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Prominent sports stars add to push for Bondi royal commission

The statement signed by more than 60 sports stars, including Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Lleyton Hewitt, Scott Pendlebury and Isaac Heeney, said: “This is not the Australia we represented.”

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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‘That’s the danger, that’s the appeal’: The gay ice hockey drama breaking the rules

Adapted from a wildly popular young adult series, Heated Rivalry is not your typical sports drama.

  • Michael Idato
Australian Olympic great Ian Thorpe.

Thorpe dives in with advice for Brisbane Olympics

Five-time Olympic gold swimmer Ian Thorpe has been added to the athletes and sports advisory group that provides input to the Brisbane 2032 board.

  • Julius Dennis
Sydney’s time of innocence and optimism: Nikki Webster flies high in the opening ceremony for the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Sydney 2000 was a special time, when an open-hearted nation was ascendant

We stood innocent and tall, proud and unafraid, but I fear that’s a paradise lost.

  • Alan Mascarenhas
Stadium Australia Hall of Fame inductees at the gala dinner; from left: Mark Schwarzer (football), Brad Fittler (rugby league), Cathy Freeman (Olympian), Ian Thorpe (Olympian), John Aloisi (football), Louise Savage (Paralympian), Andrew Johns (rugby league), Tim Sullivan (Paralympian).

Cathy Freeman returns to Olympic stadium 25 years on as first inductee into hall of fame

Cathy Freeman was honoured on Monday night in a ceremony celebrating 25 years since the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

  • Frances Howe
Ian Thorpe visits Newington Public School students as part of the Australian Olympic Committee’s Olympics Unleashed Roadshow.

Thorpe the king of the kids on 25-year anniversary of Sydney 2000

Down the road from the Olympic Stadium, Newington Public School students had a better Monday than most.

  • Tom Decent
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Ian Thorpe at the Sydney Olympic Pool 25 years since Sydney 2000 Olympics.

‘OK, that’s enough for me’: Why Thorpe nearly quit after Sydney Olympics glory

Twenty-five years ago, Ian Thorpe set the tone for the 2000 Olympic Games by winning two golds on night one in the pool.

  • Tom Decent
Ian Thorpe was reportedly the target of a $150,000 “insurance job”.

Swimming legend Ian Thorpe alleged victim of $150,000 robbery

The Olympic champion had personal items including jewellery and watches taken from his home.

  • Josefine Ganko and Tom Decent
Simone Kessell used to think she wasn’t the marrying kind.

I once dated Heath Ledger. He’s the reason I met my husband

Yellowjackets actor Simone Kessell says she’s happy living back in Australia with her family, as she discusses the important men in her life.

  • Jane Rocca
Swimming legend Dawn Fraser.

‘She probably won’t survive this’: How close Dawn Fraser came to dying

The swimming legend told her family she was “going to fight” before undergoing emergency surgery following a fall.

  • Tom Decent

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