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How Australia pulled off one of the great cycling heists at the Los Angeles Olympics 40 years ago

Olympics essentialsAustralia won its first gold medal of the 1984 LA Olympics by beating the big spending, blood doping Yanks on a 'bumpy heap of crap' track at

Olympics schedule day 12: Hannah Green and Minjee Lee tee off and Matthew Denny’s big throw

Olympics essentialsThe 2024 Summer Olympics are underway in Paris, France.Australians will be competing in events including golf and skateboarding on day 12 of

Running uphill through sand, an eccentric visionary helped pave the path to gold

In short:The sporting partnership forged by Australian running legend Herb Elliott and athletics coach Percy Cerutty is being celebrated in a new documentary.El

Paris 2024 Olympics: what you missed overnight in Australia on day 11 of the Games

Australia’s second Olympic skateboard medal, after Keegan Palmer’s gold in Tokyo, took the country’s tally to 14, with 35 medals overall after the men’s

Exclusive: Tim Tszyu lands shock world title fight against unbeaten Russian star Bakhram Murtazaliev

Australia’s Tim Tszyu has declared himself ready to become a two-time world champion – and punch his way into a string of “superfights” -- after sensati

Olympic bronze for Australia’s track cycling sprinters as pursuit team break world record

Australia broke the men’s team pursuit world record on day two of the Olympic track cycling program, before the sprint team won a bronze medal at the velodrom

‘You’ve just got to go all out’: How an Aussie teenager wrote herself into the Olympic record books

Olympics essentialsSkateboarder Arisa Trew has become Australia's youngest Olympic gold medallist by winning the women's park final in Paris.Aged 14 years and 8

‘It’s just insane:’ 14-year-old Arisa Trew wins Olympic skateboard gold at Paris Games

Last year, Australia’s teenage skate sensation Arisa Trew became the first woman to land a 720, two full rotations while mid-air, in competition. In May, Trew

LIVE: ‘Blindsided’ UK star makes gross claim about Olympic food; inside ‘wildest’ Paris presser

We have arrived at Day 11 of the Paris Olympics and while attention has now turned to the track and field events, the Games’ boxing controversy continues to b

From ‘starstruck’ to trailblazer: The world record rivalry behind Aussie track star’s final Olympics push

The first Australian woman to break four minutes for the 1500m, Linden Hall has been a beacon of support for her fellow members of the nation’s athletics team

‘Three years of going flat stick’: Australia’s swimmers need break before 2028 Olympics | Kieran Pender

It has been a busy three years for the Australian swim team. The pandemic-induced delay to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, ultimately held in mid-2021, compressed a fi

‘Oh my god’: Aussie 14yo phenom on brink of final; sailor eyes gold with silver in the bank — LIVE

Matt Wearn is on the verge of defending his Olympic title in the men’s dinghy, with the Australian sailor leading the competition ahead of tonight’s gold me