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Kai Sakakibara striving for Paralympics

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From coma to champion: BMX star’s comeback finds a new track

Five years after the BMX crash that almost claimed his life, Kai Sakakibara is back on the bike, of a different kind, and has big Paralympic plans after navigating life with a traumatic brain injury.

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Ash Gentle opens up on miscarriage battle

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She miscarried last week – now this brave Olympian is taking on a triathlon

Olympian Ashleigh Gentle is preparing to compete in the T100 Triathlon World Tour final little more than week after she miscarried. She opens up on her determination to end the “shame” women feel.

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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Jessica Fox and Eddie Ockenden, Flagbearers of Team Australia, wave the flag on the athletes' parade team boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

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1000+ athletes to benefit from revolutionary $50m retirement fund

Australian Olympic chiefs say they hope a new scheme will ease the financial burden on athletes and allow more to complete at multiple games. Find out full details here.

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Ian Thorpe in the race. Picture: Ashley Dart/CYCA

False start as Ian Thorpe prepares for wild ride in Sydney to Hobart yacht race

Ian Thorpe once made world headlines for a false start ahead of the Athens Olympics. Now he’s been involved in another on a Sydney to Hobart yacht. Cabbage Tree Island REUSLTS

Paris Olympics 2024- Australian skateboarder Chloe Covell takes in Paris and the Champs Elysee before competition starts. Pics Adam Head

‘Definitely reasonable’: Teen Olympian backs social media ban

One of Australia’s teenage Olympic stars has welcomed the government’s under-16 social media ban despite having to deactivate an account where she has more than 300,000 followers.

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SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - APRIL 06: Kelsey Teneti #88 of New Zealand loses control of the ball against Maddison Levi #12 of Australia at the try line during the women's cup final on day two of the HSBC SVNS Singapore at the National Stadium on April 06, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

Olympic history up for grabs for our toughest, fastest, wildest women at LA Olympic

Females rugby players, paddlers and triathletes will battle for the first medals of the LA Olympics with Australia’s fastest, toughest, wildest women shooting for success.

Bailey is now with the Australian sevens program. Picture: Supplied

Gout Gout rival now chasing mantle of fastest man in Rugby Sevens

He’s raced against Australian teen sensation Gout Gout but this young gun wants to be the fastest man in the world on a different field of play but potentially at the same Olympics as his old rival

IZU, JAPAN - AUGUST 25: Gold medalist Paige Greco of Team Australia poses during the medal ceremony for Track Cycling WomenÃ¢â¬â¢s C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit on day 1 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Izu Velodrome on August 25, 2021 in Izu, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)

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Aussie gold medallist dies suddenly at 28

An Australian Paralympic gold medallist has tragically died at the age of just 28, leaving her family “devastated” by the sudden loss.

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Adam Peaty escorted from plane by armed cops

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Olympic champ escorted off plane by police

Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty was escorted off a plane by several police officers after he had returned home from his bucks party.

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Ariarne Titmus as you’ve never seen her before

In her first sit-down interview since quitting swimming, the four-time Olympic gold medallist explains why she walked away at the top of her game – and debuts a new look.

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The Aussie daredevil targeting historic Winter Games triple event

Australian snowboarder Valentino Guseli is used to pushing boundaries on the slopes but come February, the daredevil will chase Winter Olympics history, something his peers deem insane.

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Kew Primary students celebrate their Flag Football championship win.

Melbourne kids claim national title, eye Olympic dream

Kew Primary has been a pioneer in Flag Football and continued its dominance of the new Olympic sport, winning a second straight Under-12 National Championship title.

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Haunting image that spurs new Hockeyroos’ coach

Recommended by sporting legend Ric Charlesworth for the Kookaburras job, new Hockeyroos coach Rhett Halkett has made history, revealing the haunting image driving his quest for change.

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Netherlands' volleyball player Steven van de Velde gestures as he addresses media representatives during a press conference at the European Beach Volleyball Championships in The Hague on August 13, 2024, following his participation in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. (Photo by Ramon van Flymen / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT

Australia bans convicted rapist, Olympian

The federal government has made a huge call on a child rapist who was booed at the Olympics and was coming to compete in Australia.

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Australian olympia Noemie Fox has announced her engagement on instagram to partner, Titouan Dupras, who is also her coach. Picture: Instagram

Noemie Fox announces engagement to coach

Olympic champion Noemie Fox has announced her engagement to long-time partner Titouan Dupras, eight years after their romance began at the Rio Games.

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Netball stars Diamond Sunday Aryang (left) and Silver Fern Grace Nweke (right) are backing the sport's bid to be included in the Brisbane Olympics in 2032. Photo: Michael Bradley/Netball Australia

Diamonds, Ferns stars add voice to netball’s Olympic bid

They’ll go head-to-head in one of the sport’s great battles but Diamond Sunday Aryang and Silver Fern Grace Nweke are in firm agreement about netball’s bid to enter the Olympic Games.

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24/10/2025 : Running sensation Gout Gout from Ipswich Grammar School, wins the Boys Open 400m race, Great Public Schools Association (GPS) QLD track and field championships, at QSAC, Nathan, in Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

REPLAYS: Gout Gout ready to take on world after winning last school race

Gout Gout has won the last races of his school career and been mobbed at the GPS Track and Field Championships. Watch replays of the 400m and 4x100m relay here.

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24/10/2025 : Running sensation Gout Gout from Ipswich Grammar School, finishes the Boys Open 4 x100m relay race, Great Public Schools Association (GPS) QLD track and field championships, at QSAC, Nathan, in Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

REPLAYS: Gout Gout ready to take on world after winning last school race

Gout Gout has won the last races of his school career and been mobbed at the GPS Track and Field Championships. Watch replays of the 400m and 4x100m relay here.

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Kyle Chalmers targeted by fake social media posts

Frightening reality for Aussie Olympic stars targeted by fake news posts

Australia’s star swimmers continue to be targeted in false and malicious posts on social media — and the scary reality is there’s little which can be done to stop it happening.

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Australian Matt Hauser celebrates as he crosses the finish line of the Elite Mens event to claim the World Championship for Australia at the 2025 World Triathlon Championships in Wollongong. Picture: John Appleyard

Special piece of history Matt Hauser now owns after world triathlon win

Driven by a dream of one day completing a “perfect race”, Matt Hauser slipped and fell but still ended a 20-year drought to win the men’s world Olympic distance triathlon crown in Wollongong.

L to R: Australia Triathletes Tsumi Smith, James Nott, Belinda Jones and Matt Pooley celebrate after their team finished the Mixed Relay teams event at the 2025 World Triathlon Championships in Wollongong. Picture: John Appleyard

Australia’s 48 new world champions

They might be your teacher, plumber accountant or next door neighbour but this extraordinary group have won 48 individual world triathlon crowns for Australia. Our age group stars

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - OCTOBER 20: Kaylee McKeown of Australia reacts after winning and breaking the World Record during women's 50m backstroke final during the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2023 - Meet 3 on October 20, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by David Balogh/Getty Images)

McKeown makes history with world record swim against US rival

A day on from Mollie O’Callaghan making history with a short course world record, Kaylee McKeown has set a record of her own in the backstroke at the Swimming World Cup.

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Ariarne Titmus with her new partner Mack at the Australian Open

‘Mack came along’: Titmus holds back tears speaking of new beau

The now retired Ariarne Titmus has opened up on her excitement to lead a ‘normal’ life, and how boyfriend Mack came at the ‘perfect time’ and opened her eyes to a different world.

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Ariarne Titmus and her life outside of swimming.

Titmus Inc: Love life, fashion and a mighty media empire

Ariarne Titmus’ swimming career may have come to an end but don’t expect her to be going anywhere. SPECIAL REPORT

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos September 27, 2025: Gout Gout will be back from World Championships tonight, to fire the starting pistol at the Telstra Half-Time Sprint at the AFL Grand Final tomorrow. Picture: NewsWire / Nadir Kinani

Aussie legend that sparked Gout Gout’s dreams of Olympic gold

A classroom video on sprinter Peter Norman lit a fire in the Ipswich teen who shattered Norman’s 56-year record last year. But as his celebrity star rises, Gout Gout remains grounded, with as much an eye on home as his world-conquering Olympics goals.

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Our ‘Tassie Tiger in goggles’: Arnie a fighter from her very first day

A fighter from the day she was born, Ariarne Titmus dared to dream of another tilt at Olympic glory — until she realised it was time to move on. Robert Craddock pays tribute to an Olympic great.

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Australia's 200m freestyle world record holder Ariarne Titmus has shocked the swimming world by retiring just a year after claiming Olympic gold in Paris. Source: Instagram.

The moment Ariarne Titmus announced herself to the world

Ariarne Titmus’ former junior coach “still gets goosebumps” about the day she announced herself as a star on the rise. After she confirmed her retirement, he relives the making of the Olympic hero.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 15: Angel Reese walks the runway for Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2025 on October 15, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret)

Angel gets her wings: Athletes make history at VS fashion show

WNBA star Angel Reese and Olympic gold medallist Suni Lee have made history in New York City, becoming the first athletes to walk the iconic Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

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Para triathlete Matt Engessor has been juggling study with training in the leadup to his world championship tilt. Picture: Supplied

From HSC exams to race of his life for teen triathlete

It’s an unusual way to prepare for your first world triathlon – staying tucked away in a room – but that’s where schoolboy Matt Engesser will be most of the time this week.

Triathlete Brayden Mercer preparing for the world triathlon.

‘He gives me strength’: Son of late ironman legend chasing Olympic dream

He’s the son of an ironman legend who died when he was a kid. But when the going gets tough triathlete Brayden Mercer believes his father is right there with him.

Addison Houslip, Zahn Spies, Richelle Hill, and Tara Sosinski are Junior triathletes from Qld who will be in the Aus team for World Championships. Pics Adam Head

From ‘baby giraffe’ to triathlon medal contender for rising star

It’s not the best preparation for a world championship – a year off running and two years out of competition – but triathlon rising star Tara Sosinski has nothing to fear – just a name to be made.

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Ash Barty has spoken out about tennis at the Brisbane Olympics.

Barty: Why the Olympic tennis tournament can shine in Brisbane

The 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games tennis tournament has become a political hot potato with calls for it to be held in Melbourne, but Ash Barty is hoping it lands at the venue she calls home.

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Noemie Fox before bowing out of the kayak cross event at the world canoe slalom championships

‘Big heartbreak’: Olympic champ Noemie Fox’s whitewater disaster

It’s mad, crazy, hectic and helter skelter and kayaking’s lucky dip when it comes to winning as a heartbroken Olympic champion Noemie Fox discovered in the world kayak cross race at Penrith.

world canoe bronze medallist Kaylen Basset after his success at Penrith at the world canoe slalom championships. sUPPLIED.

‘Never thought I could’: Underdog claims first Aussie medal at world canoe slalom

There are rank outsiders and then there’s Kaylen Bassett, a man who has never won a major race but who has pulled off one of the biggest stings of the world canoe slalom titles at Penrith.