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.
DO the Olympics simply mean too much to the Kookaburras? Are the Games to them what Augusta was to Greg Norman, a goal you are so obsessed by that it almost melts your inner self.
DUTCH gymnast Yuri van Gelder finally made an Olympics team on his fourth attempt. Then he went and completely stuffed it up.
GOING where no man has gone before, this rugby Sevens star stamped his mark on the competition in “violent” fashion.
A round up of what went down on day 4 in Rio: Michael Phelps claims his 20th and 21st gold medals, Emma McKeon on the podium and a Matildas goal-fest.
EMMA McKeon has pulled out a stunning 200m freestyle performance with an incredibly brave swim to claim a deserved bronze medal at the Rio Olympic Games.
AUSSIE swimming officials have been slammed for a controversial last-minute call that may have cost us an Olympic medal.
HERE’S what really happened with the bold bid that so nearly had NBA superstar Kyrie Irving playing for Australia rather than Team USA at the Olympics.
AUSTRALIA’S chances of adding a men’s gold medal to the women’s took a major blow overnight with star playmaker Lewis Holland ruled out of the Olympics with a hamstring tear.
AUSTRALIA’S golfers are pumped for their Olympic campaign despite a negative build-up – though they’ll be coexisting with strange and potentially-dangerous wildlife.
A SELFIE of two gymnasts whose nations are sworn enemies has melted hearts, with one saying this is what the Games are about.
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