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Jessica Halloran is a Walkley award-winning sports writer. She has been covering sport for two decades and has reported from Olympic Games, world swimming and athletics championships, the rugby World Cup as well as the AFL and NRL finals series. In 2017 she wrote Jelena Dokic’s biography Unbreakable which went on to become a bestseller.

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Former Olympic boxer and Commonwealth Gold medalist, Shelley Watts with her 5 month old baby son Chase Davidson holding her Commonwealth gold medal. Pictured at her home in Port Macquarie NSW. Speaking about the financial hardship Olympic athletes face. Pic: Lindsay Moller.

High price of representing your country

Boxer Shelley Watts returned from the Rio Olympics broken and broke.

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09/12/2016Ric Charlesworth to go with the launch of his new book in which he warns that the corporatisation of sport is threatening its integrity, photographed at Nedlands pic Colin Murty The Australian

Olympic athletes’ Hunger Games

The man who coached the Hockeyroos to two Olympic gold medals, is shocked the team is facing a funding nightmare.

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Australia Olympic Comittee (AOC) President John Coates speaks during the launch of Dean Barton-Smith's book 'Think Again' in Sydney, Wednesday, February 19, 2020. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Wylie suffers from ‘relevancy deprivation’

The Australian Olympic Committee boss is angered by John Wylie’s call for a ‘unity ticket’ for the build-up to Tokyo.

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Phil Kearns in his home at Mosman on Monday May 14th. Ex-Wallaby player Phil Kearns is the man behind the annual Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn charity run in Mosman. (AAP IMAGE / Troy Snook)

Gag on Kearns over funding

Australian Institute of Sport boss Peter Conde told Phil Kearns to stop speaking out about ‘sports rorts’ and underfunding of sports.

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Leah Wilkinson of Great Britain competes with Kate Jenner of the Hockeyroos during the FIH Pro League match between the Hockeyroos and Great Britain at Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre in Sydney, Sunday, February 2, 2020. (AAP Image/Brendon Thorne) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Hockeyroos to cop huge funding cuts

Hockeyroos are set to lose up to 60 per cent of funding as they are not considered a medal chance at the 2024 Olympics.

Jacquelin Magnay and Jessica Halloran

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Archery - Aust archer Tim Cuddihy being congratulated by coach Ki Sik Lee after advancing to men's individual final at 2004 Athens Olympic Games 18 Aug 2004.

A sports science drain from AIS

At international sports conferences the question is always the same: What the hell happened at the Australian Institute of Sport?

Jessica Halloran and Jacquelin Magnay

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13/02/2020. Arrivals at Dolton House in Sydney for the Sport Australia Media Awards. Britta Campion / The Australian

Big salaries while sports face cuts

Australia’s top sporting administrators are paid huge salaries, while the sporting system underneath them continues to crumble.

Jacquelin Magnay and Jessica Halloran

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16/02/2020 Australian Olympian James Willett at his family's property in Mulwala just north or Yarrawonga, Victoria. Willett has built a new state of art shooting range at the family property and it's the only one like it between Melbourne and Sydney. Simon Dallinger/The Australian

Sacrifice as crop shoots for stars

James Willett’s parents sold the family farm in the middle of drought to help fund his dream of winning Olympic gold.

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SUNDAY TELE SPECIAL. A near-deserted Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) campus in Canberra.

Future of AIS hanging in the balance

The Australian Institute of Sport is not for sale, according to Senator Richard Colbeck.

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John Coates - President of the Australian Olympic Committee will doorstop outside 1 William Street. Pic Peter Wallis

Sports boss shocked at ‘incomprehensible’ spending

As the Australian Institute of Sport languishes, John Coates slams the millions spent on consultants.

Jessica Halloran and Jacquelin Magnay

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