Boxing’s big names not expected in Rio
AS big Joe Goodall, Brisbane’s super-heavyweight Olympic contender, begins his hunt for gold in Rio he doubts any rich men will be blocking his path.
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Sea of weed sinks Aussie world title bid
It could well rate as one of the most farcical world championship in sport in recent times and it has helped cost Australia major boasting rights ahead of the Rio Olympics.
New-look Mitchell ready to take on the world
MORGAN Mitchell is ready to fulfil her potential. The Rio hopeful has shed 3kgs, given junk food the flick and changed her attitude as she chases the Olympic dream.
Weeds cause havoc as Aussie’s spell broken
ONE of the longest winning steaks in world sports has come to an end, with giant clumps of weed playing a major role in Aussie Mat Belcher’s demise.
Race for Rio heats up for sprinters
SPRINTERS Aaron Stubbs and Melissa Breen will have the perfect platform to post Olympic 100m qualifying times at the Queensland championships.
Cooper’s chance to prove Olympic worth
QUADE Cooper will get his first chance to push for a spot in Australia’s rugby Sevens squad for the Rio Olympics after being picked for the world series in Las Vegas.
Cambage and Kunek picked for Opals camp
IN the wake of the “blackface” controversy, Opals coach Brendan Joyce says he is confident of uniting the national team before the Rio Olympics.
Young Aussie battles ‘Jordan’ of athletics
LAST year he described himself as a “lane filler” but Luke Mathews is now planning to shock the “Michael Jordan of athletics” in a bid to qualify for Rio.
Practice makes perfect for paddler Fox
PADDLER Jessica Fox has revealed she has put herself through a special practice run to help her cope with additional as one of Australia’s favourites for a gold medal in Rio.
Bogut talks up Boomers’ Rio chances
ANDREW Bogut is predicting Australia’s squad depth will give the Boomers the right amount of `swagger’ for a successful Rio Olympics campaign.
Rio blowing up at our Olympic team
THE Olympics is a time of goodwill and coming together, but the Aussie team can expect a frosty reception when it touches down in Rio.
Rio mayor labels AOC ‘source of aggressions’
THE AOC has been branded as aggressors by Rio de Janeiro’s mayor, who has criticised Australia for declaring favelas off-limits during the Olympic Games.
Sailors back in familiar — and brown — waters
DEFENDING world champions Mat Belcher and Will Ryan have bounced back from one of the worst days of sailing in their four-year careers.
Meares returns to happy hunting ground
AUSTRALIAN cycling great Anna Meares has revealed her delight at being back at the scene of one of her greatest cycling triumphs and one of the most memorable moments of the London Olympics.
The Olympics’ most ridiculous rule
THE Olympic Games are supposed to be a time for celebration and recognising the achievements of heroes. This rule won’t allow it.
Olympic sponsorship cash running dry
AUSTRALIA’s Olympic athletes are facing the sobering reality that the huge sponsorship dollars that filled their predecessors’ pockets are vanishing.
Horror day for Rio Olympic favourites
RIO Olympic-bound sailors Mat Belcher and Will Ryan win so often sometimes they only create waves when they don’t.
Plain sailing? Not from the look of this water
A RIVER of brown filth which caused mass illness at a regatta last year will be the scene for Australian Mat Belcher’s extraordinary bid for a place in sailing history.
Angry champ gives Olympic funding both barrels
GOLD medal-winning shooter Russell Mark claims Australia’s aggressive Olympic funding strategy is wasting money and destroying his sport.
The Aussie team destined for Rio gold
CATHY Freeman, Anna Meares and the women’s swimming relay teams could not be stopped on their golden runs. Now Australia has another “sure thing”.
Stingers just edged by US in thriller
AUSTRALIA have fallen to the world No. 1 ranked women’s water polo team by the narrowest margin but there was a silver lining.
‘Blackface’ backlash leads to review
MELBOURNE Boomers say they will review the way they educate their WNBL players on sensitive social issues amid backlash over Alice Kunek’s “blackface” at post-season celebrations.
Sailor says she contracted Zika virus in Rio
IT’S the scene of numerous issues with pollution and submerged objects but now a Spanish sailor believes she contracted the Zika virus training in Rio.
Rio to air young Tallent time
IT will be a family affair in Rio for the Tallent’s after three-time Olympic medallist Jared coached his younger sister to the national 20km walks title.
Aussie Olympians banned from favelas
AUSTRALIA’S athletes will be banned from Rio’s dangerous favelas as security experts prepare a list of no-go zones in the Olympic city.
It’s go you Goodall thing for rings of Rio
BRISBANE Olympic boxing hopeful Joe Goodall is stepping up his intensive training for the road to Rio after an important victory in Auckland.
Jaensch has long run up to Rio
RENOWNED Brisbane jumps coach Gary Bourne cannot remember a case like Chelsea Jaensch, the long jumper who qualified for the Rio Olympics.
Divers synchronise for bronze in Rio
AUSTRALIAN divers Samantha Mills and Esther Qin claim bronze at Rio Olympic venue in top hitout.
Tallent could be awarded gold next week
AUSTRALIAN race walker Jared Tallent could be an Olympic gold medallist by the middle of next week.
Runner comes stoned motherless last
THERE may have been a hidden reason this man finished 105th of 105 runners at the trials for the US Olympic marathon team.
Stingers strike Canada in Olympic warm-up
AFTER a close call against China, the Australian women’s water polo team has struck back for an emphatic victory in their second outing of the FINA World League Intercontinental Tournament in Texas.
Stingers edge out China in Texas opener
AUSTRALIA has recorded its fourth successive victory over Olympic rivals China this year after beating the world water polo power 12-10 in Texas.
Can swim star join Theile’s one-man club?
FOR 60 years, David Theile has been the sole member of swimming’s most exclusive club. But the dual Olympic gold medallist believes that’s about to change.
This athlete is ‘borderline superhuman’
A 167cm, 57kg man just did what no American has ever been able to do, and he’s earnt comparisons to the greatest athletes.
Olympic sailing champions fail to medal
OLYMPIC sailing champions Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen will go into the Rio Games minus a world championship title and with their major rivals for gold boasting 24 straight victories.
Olympian Brigden-Jones shoulders out rivals
IT took two shoulder reconstructions, months of rehabilitation, hours of pain and six long years for kayaker Jo Brigden -Jones to complete the first part of a plan to race the K1 500m at the Rio Olympics.
Aussie sailors wave goodbye to world titles
AUSTRALIA’S top medal contenders for Olympic sailing glory could go into the 2016 Games without a major medal after a day of injury. big wave mayhem and mishap for two top crews.
Aussie gold medal hopes turn on the glam
AS WE mark six months until the greatest sporting show on earth, Sunday Style has lined up five of our top female athletes.
Boomers coach, Simmons to talk Rio
BOOMERS coach Andrej Lemanis hopes to gain a clearer picture of Ben Simmons’ Olympic availability when he meets with the college superstar in the US.
Fake drug testers’ negative result scam
THREE men have been arrested after successfully conning an athlete out of thousands by posing as drug testers offering to bury a positive result.
Olympic star’s anxious boycott
SHE was set to be one of the biggest stars at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, but a complicated threat has changed all that.
Zika ‘won’t deter’ Stosur from Olympic dream
THE Zika virus is unlikely to impact on the availability of Aussie tennis star Sam Stosur for the Rio Olympics, with the world No.27 confirming her availability.
Drought over! Sprint stars book Rio tickets
FOR so long the laughing stock of the sport, Australia’s sprinters are enjoying a surprising resurrection ahead of this year’s Rio Olympic Games.
Rugby wheel rolls toward more gold in Rio
RYAN Scott is powering up for his fourth Paralympics. At 33, the wheelchair rugby player hopes his side can repeat their golden effort in London four years ago in Rio.
‘Zika won’t stop Rio Olympics’
THE world’s best known Olympic historian said it will take something more destructive than the Zika virus to cancel the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Rio a ‘realistic dream’ for Throssell
COMPETING at the Rio Olympics is a dream for rising West Australian swimmer Brianna Throssell, but a realistic one at that.
How Rio looks with pressure mounting
THERE’S six months to go. With Brazil’s recession showing no let-up, the heat is on to deliver the Olympic Games venues in time.
NBA team key to Simmons’ Olympic hopes
AUSTRALIAN basketball great Andrew Gaze says Ben Simmons’ Rio Olympics hopes will ultimately lie with his future NBA franchise.
Former surf life saver riding to Rio
A FORMER surf life saver has emerged as a contender for Australia’s track cycling team for the Rio Olympics after finding form on the bike.
KO still OK for the Rio Olympics
LYDIA Ko, the women’s world No. 1 golfer, will continue to monitor news of the Zika virus sweeping South America before August’s’s Rio Olympics.
Give Sally some space: Hooker
STEVE Hooker has called realistic expectations on injured Olympic champion Sally Pearson, urging everyone to “give her space” in the lead-up to the Rio Games.
Rio Olympic nightmare becomes a reality
THE world’s best athletes may be forced to hole up in their hotel rooms for hours as fears grow over their safety at this year’s Olympic Games.
Zika virus threatens Rio Olympics
THE WHO has issued a warning regarding the ‘explosive’ spread of the Zika virus across South America just six months before the Rio Games get underway.
Matthew Mitcham retires from diving
OLYMPIC gold medallist Matthew Mitcham will not compete in Rio after announcing his retirement from diving.
Olympic champion’s surprise retirement
OLYMPIC gold medallist Matthew Mitcham will not compete in Rio after announcing his stepping away from the sport.
‘F*** it’: the crudest superstition in sport
THIS wasn’t a one-off middle finger salute by Canadian sprint sensation Santo Condorelli. He does it before every race.
LeBron headlines finalists for Olympic team
LeBRON James and Carmelo Anthony are a step closer to a fourth Olympics, and Stephen Curry is in position for his first. View the full team here.
Teenage gymnast creates ‘The Dick’ move
IT WAS this teen’s dream to have a new manoeuvre officially named in her honour. Now she’s done it and it will have commentators blushing.
Seebohm lights fuse for Rio blast
BACKSTROKE star Emily Seebohm describes a 2015 filled with personal achievements and gold medals as a stepping stone on her path to Olympic Games glory.
‘Weak’ IAAF hammered by WADA
THE IAAF has accepted the findings of a WADA report that slammed it as weak and corrupt.
‘Reset all world records over doping’
WORLD records in track and field should be reset and lifetime bans imposed on drug cheats to clean up the sport, the governing body of UK athletics has said.
WOW factor: Women in sport create waves
WOW. Literally. Meet the women on water set to make a huge splash on the world sporting stage this year.
World’s oldest Olympic athlete
AGE is clearly just a number for Bill Guilfoil, who at 93-years-old is preparing to trial for his second Olympic Games.
Rio venue goes dark, $300K in unpaid bills
THE athletics and football stadium for this year’s Rio Olympics was without power with the city hall and Botafogo blaming each other for unpaid utility bills.
Australia’s fastest man ready for Rio
JOSH Clarke is Australia’s fastest man and he’s got a gold medal-winning secret in his corner as he prepares for the Rio Olympics.
Russia ‘unlikely’ to compete in Rio
EUROPEAN Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen does not expect Russia to return to international competition in time for the Olympic Games in Rio.
Yachtsmen encounter floating furniture in Rio
MANY challenges await in an Olympic yachting campaign but Mat Belcher is confident being knocked out of contention by a floating washing machine is no longer one of them.
Aussies warned about tweeting at Rio Games
AUSTRALIA’S Olympic hopefuls have been urged to put a social media plan in place for Rio to avoid the kind of disappointment felt in London.
McEvoy out to join legendary club
AUSTRALIAN swimming star Cameron McEvoy has declared his intention to join legends Mark Spitz and Pieter van den Hoogenband by winning the sprint double in Rio.
Rio storm hits Aussie sailors
CHAMPION yachtsmen Mat Belcher and Will Ryan will be among Australia’s hottest gold medal chances in Rio but their first priority is to save their boat from storm damage.
Pearson coy about her race return
SPRINT queen Sally Pearson says she is still a month or two away from making a competitive comeback from her badly fractured wrist.
Rio braces for post-Olympics ‘bloodbath’
BRAZIL’S most famous city is making progress ahead of the Games, but there are fears over what will happen when the circus moves on.
Magnussen enters Missile testing program
AUSTRALIANS may not have heard of American Will Copeland, but he is the man James Magnussen says he must beat to realise his dream of Olympic gold.
Parnov back on track after fall
A TINY track in the Italian Alps was the place where Liz Parnov’s Olympic dream momentarily became the furthest thing from her mind earlier this year.
Pain behind Tallent’s fight for Olympic justice
OLYMPIC racewalker Jared Tallent has fought a very public battle for justice in his sport this year but behind that has also been a very private pain. Reece Homfray reports
Gold medal trio will set sail for Rio
MAT Belcher, Nathan Outteridge, Iain Jensen and three debutants have been named in an Australian sailing team facing major hurdles to stay fit and healthy in the polluted waters of Rio.
Our Olympian’s amazing second life
AUSSIE runner and philanthropist Eloise Wellings hopes to seal a Rio Olympic spot on Saturday, but after a scary encounter with a wild beast she’s lucky to be alive.
‘A gold medal is not worth it for this’
HOW far is too far to go to achieve glory for your country? Is it worth putting your life on the line?
Boxing gives itself an uppercut
AUSTRALIA’S best chance for a medal at next year’s Olympic Games has been ruled out — because somebody forgot to buy a ten cent nut and bolt from Bunnings.
Rio rivals keep marathon star on her toes
JESS Trengove has to play a waiting game. The Aussie marathon star won’t find out for another four months whether she is heading to the Rio Olympics.
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