Dead Olympian’s brother slams fake site
The brother of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore, who tragically passed away earlier this week, has called out a fake fundraising page.
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Ball girl becomes cult hero with viral clip
This Los Angeles Dodgers ball girl has been dubbed a “hero” after footage of her tackling a pitch invader went viral on social media.
Heartbreak for Olympian dead aged 24
The cycling world is in shock at the death of a 24-year-old New Zealand athlete, after she posted a worrying message on Instagram.
Aussie Olympian infuriates entire country
Matthew Glaetzer’s Instagram has been bombarded with abusive messages following the Aussies cyclist’s blunder in an Olympic final.
Schedule for Day 14 of the Tokyo Olympics
Australia’s eyes will be on our golden beach volleyball girls as they headline a huge day of action in Tokyo on Friday.
Cycling rocked by cover-up accusation
The result of cycling’s biggest controversy is still uncertain after reports of a new protest surrounding accusations of a team cover-up.
Stunning twist in cycling loophole scandal
A storm has erupted in Tokyo after a team was spotted using a questionable accessory during an Olympic record performance.
China’s sneaky gold medal statement
The IOC confirmed that they were looking into the athletes to see if any breaches were made to the Olympic charter
‘Terrible’: Aussie’s bike falls apart mid-race
Commentators were left in shock when Australian cyclist Alex Porter crashed face-first into the track following a mechanical error.
Why Australia’s insane medal haul won’t stop
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.
New Olympic sport Australia could dominate
Australia has fallen in love with athletes from the sports you’d least expect in Tokyo, and that run could continue in the Freestyle BMX.
Tragic twist in BMX star’s Olympic dream
As Woolworths unveils its new Olympic and Paralympic hero collectibles range, one BMX star reveals her heartbreaking story.
‘Horrified’: Racist remark caught on live TV
A German cycling director’s vile comments about two African athletes were broadcast for the world to hear and sparked uproar.
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.
World cringes at awkward Tokyo moment
One Olympian thought she’d achieved the ultimate redemption but came crashing back to earth in the most heartbreaking way possible.
Aussie world champ pulls out of race
The cycling road race will kick off the medals at the 2021 Olympics but an Aussie champ has left Australia with just three riders.
Porte eyes golden double after huge TdF confession
Just days after riding in his 11th – and final – Tour de France, Aussie cyclist Richie Porte is ready to empty the tank at an Olympic swan song on courses suited to his climbing prowess.
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.
Stinky Bay: Olympians facing sewage leak threat
This is the last thing you would want to hear just before going for a swim. There are fears of a sewage leak in Tokyo – and it could be about to get even worse.
Ultimate Olympics guide: Full schedule of our best medal hopes
Some of Australia’s best medal prospects bring form, as others bank on a proven track record. How to watch every Aussie at the Tokyo Games.
Aussie quits Olympics over family heartbreak
Australian cyclist Cameron Meyer has made the heartbreaking call to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics as his father battles brain cancer.
‘So surreal’ for first-time Olympian
Six more Aussies have punched their ticket to Tokyo, including three first-time Olympians in a brand new sport to the Games.
Porte’s 36-year Aussie first in France
Before he heads to the Tokyo Olympics, Richie Porte finally broke through for a dream victory and then outlined his plans for this month’s Tour de France.
Cycling champs on track for December
The Olympics in 2021 remain up in the air but Australia’s best cyclists have something to aim for.
‘When it comes I’ll be ready’: Iso just pitstop on road to Tokyo
From a surfing great biding her time at her home break to a sailor who counts himself as ‘one of the lucky ones’, Australia’s athletes are finding all sorts of ways to stay motivated during the coronavirus crisis.
Family reveals extent of BMX star’s ‘truly serious injury’
Kai Sakakibara has started to communicate with his family and friends months after a race crash that left him with a traumatic brain injury.
‘Fastest man in the world’: Aussie stuns
Aussie Caleb Ewan admits he was at breaking point before an “incredible” fightback that’s sealed his status as a sprinting terminator.
Women who bought home Rio bling
A YEAR on from the Olympic Games, SWOOP takes a look at the Australian women who rocked Rio.
How does the AOC vote work?
THE Australian Olympic Committee will elect a president, vice president and board on Saturday morning using an exhaustive voting system. HERE’S HOW
Cure cycles into history books
AUSTRALIA finished top of the medal tally at the recent track cycling world championships in Hong Kong with a variety of top results. But one was particularly special.
History as Aussie rides to Tour of Flanders podium
AUSTRALIAN cyclist Gracie Elvin has created history with an explosive sprint propelling her onto the podium at the Tour of Flanders.
Sky no limit as Australia poach top coach
CYCLING Australia has raided British Cycling and Team Sky by luring one of its top coaching and sports science brains to lead its rebuild towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Short and Sweet: Droughts broken and extended
THERE was good news for a triathletes and a basketball team but not for the Wallaroos and some of our top rowers. SHORT AND SWEET sport wrap.
Brennan, Payne in line for The Don
THE year’s brightest sporting stars will tonight vie for The Don Award at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame induction and awards ceremony.
Paralympic Games: That’s a wrap
IT was the second biggest sporting event in 2016 behind the Olympics. But this time Australia cracked the top five. Our wrap of the Paralympic Games.
Stories behind our Paralympians
THEY are teachers, advocates, adventurers, cafe owners, AFL referees and Newcastle Knights fans and they are set to take the world by storm in Rio.
Anna staying right on track
OUR greatest Olympic cyclist never looks back, only forwards to the next challenge, writes Mike Colman.
Tears flow as Edmondson meets sponsor child
IT’S the first time Annette Edmondson was happy to let the tears flow – and it had nothing to do with competition as she finally met her Brazilian sponsor child of 10 years.
Tears for Meares as old foe cheers
WITH her Olympics over and the dust settled, Australian team captain Anna Meares has had the chance to reflect on a highlight of her campaign — and it involved an old rival.
Buchanan’s BMX dream comes crashing to an end
FEW athletes who struggled in London were more obsessed about getting it right this time. Caroline Buchanan drove herself all the way to Rio and, finally, a touch too hard when everything was on the line.
The mentality of winning at the Olympics
IT’S called “Olympic swagger”. And when it comes to the Rio Games, you either have it or you don’t.
Aussie sailors and brilliant Bolt come good again
A roundup of what went down on day 13 in Rio: Aussie sailors and kayakers weigh in with more medals, a BMX beat-up and Usain Bolt strolls to 200m gold …
’Australian cycling is lost’
OLYMPIC medallist and former world champion Shane Perkins says Australian cycling is “lost” and has put the heat on its high performance program for answers.
Kings of the court and BMX bandits
A roundup of what went down on day 12 in Rio: The Boomers ease in to the semi-finals, our BMX men and women fire and Usain Bolt laughs all the way to the 200m final …
BMX big guns well set for semi-finals
AUSTRALIA’S top-ranked male and female BMX riders, Caroline Buchanan and Sam Willoughby, have qualified in the top three ahead of Friday’s semi-finals.
Olympian defends sister’s awkward interview
SHE’S an Olympic record holder and half of a cycling power couple, but Laura Trott has been forced to slam haters after her sister’s TV interview.
Shake-up scheduled as Brits belt Aussies
AUSTRALIAN cycling is set for a full-scale review of its track program in the wake of a disastrous Rio Olympic campaign that was dominated by arch rival Great Britain.
Dominant Brits and crashes sum up horror games
ANALYSIS: Australia’s cycling campaign in Rio has been a shambles and the final blow was sprinter Matt Glaetzer falling off his bike before the race for ninth even began.
Aussies rule the waves … but sink elsewhere
A roundup of what went down on day 11 in Rio: Australian sailors rule the waves, but the Opals and our track and field stars fail to stay afloat …
Australian cycling set for major overhaul
AUSSIE cycling is in for a widescale review as it searches for what went so wrong on the track at the Rio Olympics where arch rival Great Britain wiped the floor.
I didn’t say the Poms are cheats: Meares
ANNA Meares has taken to Twitter to clarify her comments about Britain’s dominance on the track in Rio saying she never insinuated they had cheated.
‘There was a mole in the camp’
IN THE latest scandal to hit the track in Rio, a British cyclist has claimed a “mole” tried to “sabotage” his Olympic dream.
Is this the end of Anna Meares?
IF sportsmen’s decisions on retirement rest on messages from their bodies then Anna Meares may be finished after her greatest physical assets – her legs – had their say on her future.
The reason Meares made it to Rio
IN May last year Anna Meares picked up the phone and called her coach Gary West and quit the cycling team. What he said that changed not only her career but her life.
Meares bows out, Samuel goes long
A roundup of what went down on day 10 in Rio: Anna Meares bids farewell to the Olympics, Dani Samuel goes long in the discus and the Hockyroos and Stingers crash out …
Olympic rider’s classless act
THIS sprint star has been slammed for a classless reaction to his own unforgivable act of ruthlessness in a gold medal race.
’Chocolate and rum’: What’s next for Meares
ANNA Meares has signed off on her fourth Olympics and will take the next fortnight to consider whether she retires from cycling.
Aussie cyclist’s noble take on Russian rival
THE Rio Olympics has seen hostility directed toward Russia’s athletes, but Aussie cyclist Matthew Glaetzer only had good words for his Russian rival.
Warning note posted in athletes’ village
A WOMEN’S cycling team was forced to post a stern message on the door to its room after receiving some unwanted visitors.
Meares to have ‘free swing’ at sprint title
THE pressure is off Anna Meares who is preparing to have a “free swing” at defending her sprint title in what could her final Olympic Games appearance.
Brennan’s gold moment, Cate’s silver lining
A roundup of what went down on day 8 in Rio: Kim Brennan delivered gold, Cate Campbell’s meet had a silver lining, while Michael Phelps signed off with yet another triumph.
Legend’s brilliant tribute to fallen Aussies
BRADLEY Wiggins sledged Australia in the lead-up but but such was the quality of racing there was only room for mutual respect after one of the greatest finals in history.
‘Thank f— that’s over’, says Aussie rival
BULLETS have flown and knives have flashed in Rio but Australia was at the heart of one of the most brutal and gripping battles in Olympic history.
Cate’s redemption, Matildas’ heartbreak
A roundup of what went down on day 7 in Rio: Cate Campbell returns to form, agony for the Matildas, Dane Bird-Smith takes race walking bronze — then sees his dad hauled off by the cops …
World record denies Aussies pursuit gold
THE Aussie men’s team pursuit have grabbed a silver medal as Great Britain broke the world record to win gold in a thrilling final in Rio.
Australia’s cruel silver fortune
THE Australian men’s team pursuit squad went under world record time. In a cruel twist of fate, it was not enough to win gold on the Rio track.
From foe to fan: Pendleton backs Meares
ANNA Meares’ friendly rival Victoria Pendleton believes the Australian champion has the hunger and experience to win another Olympic gold medal in Rio.
Meares and Morton put pedal to the medal
ANNA Meares, the greatest female track cyclist in history, and Steph Morton, a Paralympic gold medallist on Olympic debut, open their Rio campaigns Saturday.
Why wasn’t this woman banned?
THE Olympic time trial has been engulfed in controversy after Russian cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya won a silver medal despite breaching the IOC’s initial criteria to compete in Rio.
Dennis cruelly denied in time trial
AUSTRALIA’S Rohan Dennis has been denied an Olympic time trial medal by a superstar field and a cruel mechanical problem in Rio.
Battered and bruised Aussies back on track
AUSTRALIA’S women’s team pursuit squad has courageously returned to the velodrome in Rio for training less than 24 hours after their horror crash.
Sevens heaven, hopes sunk in pool
A round up of what went down on day 3 in Rio: our women’s rugby sevens team win their gold medal match with the Kiwis, but medal hopes fall short in the pool …
Aussie cyclist in hospital after track crash
AUSSIE track cyclist Melissa Hoskins has been taken to hospital after the women’s team pursuit squad crashed at training in Rio, three days out from competition.
Olympic daily wrap: Aussies strike gold and go top!
A one stop round up of what went down on day 1 of the Games: Aussie medals in the pool and shooting range, a NSFW injury and robbers who messed with the wrong guys …
Cyclist Clarke the last man standing
SIMON Clarke was the last man into the Australian road cycling team and remarkably ended up being the only team member who finished yesterday’s Olympic road race.
Road rage: ‘Let’s just pack up and go home’
AUSTRALIA’S Olympic cycling coaches have taken extra steps to keep riders safe in Rio but the state of the course itself is completely out of their control.
Inspiring Meares brings the tears
AUSTRALIAN team captain Anna Meares admitted she couldn’t hold back tears as she told her teammates they would not be failures representing their country in Rio.
Elvin believes GB cyclist is clean
AUSTRALIAN cyclist Gracie Elvin believes current world champion Lizzie Armitstead is clean and deserves to race in Rio after successfully appealing a two-year ban.
Meares enjoying being in winners’ circle
FLAGBEARER Anna Meares has promised to try to stop and smell the roses in Rio just as she has in her preparation.
Bowden: I can do the job
HE’LL be locking horns with a Tour de France winner in an unfamiliar discipline but mountain biker Scott Bowden is confident he’ll hold his own in the 241km road race.
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