aiming for Rio double

WATER polo glamour couple Nicola Zagame and Johnno Cotterill kickstarted their relationship at the London Olympics. Now they’re hoping for a golden anniversary in Rio.

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Jared Tallent's Gold Medal Presentation on the steps of Treasury buildings in Melbourne. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Will Rio Games be 100 per cent clean? No

DESPITE competition bans against Russian track and field athletes, Australian sports chiefs believe competitors in other sports will be drug cheats at Rio.

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