‘Incompetence’ blasted: Six swimmers sent home after error
Six athletes have been left angry and heartbroken after an embarrassing error resulted in them being sent home before the games even started.
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Gymnast debunks Olympic ‘anti-sex’ beds
As the Tokyo Olympics is now days away, one athlete arriving in the athletes’ village has been quick to expose some “fake news”.
Inside Olympic Village: How Aussie athletes are living
A specially-hired barista and disposable cardboard beds — welcome to life in the Olympic Village, where panic is creeping in.
Australia’s best medal hopes at Tokyo Olympics
Australia has quietly assembled an Olympics team that is now predicted to deliver our best Olympic medal tally since 2008.
160k condoms at Olympics despite sex ban
Olympic officials have said each athlete will be provided with 14 condoms in a welcome pack despite also being told they shouldn’t be bonking.
Olympics contender to take on Aussies
Japan’s first female surfer joined the Aussie leg of the World Surfing League, and she dreams to beat our stars at the Olympics.
Olympics give giant ‘stuff you’ to Tokyo
The boss of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics has gone public with a tone-deaf statement on the fate of the Games during a state of emergency.
Breakers hit back at “crazy hate” over Olympics inclusion
‘Bgirl Raygun’ and ‘Bboy Monsta’ are adamant breaking is deserving of its inclusion in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Cousins’ ex ‘scared, not vindictive’
Ben Cousin’s ex-partner has denied she demanded money from the fallen AFL champion in exchange for access to his children.
Key question in Molan’s legal fight
Erin Molan’s lawyer has declared the TV sports presenter “doesn’t have a racist bone in her body”.
Why Paralympians listen to their medals
ELATED athletes holding medals up to their ears in delight will be one of the enduring images of the Paralympic Games in Rio.
Ballard hopes Rio will remember Paralympic titans
ANGIE Ballard says she has had her “mint moment” as an athlete, but the soon-to-be five-time Paralympian may rethink that if she can pick up an elusive gold in Rio this month.
Qantas’ Olympic plane hiccup
AUSTRALIA’S disappointing Rio campaign continued on the way home, when the national carrier had to leave its specially-painted Olympic plane in the hangar.
Bolt hits the mic in London club
VIDEO footage has emerged of Usain Bolt hitting the microphone in a London club as partying continues following his epic Olympics.
Olympic tweet China deleted
CHINA could not help but have a dig at its own national team, before realising it took a step too far. It was too late.
Amazing Rio Olympic medal tally fact
SOMETHING is wrong with this Rio Olympic medal tally, and it’s got nothing to do with Australia being nowhere near the top.
Why Campbell struggled in Rio
AUSTRALIA’S 100m freestyle world record holder and gold medal hope Cate Campbell doesn’t like to admit it, but she wasn’t 100 per cent.
Student pictured with Bolt has scary past
USAIN Bolt may have bitten off more than he could chew when he was partying at the Olympics. The woman in those scandalous photos has a colourful past.
Bolt caught in video controversy
USAIN Bolt has danced his way into a storm of controversy after he was sprung grinding away on the dance floor with a woman in Rio.
‘Bravest act of the 2016 Olympics’
ETHIOPIA’S Feyisa Lilesa won silver in the men’s marathon, but one incredible act after the race may cost him his life.
Rare medal awarded for magical moment
NEW Zealand runner Nikki Hamblin and American Abbey D’Agostino have been awarded a special medal for one of the best moments of the Olympics.
Lochte cops final humiliating insult
RYAN Lochte just can’t take a trick. Even when he thought he’d escaped back to America, the blows just keep coming in Rio.
Lochte opens up on Rio debacle
US SWIMMER Ryan Lochte opened up in a one-on-one interview, saying he “over-exaggerated” parts of his story about being robbed at gunpoint.
Usain’s sister: ‘I think she’s the one’
USAIN Bolt’s sister has revealed details about his relationship with girlfriend Kasi Bennett, who she believes is perfectly suited to marry him.
Olympic star’s scary ‘13 days of hell’
JENN Suhr was all primed for Olympic glory, but something far worse than she could have imagined ruined her trip to Rio.
Olympic coaches strip in front of everyone
THESE coaches wanted to protest the moment an athlete was stripped of a bronze medal. For some reason, they chose to jettison their clothes.
Usain Bolt’s girlfriend emerges
USAIN Bolt publicly shared his historic triple-triple win with his fans in Rio. But privately, his girlfriend has been watching.
Brazil label Lochte apology insincere and fake
RIO CONFIDENTIAL: US gold medallist Ryan Lochte has said sorry to Brazil — but Brazil isn’t convinced. The response to his Twitter apology has been ridiculed as fake.
Aussie athletes arrested in Rio
SEVERAL Australian Olympic athletes have been arrested at the Boomers’ semi-final and are being questioned at a police station.
Things never said during the Rio Olympics
There’s been plenty of commentary surrounding the Olympic Games, but it doesn’t get any funnier than Troy Kinne’s viral video ‘Things never said during the Rio Olympics’.
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