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.
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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.
Champions who stole our hearts in Rio
WHO was the champion who stole your heart in Rio – Michael Phelps for winning five golds or the boy who beat him for winning one? Robert Craddock looks at the stars of Rio.
Australian team proves nice guys finish last
Thank goodness for Chloe Esposito. Just what the dickens is going on with our team? The BMX fiasco summed up an underwhelming Olympics for Australia, writes Mike Colman.
40-year-old father’s dream Olympic debut
SOME people jump out of planes when they turn 40. Some splash out on a Porsche, or a couple of tickets to Bali. Scott Westcott got himself to an Olympic Games.
Gaze: Bronze can ease Boomers’ mental anguish
FIVE-TIME Olympian Andrew Gaze says only a bronze medal for Australia’s Boomers will ease the mental anguish suffered from the semi-final capitulation to Serbia.
Aussie stars primed for Tokyo 2020 glory
RIO is so last Olympics. Everyone is talking Tokyo these days. They are only 1433 days away, after all.If you’re Australian, the 2020 Games can’t come quick enough.
No Rio spot but a Boomers rock
YOU could forgive Brad Newley for feeling bitter watching the Boomers’ historic surge to the semi-finals at the Rio Olympics.
Jordan, Johnson and the making of a dream
THE US Dream Team assembled the greatest talent in sporting history. It had the egos of a heavyweight title fight, the bickering of a daytime soap opera and the partying of the Rio Carnival.
‘Dream Team like Playstation gone crazy’
A BOOMERS legend who played four Olympics has ranked and rated every USA line-up from the Dream Team onwards, sharing some epic memories of facing the superstars.
Delly’s perfect smackdown for NBA haters
IN the NBA, he’s known as the Aussie scrapper who has to play dirty to make a living. But fresh off a $39 million contract, Matthew Dellavedova has delivered a perfect serve.
What we’re missing about the Boomers
THE hallmark of the 2016 Boomers has nothing to do with old-fashioned Aussie values. There’s something else we should be beating our chests about.
Boomers’ semi-final opponent decided
THE Boomers’ Olympic semi-final opponent has just been decided, with Australia to face a rival they beat in the group stage for a shot at the gold medal game.
Tokyo training began four months before Rio
THE Australian sailing team’s successful Rio campaign isn’t even over and they’ve already begun training in Tokyo for the 2020 games. In fact, it began four months ago.
Rio Boomers’ remarkable slice of history
THE Boomers are one win away from a historic Olympics gold medal game and they’ve already achieved an unprecedented feat for Aussie basketball.
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 …
Awesome Boomers cruise into semis
THE Boomers have guaranteed themselves a shot at a medal in Rio, defeating Lithuania in one of their greatest performances to storm into the semi-finals.
Why our Boomers are the best ‘team’ in Rio
TEAM USA has the megastars but Australia’s Boomers have their own NBA talent and in at least one major area, they’re outdoing every Olympic rival – including the Americans.
Patty Mills’ game-changing Boomers moment
BEFORE the Olympics, the Boomers were talking goals. Just when they thought they’d settled on what was realistic, Patty Mills stood up and changed everything.
Australia’s worst medal haul in 28 years
THE Australian Olympic team are desperate to avoid a national disaster – aware that they are perilously close to the worst medal haul in 28-years dating back to Seoul.
Rio’s worrying ‘passport swap’ trend
A CONCERNING trend has seen nations shell out millions for Olympic success — and it threatens to destroy what the Games are about.
Billion dollar battleground in Rio
A BILLION dollar battle is being waged behind the scenes in Rio that could change the way the Games are run.
Brennan flagged for fairytale finish
IF a gold medal wasn’t a fairytale finish for Kim Brennan, carrying the Australian flag at the closing ceremony of the Rio Games would surely be the ultimate last hurrah.
Boomers must save Australia from 32-year low
THE Boomers aren’t just trying to win Australia’s first Olympic men’s basketball medal at Rio 2016 – they’re trying to save us from a disaster not seen since 1984.
Rio road ends for shellshocked Opals
AUSTRALIA’S Opals have wasted an Olympic campaign full of potential, rocked by bizarre refereeing and a Serbian team hellbent on creating their own history.
Old foe: Boomers Olympic finals draw decided
AUSTRALIA’S opponent for the Rio Olympics basketball quarter-finals and their path to a potential gold medal game v Team USA has been revealed.
Heartbreak for Stingers in penalty shootout
THE Stingers rushed to absolve Bronwen Knox of blame after the skipper’s missed penalty saw Australia bundled out of Olympic medal contention for the first time ever in women’s water polo.
Hockey Australia warns against funding cuts
HOCKEY Australia bosses have warned a savage cut to their $5 million funding under the Winning Edge program would severely impact their ability to rebound from a disastrous Olympic campaign.
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 …
Hockeyroo announces shock retirement
THE Hockeyroos’ meek departure from the Olympic Games just 16 hours after the Kookaburras was heightened by the shock retirement of their skipper.
Bairstow injured, Boomers down Venezuela
IT was harder work than necessary but the Boomers will enter the men’s basketball finals with confidence after securing a 81-56 victory over feisty Venezuela.
Rio failure set to scar Kookaburras
DID the Kookaburras spend so much time looking back they forgot to look properly forward? Robert Craddock looks at our men’s hockey team and why they couldn’t put it together in Rio.
Aussie swimmers in Rio ‘better than London’
KIEREN Perkins looks at where it went right for Australia in the pool, where it went wrong, and why Rio’s performance was ‘way better than London’.
‘The greatest choke in Olympic history’
CATE Campbell has been scathing in her own assessment of her performance in Rio but bounced back to help the medley relay team win silver with her final swim. WATCH THE VIDEO
Lapierre fails to fire as hand costs US star gold
HE finished 10th but long-jumper Fabrice Lapierre is convinced he threw the gold medal away, as Henry Frayne performed better but still missed the medals.
Sevens squad warned over night on the drink
THE Australian men’s sevens team have been given a warning about behaving responsibly after members of the squad had a boozy night in Rio.
Super Bowl champion lifts rugby profile in USA
THE USA have long been regarded as the sleeping giant of world rugby and coach Mike Friday thinks he may have found an alarm clock in a man by the name of Nate Ebner.
‘Classless’ US star slammed
IT’S not often America turns on one of its own athletes in the middle of an Olympic Gamesbut this “coward” is copping it.
Matildas coach reacts to Brazilian penalty ploy
AFTER 120 minutes of a gripping Olympic quarter-final, it was a dodgy tactic and a passive referee that helped decide Australia’s bitter exit against Brazil.
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 …
NBA clubs eyeing Boomers big man
NBA clubs are circling veteran Boomer David Anderson as his brilliant cameos for Australia jeopardise his imminent move to NBL club Melbourne United.
Sun Yang catches cold, a billion people sneeze
China’s Olympic hero Sun Yang dived into the water for the heat of the 1500m freestyle as world record holder and defending champion, he left the pool as a failed qualifier.
What really cost the Matildas
THE Matildas’ quarter-final loss to Brazil at Rio 2016 was heartbreaking but our national women’s side shouldn’t have been there in the first place, writes David Davutovic.
‘Insane’ opening to Rio athletics
THIS Ethiopian runner was immediately called out by a rival after destroying one of the “dirtiest records in track history”.
Serbian ambush questions Dream Team status
AMERICA’S NBA stars couldn’t be further from the Dream Team status of past Olympic campaigns after dodging a bullet against Serbia in Rio to claim a 94-91 victory.
‘Hard as hell’: Boomers warning to rivals
AFTER disposing of China, the Australian Boomers had a message for rivals who want join Team USA in whingeing about their physicality at the Rio Olympics.
Why Hayne could never live this dream
YOU can’t tell Fiji’s story without touching on the player who became its biggest star for a few short weeks before the Games.
Boomers’ insane stats v USA
AUSTRALIA was not meant to get close. Instead, the Boomers pushed USA to the brink. Here are some of the amazing stats from the game.
Boomers desperate for another crack at USA
THE most glorious night Australian basketball can remember is not a “what-if?’ moment, but a delicious entree to historic Olympic achievement.
‘Hopefully it will put basketball on the map’
VETERAN David Anderson believes the Boomers’ fighting loss to the US can put basketball on the map in Australia.
US coach says ‘dirty’ Boomers can win gold
AUSTRALIA’S hopes of the most improbable upset in Boomers’ Olympic history were alive until the final seconds on a night when the national team bravely punched above its weight.
Australia’s bid for 2028 Games stumbles
AUSTRALIA’S bid to once again host an Olympic Games could stretch to 32-years between drinks because we cannot find anyone to pay for it, reports David Riccio.
Smyth says Boomers have golden chance
FANS were glued to TV sets across the nation as the Boomers fell tantalisingly short of the USA today in Rio, but there’s an upside says Phil Smyth.
US coach says ‘dirty’ Boomers can win gold
AUSTRALIA’S hopes of the most improbable upset in Boomers’ Olympic history were alive until the final seconds on a night when the national team bravely punched above its weight.
USA superstar brands Aussie Boomers ‘dirty’
THE Boomers v Team USA thriller has had an explosive postscript, with an American superstar branding the Australians a ‘dirty’ team after their Olympics clash.
Aussies win silver, Ledecky powers US home
THE AUSTRALIAN women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team has claimed a silver medal finishing behind the United States team led by superstar Katie Ledecky.
Larkin’s golden ambition remains on course
Australia’s Mitch Larkin has qualified second-fastest for the 200m backstroke final where he is expected to battle American Ryan Murphy and Russian Evgeny Rylov for gold.
Campbell sisters reach final, Cate breaks OR
Cate Campbell has set another Olympic record when qualifying for the women’s 100m freestyle final at the Rio Games along with sister Bronte who qualified fifth fastest.
Mental strength ensures Kookaburras survival
KOOKABURRAS coach Graham Reid lauded his side’s mental strength after they snapped a two-game losing streak – to beat Great Britain and book a quarter-final berth.
‘Superhuman’ leaves world in awe
SHE’S just 19, but Simone Biles is the most dominant athlete in Rio. Everyone else, no matter how talented, can only watch her in awe.
Boomers fall short of Dream Team upset
AUSTRALIA’S hopes of the most improbable upset in Boomers’ Olympic history were alive until the final seconds on a night when the national team bravely punched above its weight.
Australia’s Sevens dream ended
AUSTRALIA have been bundled out of the Rio Olympic men’s rugby sevens tournament by South Africa in a 22-5 quarter-final defeat.
Kookaburras crumble under Olympic desire
DO the Olympics simply mean too much to the Kookaburras? Are the Games to them what Augusta was to Greg Norman, a goal you are so obsessed by that it almost melts your inner self.
Utter stupidity sinks 12 years of toil
DUTCH gymnast Yuri van Gelder finally made an Olympics team on his fourth attempt. Then he went and completely stuffed it up.
‘Absolute savage’ makes Olympic history
GOING where no man has gone before, this rugby Sevens star stamped his mark on the competition in “violent” fashion.
Phelps’ golds and Matildas’ goals
A round up of what went down on day 4 in Rio: Michael Phelps claims his 20th and 21st gold medals, Emma McKeon on the podium and a Matildas goal-fest.
McKeon wins bronze in women’s super final
EMMA McKeon has pulled out a stunning 200m freestyle performance with an incredibly brave swim to claim a deserved bronze medal at the Rio Olympic Games.
‘Aussies left medal in the pool’
AUSSIE swimming officials have been slammed for a controversial last-minute call that may have cost us an Olympic medal.
How close Boomers really got to snaring Kyrie
HERE’S what really happened with the bold bid that so nearly had NBA superstar Kyrie Irving playing for Australia rather than Team USA at the Olympics.
Disaster strikes as Holland’s campaign ends
AUSTRALIA’S chances of adding a men’s gold medal to the women’s took a major blow overnight with star playmaker Lewis Holland ruled out of the Olympics with a hamstring tear.
Rio golf wildlife: ‘That bloody thing is huge’
AUSTRALIA’S golfers are pumped for their Olympic campaign despite a negative build-up – though they’ll be coexisting with strange and potentially-dangerous wildlife.
‘This is why we do the Olympics’
A SELFIE of two gymnasts whose nations are sworn enemies has melted hearts, with one saying this is what the Games are about.
DiCaprio’s Olympic doppelganger?
SOCIAL media has made up its mind: Olympic archer Brady Ellison IS Leonardo DiCaprio. But hey, we’re not so sure. You can decide for yourself.
Mum’s fury over front page pic
A MEDALLIST’S mum has vented her fury over a paper’s front page which shafted her son completely in the picture it published.
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 …
‘She has absolutely no shame’
A RUSSIAN drug cheat has wept uncontrollably at the Rio swimming centre in a move that has seen her branded “shameless”.
Delly stunner: ‘$39 million … he’s underpaid’
MATTHEW Dellavedova produced an all-time masterclass as the Boomers beat Serbia, doing something he never has in the NBA to earn rave reviews from two legends.
Delly’s perfect 10: Boomers player ratings
MATTHEW Dellavedova put in one of the greatest performances seen from a Boomer and he wasn’t the only gun performer as Australia beat Serbia today.
USA’s ‘ridiculous’ secret weapon
MICHAEL Phelps swears by it. But this doctor says the cause of the red spots on his shoulders is a ridiculous therapy.
Sevens glory! How our women won gold
FOUR years ago the team didn’t exist. Now they’re Olympic gold medallists. How our Aussie womens sevens team became an international force.
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