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Swimming and hockey both want legacy venues from the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Olympic sports push back on venue plan that would leave them with nothing

Hockey has made a pitch to ditch Ballymore for the Gold Coast, while swimming has called for a new aquatic centre at Victoria Park.

  • Cameron Atfield

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An artist impression of Australia’s new high-performance hockey centre on the Curtin University campus.

Deal finally done to build home of Australian hockey in Perth

The new deal comes after protracted negotiations that spilled out into a public row between the state government and Curtin University.

  • Hamish Hastie
Mark Knowles.

An injury crisis could have ended his career. It put him in the Hall of Fame

Mark Knowles broke his ankle – twice – at 19, but went on to become one of the greats. He now wants the Brisbane 2032 plan changed to provide a legacy for his sport.

  • Nick Wright
Australian hockey player Tom Craig.

‘I’ve embarrassed you all’: Hockey star released as photo emerges of cocaine arrest

Tom Craig, 28, was taken into custody after French police alleged an Australian was attempting to obtain the drug in a trendy Paris neighbourhood.

  • Michael Chammas and Marta Pascual Juanola
Olympics day eight gif.

Paris Olympics 2024 as it happened: Day 8 – Ledecky powers past Titmus; Shock for McKeown in DQ drama; US star stunned in 100m

Katie Ledecky’s 800m record remained flawless after she powered away from Ariarne Titmus, who had to battle for silver. And Kaylee McKeown was stunned to win bronze.

  • Melissa Coulter Ryan, Marnie Vinall, Roy Ward, Billie Eder and Dan Walsh
Kookaburra Matthew Dawson sacrificed part of his finger for the Olympics.

The Australian athlete who sacrificed a slice of his finger for his Olympic dream

The hockey player suffered a gruesome injury just weeks before the Olympics. He made a surprising decision.

  • Jordan Baker
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Ice Hockey fight

Fight night on ice: All 10 players in mass brawl from opening face-off in NHL

The puck had barely touched the ice to start Wednesday night’s New York Rangers v New Jersey Devils clash when the players squared off and began trading punches in a wild, all-in fight.

  • Allan Kreda
Hockey Australia wants Olympic hockey to be held at a dedicated venue that would give the sport a Brisbane 2032 legacy.

Hockey body blasts Brisbane’s Olympic Ballymore plan

The selection of Queensland’s home of rugby union as Brisbane 2032’s Olympic hockey venue has come under more fire.

  • Cameron Atfield
QRU chief executive David Hanham at Ballymore this week, with the eastern stand to the left of the picture.

Less is Ballymore: Capacity to be capped at 8000, short of Olympic needs

Another Games venue could end up costing more than anticipated, with revelations Brisbane 2032’s hockey ground needs more work than previously thought.

  • Cameron Atfield
Ian Harcla, director of Brisbane Hockey Management Group at the new Brisbane North Hockey pitch at Chermside says it makes more legacy sense to upgrade the Queensland State Hockey Centre at Colmslie than build temporary hockey facilities at Ballymore.

Queensland hockey officials question Ballymore push for 2032

“The Hockey Centre is there and the logic to me is that the Olympic Village is across the river, and you could run a 10-minute ferry trip across the river from the Village to the Centre.”

  • Tony Moore

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