Water baby Poort passes parent trap
ONE month before Jarrod Poort qualified for his second Olympics, the open water swimmer faced the daunting prospect of ruining his parents’ trip to Rio.
ONE month before Jarrod Poort qualified for his second Olympics, the open water swimmer faced the daunting prospect of ruining his parents’ trip to Rio.
IF Australia’s Olympic golf team was picked today the country’s most decorated player would be overlooked for young guns Minjee Lee and Su Oh.
SISTER acts and brotherly love: Michael Carayannis speaks to the seven sets of Australian sporting siblings already bound for Brazil this August.
MICHAEL Diamond’s chances of competing at the Rio Olympics look slim after a court refused to hear his criminal case before the cut-off date for team selection.
MICHAEL Diamond’s chances of competing at the Rio Olympics look slim after a court refused to hear his criminal case before the cut-off date for team selection.
MELISSA Tapper is off to the Olympics, twice. Yep, that’s right, the table tennis star will become the first Australian to complete at dual Games in Rio.
HOCKEYROOS star Anna Flanagan is likely to be forgiven by Olympic officials for her drink driving escapade but her Rio hopes remain under serious threat.
CYCLIST Anna Meares and walker Jared Tallent are among a small group of athletes being considered for the coveted role of Olympic flag bearer. VOTE IN OUR POLL!
AUSTRALIA’S best basketballer Andrew Bogut said he would consider pulling out of the Olympics because of fears of the Zika virus.
JOHN Millman looks like he will clinch Olympic qualification after the rankings to be used for Rio Games entry were published.
DUAL Olympic gold medallist Michael Diamond has made a special request in court, as his Rio hopes remain in limbo.
NAOMI Flood will sleep in an altitude tent for the next three weeks in a bid to get every advantage she can leading into the Rio Olympics.
RIO Olympics boss Kitty Chiller believes Nick Kyrgios could live to regret his decision to make himself unavailable for the Australian Olympic team.
A FORMER Olympian and three-time French Open winner has warned Nick Kyrgios of exactly what he will be missing if he doesn’t go to Rio.
A SIX-TIME Olympian says he’d be happy to sit with Nick Kyrgios and share insights into why representing Australia at a Games means much more than just winning.
FOUR years after her world was rocked by controversial Olympic omission, WNBA star Erin Phillips has emerged as the Opals giant-killing weapon.
HOW would you feel if you won a spot for your country in Rio then had to watch someone else fill it? This is predicament confronting archer Semra Ferguson.
FOUR of Australia’s most promising female sailors have had their bid to compete in Rio rejected, with the sport’s governing body instead choosing to send no one.
BLOWING three times the legal limit, the poster girl for the Hockeyroos will have her lawyer to thank if she makes it to Rio.
WHILE Nick Kyrgios’ inclusion in the Aussie Olympic squad is still up in the air, Pat Cash has made a definitive call on his fate.
ANNA Flanagan’s excuse she accepted a lawyer’s advice not to tell Hockey Australia about a drink-drive charge could save her Olympic campaign.
FOR the first time in more than three decades Australia will head to the Olympics without the rousing tones of Laurie Lawrence spurring them on.
COACH Adam Commens says it is time for the Hockeyroos to emulate the men’s team and live up to their lofty expectations at the Olympics.
AFTER a legendary Paralympic career Kurt Fearnley is content Rio will be his final campaign, but first he has designs on a fourth gold medal.
BOOMERS coach Andrej Lemanis says NBA star Joe Ingles might be forced to miss the birth of his twins to chase Olympic gold in Rio.
SHOOTING Australia has hit back at suggestions they didn’t do enough to help Michael Diamond after the Olympian was arrested on firearms and drink-driving offences.
GEORGE Gregan has delivered a brutal assessment of Jarryd Hayne’s first foray into sevens, after the code-hopper admitted he found the going tough in London.
MICHAEL Diamond’s former sparring partner Russell Mark says he warned Shooting officials about the dual Olympic gold medallist’s erratic behaviour weeks ago.
BOXER Shelley Watts has Rio in her sights, even the world championships are taking a back seat.
AUSTRALIAN athletes are being given ‘special’ condoms ahead of the Olympics in Rio.
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