A squad anchored by Australia’s fastest woman Torrie Lewis has smashed the national 4x100m record for the second time this year to claim an automatic spot in the field for the Paris Olympics. Racing at the World Relays meet in the Bahamas, the team of Ebony Lane, Bree Masters, Ella Connolly and Lewis stopped the … Read more
The Refugee Team for the Paris Olympics will feature 36 athletes from 11 countries in 12 sports, including five based in Great Britain; Olympics takes place from Friday July 26 to Sunday August 11 Last Updated: 02/05/24 8:04pm Cindy Ngamba will feature for the Refugee Olympic Team in Paris UK-based boxer Cindy Ngamba has a … Read more
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
