Lauren Mitchell may well be a certainty to make the Australian gymnastics team for the London Olympics, but the former world champion insists the fight for the other four spots …
Middle-distance star Jeff Riseley shapes as one of the major beneficiaries from the decision to hold the Australian Olympic track and field trials in conjunction with an IAAF World Challenge …
Every one of Britain’s 900 Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be tested for banned drugs at least once ahead of the London 2012 Games, it has been announced. Although UK …
The London Olympics will be opened by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, a Buckingham Palace spokesman says. The royal couple will open the Games at the 80,000-seater Olympic …
Henry Frayne can write two pieces of athletic history this week as he aims to qualify for a rare Olympic long jump and triple jump double. Frayne goes into the …
Egyptian squash sensation Ramy Ashour is “one of the greatest sportsmen on the planet”, but his continued lack of global exposure is a “terrible injustice” to sport. That is the …
Officials have called a lay day for the world championship surfing event on the Gold Coast, with forecasts that conditions won’t improve much until the weekend. Joel Parkinson led the …
Giant Olympic rings have been launched on the River Thames in London to mark 150 days until the start of the 2012 Games. The rings – 25 metres wide and …
Local hero Joel Parkinson has scored the competition’s first perfect 10 to reach the quarter-final of the men’s world surfing championship event on the Gold Coast. The women’s event saw …
Hometown favourite Joel Parkinson has scored the competition’s first perfect 10 to reach the quarter-final of the men’s world surfing championship event on the Gold Coast. Not even the pain …
The British Olympic Association conceded for the first time on Monday that athlete support for its lifetime doping ban has significantly declined ahead of a hearing that will determine the …
Great Britain face being beaten by rivals Australia and Germany in the medals table at the London 2012 Olympics unless performances improve from last year’s world championships. Too many silver …
There were mixed fortunes for the local stars on Monday with Mick Fanning sensationally eliminated from the season-opening men’s world surfing championship event on the Gold Coast. Talented young Brazilian …
Three Australians have earned direct entry to the quarter-finals of the season-opening women’s world surfing championship event on the Gold Coast. Four-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore gave a masterclass in …
Lauren Boden wants Australia to know there’s another 400m hurdler in the country. Boden has won five national titles and has already run a qualifying time for the London Olympics, …
Nerves of steel have helped Kelly Slater cruise through the first heats of the season-opening men’s world surfing championship event on the Gold Coast. The Quiksilver Pro defending champion has …
He admits it hasn’t been easy but world champion James Magnussen has sworn off the drink in the lead-up to next month’s Olympic swimming trials. Magnussen, 20, is hot favourite …
He admits it hasn’t been easy but world champion James Magnussen has sworn off the drink in the lead-up to next month’s Olympic swimming trials. Magnussen, 20, is hot favourite …
