Five-figure payday for Olympic gold but only for select events
Pressure is mounting on the Olympics’ major sports after one governing body announced a significant cash bonus for gold medal winners in its events.
Athletics
Hoare’s Paris Olympic dream on track after gruelling injury battle
Commonwealth champion Ollie Hoare is hoping he makes less mistakes on the track than he did with his hair styling as he makes his return after a 10-month absence through injury.
Australian Olympians upstaged as rising stars steal the show
Track star Rohan Browning warmed up for the national titles with a win, but he and the rest of a high-class field were upstaged by a pair of rising stars with the Paris Olympics in their sights.
Olympics debacle: Why Brisbane’s “gumtree’’ Games is in strife
Paris 2024 and the Stade de France. LA 2028 and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Every Olympics is a silent prisoner of the Games before it – that spells trouble for Brisbane.
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Aussies charge up Olympic medal tally
A sensational day in the pool — led by giant-killer Ariarne Titmus — has seen Australia soar up the Olympic medal tally.
Absolute mayhem in triathlon ‘shambles’
The first event on Day 3 of the Olympics has become an absolute “shambles” as a boat forced an event to be cancelled 150m into the race.
Aussie Olyroos rocked by late ‘heartbreak’
Australia’s Olyroos defied the odds to keep powerhouse team Spain scoreless for 80 minutes, but sadly it just wasn’t enough.
Relief and excitement as Aussie track stars depart for Tokyo
It was a combination of relief and excitement as the first wave of athletes and officials from the Australian Olympic Athletics team departed Cairns for Tokyo on Sunday morning.
Revealed: 10 Qld wildcard Olympic medal chances
Revealed: Ten Queensland wildcard Tokyo Olympic Games medal chances. They are others, but here are 10 little rippers.
Schedule for opening day of Tokyo Olympics
The full schedule for the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics shows there is plenty of action before Friday night’s opening ceremony.
Triumph to ugly humiliation in a split second
John Coates and Australia have gone viral thanks to an ugly incident. The Premier’s golden night ended in disaster but she shouldn’t have allowed herself to be put into this position.
Boomers’ next big thing exposes ‘sooking’ Simmons reality
Australian basketball’s next big thing is taking his exclusion from the Boomers’ Olympics team with an attitude that stands in stark contrast to the nation’s biggest superstar, Ben Simmons.
Medal predictor: Why Ash won’t win gold
While Wimbledon champ Ash Barty will start a warm favourite for the Olympic tennis title in Tokyo, experience shows Games form doesn’t always follow world ranking trends.
Cancel the Olympics? Games boss’s shock call
Just days before the Olympic Games opening ceremony, the continued rising rate of Covid cases in Tokyo may yet force the organising committee into a desperate move.
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