Ben Simmons gave Brian Goorjian a proper grilling in an hour-long face-to-face chat during the Boomers coach’s fact-finding mission ahead of the Paris Games. Here’s what that revealed about the controversial Nets star.
It’s an unlikely international mixture which has set the daughter of a legend on the road to her own slice of history. Read about Izzy Scott’s rapid rise, see her play at the AWPYC from Saturday.
It’s only a matter of time before Brian Goorjian is back coaching in the NBL — a reality which has almost every coach on notice. Where would the Boomers head honcho fit best?
With Olympic gold now a realistic dream for Australian cricketers, we reveal a list of junior stars that may well find themselves padding up at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.
The Kookaburras will be driven by Olympic pain when they face nemesis Germany and have a secret weapon they hope will propel them to the gold medal match.
Australia has enjoyed a fruitful return in the medals at the Tokyo Olympics so far, and there’s one sport that will no doubt continue that trend.
Australia completed the pool stage undefeated after a dominant win over Germany left it in prime position for a historic medal.
REVENGE at last. Knocked out in Rio by the Netherlands at the quarter-finals and again in the World Cup, Andrew Charter saw the Kookaburras into the semi-finals after an incredible shootout.
Ash Barty finally has a coveted Olympic medal after Novak Djokovic decided not to play in the mixed doubles.
Australia’s men’s and women’s sevens teams might have crashed out early at the Olympics, but both coaches are set to remain in charge.
A BROKEN squad just months ago, the Hockeyroos – brought together by Katrina Powell – went through the Olympic pool rounds unbeaten after some Savannah Fitzpatrick magic.
A controversial ref call has left the Opals’ Olympic hopes hanging by a thread with one of Australia’s most famous sporting stars venting their rage.
The Matildas stared Olympic elimination in the face before three incredible moments saved the medal hopes of our football stars.
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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