Boom move: How Green knew NBA trade was in winds
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Australian Team
‘Picked up the pieces’: Aussie’s new ambition
Two BMX riders who had very different Olympic experiences in Tokyo are headed for Paris with gold on their minds.
Chair of the board! Schoolgirl Ruby Trew’s ‘rad’ Olympic mission
Ruby Trew’s father — and now coach — knew early there was something special about his daughter when she was better than him on a skateboard at age five. A decade on they are together heading to the Olympic Games in Paris this month.
Legend drops Patty Mills Olympic bomb
Four-time Aussie Olympic basketball legend Shane Heal has called for some huge snubs and a monster role change for the Boomers in Paris.
From a mankini ban to the Olympics
He was stood down for wearing a mankini on a horse then suffered a horrific accident but that hasn’t stopped an Australian legend getting to Paris.
Paralympics boss quits on eve of Games
Paralympics Australia has been left in shock after the organisation’s CEO walked out on her role weeks out from the Games.
Australia’s fastest man facing Paris wipe out
Australia’s fastest man Rohan Browning, a stunning semi-finalist in the 100 metres at the Tokyo Olympic Games, is at serious risk of failing to qualify for Paris 2024.
Olympic champion juggling ‘boys trip with Lando’ with Paris dream
Keegan Palmer found a new level of fame after his Tokyo Olympic glory, so much so that he now receives messages of a boys trip from best mate, Formula 1 driver Lando Norris.
‘Hard to believe’: SA diver achieves Olympic dream
An 18-year-old SA diver will represent Australia during the 2024 Paris Olympics this month after a sensational showing at the national open championships.
NRL convert adds ‘X-factor’ for Olympic campaign
An Olympic gold medal and possibly an NRL premiership could both happen in the coming months for a former Wallaby.
14-year-olds join Tokyo champ on Olympic skateboarding team
The Australian Olympic skateboarding team will span 20 years, with six Games debutants among the nine member squad locked in for Paris.
Shock Olympic call as veteran makes history
A player who has played all bar one game for the Hockeyroos this year isn’t going to Paris in a shock call as a veteran star heads to a fifth Games.
Hopes for ‘incredible stuff’ from rowers
Success on the water is a tradition for Australian Olympic teams and among the rowers heading to Paris are plenty who know how to get it done.
‘Would be huge’: Ultimate Olympic motivation revealed
Jason Day has opened up on why his decision to skip the 2016 Olympics haunted him and the green and gold motivation driving him for Paris.
PM’s record Olympic funding boost for cash-strapped sports
Impoverished Olympians and Paralympians will have their campaigns fast-tracked, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese set to announce a record quarter-of-a-billion-dollar funding boost.
Teenage stars lock in Olympic debuts
Four first-time Olympians, including three teenagers, have made the Australian table-tennis team for the Paris Olympics.
Demon to live out Olympic dream
One of the strongest Australian teams at the Paris Olympics will be on the tennis courts with a nine-player contingent set to go for gold.
‘Retired and failed’: Why Paris bound gymnast couldn’t walk away
Paris-bound gymnast Emma Nedov tried retirement a couple of times, but was never any good at it. Now, after her third attempt, she is finally off to the Olympics.
‘Burst into tears’: Olympic news brings Aussie joy
The Australian team for the Paris Olympics has swelled beyond 200 with the inclusion of some emotional first-timers.
Olympic sister act ‘a dream come true’
Jess Fox is an established Olympic champion and Australian sporting star and now her younger sister will fly the flag for the first time in Paris.
Biggest Aussie team ever headed to Paris
More Australian gymnasts than ever before are headed to the Olympics, with a massive 11 first-timers and a teen trampoline star.
‘Something special’: Aussie star’s Olympic first
As the Olympics draw closer, the Australian diving team has been locked in with a history-maker headed to her fifth Games.
Classy act leaves champ stunned as tears fall
There have been extraordinary scenes at the Australian Swimming Trials with Cate Campbell’s career ending in dramatic fashion.
Legend’s Olympics dream dashed by 0.01
Cate Campbell’s bid for Olympic history might be over after she was dealt some cruel heartbreak in the closest race at the Aussie trials.
‘Holy s***’: Titmus SMS changes history
Ariarne Titmus has for the first time divulged a private text message she was sent hours before she made history.
‘Too far’: Brutal reality for Cody emerges
It’s the biggest week of pop star Cody Simpson’s swimming career. It has not begun how he would have liked.
Diving legend overcomes rising stars to make fifth Olympics team
Diving legend Melissa Wu has qualified for her fifth Olympic Games, overcoming both injury and the next generation of talent to lock in her ticket to Paris.
Legend’s funding hope for Olympic glory
Olympic medals will come with cash rewards for plenty of athletes but there could be more at stake for the Australian golfers in Paris.
50 days from Paris: The burning issues addressed
We’re just 50 days out from the start of the Olympics, and Australian team officials are under the pump to finalise their plans. JULIAN LINDEN breaks down their biggest issues in the remaining weeks.
Olympians warned to disclose secrets before Paris
As Brendan Kerry continues to fight for his innocence, Australian Olympians bound for Paris will be reminded of their obligations to disclose any “integrity related matter”. JULIAN LINDEN reports.
Boomers squad tracker: Ingles under pressure with just five spots left
The majority of Australia’s 12-player squad for the Olympics seems locked in – but there are spots up for grabs in Brian Goorjian’s Boomers squad. Our experts investigate those in contention.
Marathon mums headline Australia’s Olympic team
After getting caught up in a dramatic appeal process, Jess Stenson is set compete at her fourth Olympics as a star trio of mums headline the Australian marathon team bound for Paris.
Controversial Olympic picks locked in
After some ugly fallout the Australian marathon team for the Olympics has been confirmed with one inclusion overcoming some remarkable obstacles.
Room for just two more in Matildas Paris Olympics squad
Following a last-minute draw against China, in one of two friendlies this week ahead of Paris, Matildas’ coach Tony Gustavsson is fast approaching D-Day for the Olympic squad finalisation. ERIN SMITH details the decisions he faces.
Rude awakening for Australia’s hockey hopes ahead of Paris
Australia’s hockey teams are always a chance of a medal at any Olympic Games. But less than two months out from Paris, the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos have each received big wake up calls.
Perfect 10 in Tahiti a challenge for Aussie Olympic cause
After waiting for days huge swell arrived at the venue for the Olympic surf competition in July but the Australian hopefuls didn’t get the results they were after as a Brazilian rival made history.
‘Never seen this’: Olympic bombshell exposed
Aussie Olympic champion Sally Pearson has dropped a bomb on the Australian team just 58 days from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Olympic team set after Weightman changes mind on appeal
Australia’s women’s marathon team for Paris is now set in stone after four-time Olympian Lisa Weightman changed her mind about appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Brutal unspoken Paris reality of Hockeyroos’ last stand
With 22 of Australia’s best fighting for 16 Olympic berths, there’s an unspoken reality that ends in heartbreaking agony for the six Hockeyroos ‘sisters’ coach Katrina Powell axes ahead of Paris.
Aussie Olympians at war over bombshell call
A pair of Aussie Olympians are in the middle of an ugly spat over a controversial selection call for the women’s marathon team in Paris.
Sharks gamble on rookies to end water polo Olympic medal drought
The men’s water polo team has shaken things up ahead of the Olympics, with selectors hoping 10 fresh Sharks will make history in Paris and bring home the men’s first ever Olympic medal.
How Aussie rower has emerged as genuine gold medal threat
She’s been on the dais at the past two world championships but Tara Rigney’s effort to push a Dutch legend over the weekend shows she could force a massive upset in Paris.
Age not a factor for Goorj as selection battle heats up
Boomers coach Brian Goorjian says his decision making for Paris is an ‘open book’, declaring he’ll put age aside and pick the country’s strongest squad, as the race for spots heats up.
Star’s painful journey from outsider to Indigenous crusader
When Maurice Longbottom steps foot on the field at the Paris Olympics, his boots will tell the story of his journey from feeling shame about his heritage, to proudly displaying it to the world.
How 100 rejections are preparing Harry Garside for Paris success
Most athletes seek positive affirmation to build confidence, yet Harry Garside is not most athletes. He tells JESSICA ROBINSON how experiencing failure is helping him chase Olympic goals.
‘Embrace individuality’: Stingers’ mantra to end 24-year drought
The Australian women’s water polo team has continued to come close without securing an elusive gold medal in 24-years, however a golden opportunity may present in Paris under new coach Bec Rippon.
‘Dream come true’: Aussie Sevens sisters eye Paris gold
Madi and Teagan Levi have established themselves as among the best Sevens players in the world, but an Olympic gold medal looms as ‘dream’ result for the Gold Coast sisters.
The 21-year-old Hockeyroo vital to Australia’s medal hopes
The future of the Hockeyroos is in good hands with an emerging youth brigade led by 21-year-old star Grace Young set to feature heavily the in team’s Paris medal campaign.
The Olympian showing the next gen what Freeman showed her
The first Indigenous Australian beach volleyballer to compete at the Olympics, Taliqua Clancy says that she hopes to show the next generation what Cathy Freeman showed her in 2000.
Aussie surfer willing to dance with the devil before Olympic debut
21-year-old Molly Picklum has one more wave to ride before the Olympics, and says that she will use the fear of her competitors to her advantage as she prepares for the world’s heaviest wave.
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