World champion James Magnussen doesn’t just want to make Australia’s Olympic team at next month’s trials in Adelaide, he wants to make a statement to the world. Magnussen admitted on …
Veterans Geoff Huegill and Michael Klim turned back the clock as the comeback swimmers qualified for the 100m butterfly finals at the NSW championships in Sydney on Sunday. Competing together …
World 100-metre champion Yohan Blake opened his season with a 400m personal best on Saturday at the Camperdown Classic while 100m world-record holder Usain Bolt skipped the Jamaican meet. Blake’s …
Breaststroke queen Leisel Jones remains upbeat about her Olympic prospects despite performing well below her best at the NSW swimming championships. Jones, who is targeting a place on her fourth …
Sally Pearson made her hurdling return but pole vaulter Alana Boyd and 400m specialist John Steffensen stole the show at the Perth Track Classic on Saturday night. Boyd, 27, set …
Switzerland’s Beat Feuz celebrated his birthday in style by winning the World Cup downhill on Saturday on the course to be used for the men’s alpine events at the 2014 …
Ali Day is leading the Ironman Series after four of six rounds but the Mooloolaba competitor is hardly brimming with confidence. The previously unheralded 21-year-old has been the most consistent …
The Australian Masters Games will return to Geelong in 2013, with the biannual event expected to attract thousands of tourists and boost the city’s economy. The event attracted 7000 people, …
Despite suffering in her first cold-weather triathlon, new star Melissa Rollison scorched to the Australian long-course title at Falls Creek. Rollison and Sydney’s Tim Reed took out the 2km swim, …
Swimmer Kenrick Monk accepts he’ll probably always cop flak for being that guy who lied about falling off a skateboard. But the 24-year-old freestyler insists he’s learned from the incident …
Teenage sensation Jessica Fox and former national team member Matthew Gabb have taken massive strides towards Olympic qualification with their performances at the Australian Slalom Open at the Penrith Whitewater …
Fit and healthy again, Emily Seebohm has set her sights on London Olympic gold after putting a horror 2011 behind her. Seebohm on Saturday continued her strong build-up to next …
Reigning Olympic champion Ben Ainslie is set to compete at the 2012 Games after escaping a fresh punishment for his boarding of a media boat during the World Championships in …
Tennis world No.2 Rafael Nadal has attacked a French satirical puppet show that implied he and other Spanish sports stars are drug cheats, saying it had crossed the line. The …
The world No.1 ranked Australian men’s hockey team came back from a goal down to beat Argentina 3-1 in the second match of the Kookaburras Challenge on Friday night at …
Three-time Olympic sailing gold medallist Ben Ainslie has escaped further sanctions from British yachting’s governing body for grappling with a cameraman during a race in Australia. Ainslie was disqualified from …
Stephanie Rice has revealed her frustrations over the shoulder injury that has left her London preparations under a cloud, saying she would not be still swimming if the Olympics weren’t …
A very human performance left James Magnussen feeling “bloody terrible” but the world 100m freestyle champion still maintained his winning momentum at the NSW swimming championships. Magnussen notched his 14th …
