The buzz created by the launch of the Hockey One league in 2019 all but disappeared after the pandemic wrote off the next two seasons. About to enter its third season, a new international broadcast deal has brought renewed hope.
The cultural issues and Tokyo failure that left Australia’s women’s hockey program lagging behind the men are in the rearview as the Hockeyroos’ Paris Olympic hopes get a big boost.
A historic decision on whether to include cricket as an official sport at the next Olympic and Paralympic Games has been postponed by organisers, leaving Brisbane Games organisers hanging.
The inclusion of cricket in the Olympics would change the game for Brisbane, in a way that is far bigger than the inclusion of a popular sport we are good at, writes the editor.
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.
The all-conquering Team USA is in the middle of its greatest crisis after a 17-year Olympic-first and claims of a fractured dressing room.
The Opals have had an ‘unconventional’ lead up to the Olympics after superstar Liz Cambage pulled out – a move one teammate described as ‘surprising’.
All eyes are on the weather in Tokyo as a tropical storm moves dangerously close. These are the sports which will be impacted the most.
An event was going under the radar at the Tokyo Olympics before the world noticed the writing on this cursed athlete’s back.
Australia’s all-conquering 4x100m freestyle relay golden girls produced a moment of sheer class during the medal presentation ceremony.
After going within seconds of a medal in Brazil, Joe Ingles says the Boomers can exorcise their demons in Tokyo and make Aussie basketball history. Here’s why.
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