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Swimming Australia general manager Jess Corones.

Swimming Australia hopeful AI can deliver Olympic gold

Artificial intelligence is being rolled out at training pools nationally as part of Australia’s bid to top the swimming medal table at the next Olympics.

  • David Swan

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Why Trump’s transgender edict spells chaos for 2028 Olympics

The US president would have us believe the vexed issue of transgender participation in sport has been solved with one pen stroke. But the IOC and LA 2028 organisers didn’t sign up for it.

  • Darren Kane
Two-time Olympic medallist Melissa Wu calls time on her brilliant diving career.
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Aussie diving star Wu announces retirement

Two-time Olympic medallist Melissa Wu calls time on her brilliant diving career.

Gerry Murphy trains 30 registered boxers at his gym in Surrey Hills in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

Aussie coach caught in sport’s big divide that Trump has been asked to fix

Veteran trainer Gerry Murphy has been slapped with a ban by boxing authorities for alleged involvement with a breakaway organisation. He is vowing to fight it.

  • Chris Barrett
Cole Hocker takes gold in the men's 1500m in Paris, conquering a field featuring defending Olympic gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen and reigning world champion Josh Kerr. © International Olympic Committee
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Hocker the champion in astonishing 1500m final

Cole Hocker takes gold in the men's 1500m in Paris, conquering a field featuring defending Olympic gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen and reigning world champion Josh Kerr. © International Olympic Committee

Laijipa Naulivou

Rugby boss sacked four days into job after claiming women’s team have ‘gay problem’

An international director of rugby has been dismissed after saying lesbianism had caused a rift in the country’s women’s team.

  • Fiona Tomas
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Sam Kerr

Kerr’s right, she’s been treated differently – and that puts the Matildas in the dock too

Football Australia has built the women’s game around Sam Kerr. That means her UK trial - however it ends - will have significant implications for the Matildas brand.

  • Tracey Holmes
Australian curlers Dean Hewitt and Tahli Gill.

These Australian Olympians made history. But they still have nowhere to train

It’s a winter sport that few Australians have heard of, let alone played. But these athletes are looking forward to competing against the best in the world in Milan at next year’s Olympics.

  • Gemma Grant
Where to look?: John Magaro as Geoffrey Mason in Munich.

Based on a real story, this claustrophobic thriller could hardly be more timely

Set almost entirely in a broadcast centre, September 5 revisits the terror attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and how one news crew covered it.

  • Karl Quinn
Greg Norman will be added to the organising board for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in a special role.
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Golfing legend to join Brisbane 2032 board

Greg Norman will be added to the organising board for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in a special role.

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