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Silver lining for Matthew Richardson as Australian loses out to Dutch sprint king

On Friday, on the third last day of the Paris Olympics, Australian track cyclist Matthew Richardson went head-to-head with the king of sprinting. Dutchman Harri

Australia’s Maddison Keeney dives to Olympic springboard silver medal

Maddison Keeney dived to an Olympic silver in the women’s 3m springboard event in Paris for the biggest prize of her medal-laden career. The 28-year-old from

How Paris has crowned new Aussie heroes… and exposed a ‘massive missed opportunity’

COMMENTAustralia’s athletes deserve an apology. This is a golden generation we are witnessing in Paris.Ariarne Titmus, Kaylee McKeown and Mollie O’Callaghan

Australia’s record-breaking canoe sprint pair take Olympic bronze in men’s K2 final

After setting an Olympic record in the semi-final, Australian canoe pair Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen settled for the bronze medal in the men’s K-2 5

‘Fantastic’ Aussies ‘cruise’ to record time as gold attempt looms; Opals hunt boilover: LIVE

Australia added to its medal tally on Day 13 of the Paris Olympics with a pair of bronzes in the boxing, an epic silver in the Seine and another in the kayak sp

Here’s everything you need to know about your new favourite Olympic sport, breaking

Olympics essentialsAustralia's first Olympic breaker is a PhD-qualified university lecturer whose male counterpart is a high school student 20 years her junior.

Inside huge Paris’ boilover… and the four words that sealed Aussies’ gold medal fate

Trailblazing Stingers coach Bec Rippon gathered her thoughts and leant forward to the Australian women who had fought back against the might of the United State

Australia’s Opals vow to break US hoodoo in Olympic basketball semi-final | Kieran Pender

For almost three decades, the Americans have been an ever-present obstacle standing between the Australian women’s basketball team and greatness. At the Atlan

Australia’s wait for Olympic boxing gold goes on as Parker and Senior secure bronze

Australia will have to wait another four years for a chance to win a first Olympic boxing gold medal after Charlie Senior and Caitlin Parker both lost semi-fina

Paris 2024 Olympics: what you missed overnight in Australia on day 13 of the Games

Moesha Johnson and the sprint kayak racing crew of Riley Fitzsimmons, Jackson Collins, Pierre van der Westhuyzen and Noah Havard secured silver medals while Cai

Stingers stun USA in sudden-death shootout to reach Olympic water polo gold medal match

Sydney 2000. The Olympic debut for women’s water polo. Australia and the United States are level with two minutes on the clock. Nerves are running high. The t

Hugs and tears as Australia stuns defending water polo champs the US to book a place in the Olympics final

Olympics essentialsAustralia's Stingers have defied all the odds to dethrone three-time defending women's water polo champions the USA in a dramatic penalty sho