The action continues in the World Surf League with the Margaret River Pro unfolding in Western Australia. Eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater was knocked out by fellow countryman, and current No.1 seed Griffin Colapinto. Seven Australians have qualified for the women’s Round of 16 while at least three male Aussies are locked in for the … Read more
Singapore’s Shanti Pereira of Singapore celebrates winning the women’s 200m final athletics event during the 19th Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre on Oct. 2, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Southeast Asia’s fastest woman Shanti Pereira is a household name in Singapore after winning the country’s first medal in 49 years at … Read more
Australian icon Cathy Freeman has taken fans inside the inner workings of her mind on that historic night in Sydney, almost 24 years ago. With almost every eyeball on the planet fixated on her, Freeman wrote herself into Australian and Olympic folklore when she stormed home to win the women’s 400m final on her home … Read more
Teen middle-distance running sensation Claudia Hollingsworth has crashed through the two-minute barrier for the first time to claim a stunning victory over a loaded women’s 800m field at the Maurie Plant Meet. Hollingsworth stripped nearly two seconds off her two-year-old personal best, stopping the clock at 1:59.81 to throw down the gauntlet in an event … Read more
Stop 2 of the 2024 World Surf League Championship Tour is on standby as the world’s best move on to Sunset Beach in Hawaii. Hawaii local Barron Mamiya and the United States’ Caitlin Simmers will look to take their winning form into the next event after claiming the Pipe Pro men’s and women’s titles respectively … Read more
Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was the first 100m sprinter to win individual medals in four consecutive Olympic Games; Fraser-Pryce is the oldest woman to win the 100m world title after taking gold in Eugene in 2022 at the age of 35 Last Updated: 09/02/24 11:19am Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has revealed her plans to retire after the … Read more
Peter Bol will miss the start of the Australian athletics season after suffering an “unfortunate injury”. The Australian 800m star was set to race in Adelaide this weekend and then again next Thursday in the John Landy Mile at Melbourne’s Maurie Plant Meet, which can be seen live and free on 7plus. But the man … Read more
Legendary sports broadcast Bruce McAvaney has awarded his performance of the year to world champion pole vaulter Nina Kennedy. McAvaney made the announcement on Channel 7’s Sunrise on Wednesday morning. Kennedy shocked the world when she shared the gold medal with American Katie Moon after a gruelling battle at the world championships in Budapest. Watch … Read more
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole more than a decade after he shot his girlfriend in a Valentine’s Day killing. The Department of Corrections gave no more details of Pistorius’ release on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Oscar Pistorius released on parole. Watch the latest sport on Channel 7 … Read more
Two men have been arrested in connection with the killing of Ugandan Olympic runner Benjamin Kiplagat, who was found fatally stabbed in a car in Kenya on New Year’s Eve. A knife suspected of being used in the killing of the 34-year-old Kiplagat was found on one of the suspects, Moiben sub county police commander … Read more
