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The gold medal legends behind Aussie dream pair

Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy are two wins from a beach volleyball gold medal and the pair says two of the sport’s pioneers are their biggest cheerleaders.

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Crushed Matilda at centre of ref howler breaks silence

Emily van Egmond has revealed her pain at being called for a controversial foul which denied Australia the opener in its Olympic semi-final against Sweden.

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Biles pulls pin on more Olympic events

Gymnastics great Simone Biles has withdrawn from the Olympic floor final, leaving the American with just one more chance of competition at the Tokyo Games, USA Gymnastics has confirmed.

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CHOFU, JAPAN - JULY 30: Madison Ashby (L) and Charlotte Caslick (R) of Team Australia look dejected at full time in the WomenÃ¢â¬â¢s Quarter Final match between Team Fiji and Team Australia during the Rugby Sevens on day seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Stadium on July 30, 2021 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Sevens title defence ends with a whimper

How about this for unfortunate symmetry! Just as the men did 72 hours earlier, the Aussie women’s Rugby Sevens teams has fallen at the same stage of the tournament to the same opponent.

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54 Aussie athletes out of Covid isolation

Australia’s athletics team has had a scare on Day 6 of the Olympic Games, placed into isolation after an American pole vaulter tested positive.

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Fresh faces but same heart as Oarsome Foursome break curse

Almost 25 years to the day since the triumph of the Oarsome Foursome Australian men’s coxless four broke Great Britain’s recent dominance to claim an emotional Olympic gold on Wednesday.

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Tokyo , Japan - 28 July 2021; Australia rowers, from left, Ria Thompson, Rowena Meridith, Harriet Hudson and Caitlin Cronin celebrate after finishing 3rd place in the Women's Quadruple Sculls Final A at the Sea Forest Waterway during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo By Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Aussie female rowers embrace piece of golden history

Back on the programme after being retired for almost 30 years the Australian women’s coxless four produced something special on a historic day in Tokyo.

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Australia's Stacey Porter (L) watches the ball in front of Italy's catcher Marta Gasparotto(C) during the sixth inning of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games softball opening round game between Italy and Australia at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium in Fukushima, Japan, on July 22, 2021. (Photo by KAZUHIRO FUJIHARA / AFP)

‘It’s disappointing’: Aussie softball captain’s parting words

Stacey Porter will finish up as Australia’s softball captain after 446 games following the team’s loss against Mexico

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(From L, front) Australia's forward Hayley Raso, Australia's forward Kyah Simon, Australia's midfielder Tameka Yallop, Australia's forward Caitlin Foord, Australia's forward Sam Kerr and (From L, Rear) Australia's goalkeeper Lydia Williams, Australia's midfielder Emily van Egmond, Australia's defender Ellie Carpenter, Australia's midfielder Aivi Luik, Australia's defender Steph Catley and Australia's defender Clare Polkinghorne pose for a team photo with the Australian Aboriginal flag prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's group G first round football match between Australia and New Zealand at the Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo on July 21, 2021. (Photo by Yoshikazu TSUNO / AFP)

Five Ring Activists as Tokyo Olympics goes political

The world’s athletes are embracing the opportunity to showcase issues that matter to them from Indigenous causes, the Black Lives Matter movement and the exploitation of women.

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Brave Olyroos suffer late Spanish heartbreak

Taking down another football powerhouse was always going to be a tall order for Australia, but Graham Arnold’s side are still in control of their quarterfinal destiny in Tokyo.

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