Eight Australian riders – Cadel Evans, Michael Rogers, Stuart O’Grady, Mark Renshaw, Heinrich Haussler, Matthew Lloyd, Brett Lancaster, Allan Davis - will tackle the 96th Tour [more]
In a dream build-up for the world championships, dual Olympic medallist Andrew Lauterstein has broken both the Australian and Commonwealth 100m butterfly record.
Racing at the Giorgio Armani swim meet in Milan, the 22-year-old broke the 51-second barrier for the first time [more]
Kookaburras goalkeeper Stephen Lambert has announced his retirement from international hockey.
Lambert originally loomed likely to continue on following the 2008 Beijing Olympics after he was selected in coach Ric Charlesworth’s 2009 national squad following the 2009 Australian Hockey League. [more]
Australian Olympians Emma Moffatt and Emma Snowsill continued their recent dominance and claimed a bumper pay day by winning gold and silver in the world's richest triathlon in the United States on Saturday. [more]
Australian alpine skier Jono Brauer will look to defy a horror injury-run and the prospect of lifelong pain to ensure he lines up for his second Winter Olympics in February. [more]
Overseas media covering the 2012 Olympics will be housed in hotels in downtown London instead of purpose built media “villages” like they had in Beijing. [more]
Australian Olympic official Kevan Gosper has heaped praise on London’s Olympic preparations saying the transformation of a wasteland in the city’s east is unmatched [more]
Listen to Norman May's Golden Nugget on Australia's first Olympic swimmer Fred Lane who won two gold at Paris 1900, including the obstacle race. [more]
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