The Fitzpatrick girls – Savannah and Maddy – might just come from the most obsessed hockey family in Australia. But their path to the Tokyo Games saw tears and heartache.
Aged 3, Simone Pearce began telling people she was going to the Olympics. The former model fought back from a horror accident to finally fulfil her dream in Tokyo.
Extra sessions with one of the Far North’s leading coaches at Cairns Basketball’s Aumuller St courts helped ensure Cayla George stayed fit and firing ahead of her second Olympic Games.
A sensational day in the pool — led by giant-killer Ariarne Titmus — has seen Australia soar up the Olympic medal tally.
NICOLE Laird and Mariafe Artacho del Solar are set to realise their Olympic dreams – three years after moving to SA with little more than hope.
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
SOUTH Australian-based beach volleyballers Nicole Laird and Mariafe Artacho del Solar are the second team selected for Olympic Games in Rio next month.
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.
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.
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.
LOUISE Bawden and Taliqua Clancy are officially on their way to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games where they will represent Australia in beach volleyball.
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.
DESPITE competition bans against Russian track and field athletes, Australian sports chiefs believe competitors in other sports will be drug cheats at Rio.
GOLD medals, number of medals and longevity all play a part in determining the GOAT, but who is the greatest Olympian ever? Here are the candidates. VOTE.
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