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Australia's doping plea as IOC lifts Russia athlete ban

Australia's doping plea as IOC lifts Russia athlete ban

The ban on Russian athletes competing at the Olympic Games, imposed in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, has been provisionally lifted by the IOC.

Prep for decider more intense than Olympics: NSW star

Prep for decider more intense than Olympics: NSW star

Prep for decider more intense than Olympics: NSW star

Prep for decider more intense than Olympics: NSW star

Code-hopper Mark Nawaqanitawase is preparing to make his second, and possibly final, NSW appearance in the State of Origin decider.

Good as gold: Aussie long-distance king back on track

Good as gold: Aussie long-distance king back on track

Good as gold: Aussie long-distance king back on track

Good as gold: Aussie long-distance king back on track

Fit again, Andy Buchanan will line up in his first major race in more than a year - enough time for plenty to have changed in the marathon world.

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It's an honour: Cotton pumped for overdue Boomers debut

It's an honour: Cotton pumped for overdue Boomers debut

A bureaucratic technicality cost Bryce Cotton the chance to represent Australia at the 2024 Olympics, but his path to LA 2028 looks promising.

'Even more motivation': Matthews returns to Tour

'Even more motivation': Matthews returns to Tour

Australian star Michael Matthews has overcome plenty in the past year to make the Jayco AlUla team for his ninth start at the Tour de France.

No prize money, but Olympians to share in $200m bounty

No prize money, but Olympians to share in $200m bounty

The Australian Olympic Committee is welcoming new grants being made available to all summer and winter Olympic athletes.

No-frills budget tips surprise surplus amid Games blitz

No-frills budget tips surprise surplus amid Games blitz

A pathway to surplus has been mapped out by a state government as it handed down a budget with cost of living relief while ramping up Olympic preparations.

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Master sevens coach Walsh lands vital new RA role

Master sevens coach Walsh lands vital new RA role

Master sevens coach Walsh lands vital new RA role

Master sevens coach Walsh lands vital new RA role

Rio Olympics gold medal-winning sevens coach Tim Walsh has been unveiled as Rugby Australia's new women's high-performance boss.

Vixens out to 'flip the narrative' in Super finals

Vixens out to 'flip the narrative' in Super finals

Vixens out to 'flip the narrative' in Super finals

Vixens out to 'flip the narrative' in Super finals

Melbourne Vixens star Kiera Austin concedes harsh conversations have taken place, while West Coast Fever look to avenge their grand final heartbreak.

Perkins weighs in on "wicked" Games prizemoney debate

Perkins weighs in on "wicked" Games prizemoney debate

Perkins weighs in on "wicked" Games prizemoney debate

Perkins weighs in on "wicked" Games prizemoney debate

Prize money for Olympic medallists remains a point of contention as Australian athletes welcome life-changing funding ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Games.

Olympic-sized cost for Games city's bridge revealed

Olympic-sized cost for Games city's bridge revealed

Olympic-sized cost for Games city's bridge revealed

Olympic-sized cost for Games city's bridge revealed

Australia's biggest council has revealed the cost of restoring an Olympic host city's famous bridge, prompting pleas for state and federal financial help.

Comeback queen Godwin leads Australia's Glasgow charge

Comeback queen Godwin leads Australia's Glasgow charge

Comeback queen Godwin leads Australia's Glasgow charge

Comeback queen Godwin leads Australia's Glasgow charge

Making her return from a career-threatening Achilles injury, Georgia Godwin is looking to add to her eight Commonwealth Games gymnastics medals in Glasgow.

Sam Short breaks national record at Comm Games trials

Sam Short breaks national record at Comm Games trials

Sam Short breaks national record at Comm Games trials

Sam Short breaks national record at Comm Games trials

Aiming for five Commonwealth Games gold medals, in-form Sam Short has set an 800m freestyle national record at Australia's swimming trials in Sydney.

'Smash him': defection spices up Ashes velodrome battle

'Smash him': defection spices up Ashes velodrome battle

'Smash him': defection spices up Ashes velodrome battle

'Smash him': defection spices up Ashes velodrome battle

Leigh Hoffman will defend the Commonwealth Games team sprint title in Glasgow that he won alongside defector Matthew Richardson, who will be riding for England.

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Hi-tech Olympics planning 'can create lasting legacy'

Technology and a mindset shift can create an Olympic legacy for Brisbane that lasts for generations, a sustainability expert says.

Levi-powered Aussie women roar to world sevens title

Australia's rugby women have become world sevens champions after defeating their great rivals New Zealand in the final match of the season in Bordeaux.

Protesters shift Olympic park fight beyond fences

Campaigners say their fight to protect Brisbane’s Victoria Park is moving from the parklands to the courts and Canberra as work starts on the 2032 stadium.

Elder's grief as Olympics stadium replaces healing site

The race to complete the 2032 stadium has begun at a city park despite protests, triggering fears a First Nations place of healing will be "gone forever".

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Last-ditch push to save park slated for Olympic arena

A government and demonstrators remain at loggerheads over a central park that's earmarked to serve as the main Olympics stadium.

Athletes in Airbnbs: Aussie homes line up for Olympics

Households will be prepared to sleep international athletes, officials and tourists as a hotels crunch leaves Brisbane short of beds for the 2032 Olympics.

Golden glow as Hauser goes back-to-back in Yokohama

Australian triathlon star Matt Hauser has won back-to-back gold medals in Japan, with compatriot Luke Willian claiming bronze.

Olympic planning queried in affair corruption referral

A relationship between senior ministers has triggered a corruption watchdog referral over possible conflicts of interest in Olympic venue and grant decisions.

Olympic rowers v crocs and currents: no Plan B for site

A state government is sticking by a controversial site slated to host the Olympic rowing in 2032 ahead of an inspection by the sport's world body.

Athletics great joins race to help deliver 2032 Games

Athletics great Cathy Freeman has taken up a key 2032 Olympic advisory role, becoming the latest high-profile star to help Brisbane Games organisers.

Croc and elephant fears lurk over Olympic rowing venue

A government has been slammed for sticking to its guns to host 2032 rowing at a crocodile habitat, with critics claiming the course will be a white elephant.

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