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‘Forged in fire’: The heartbreaks behind Aussie diver’s historic Olympic moment

Maddison Keeney’s palms were sweaty, knees weak and arms were heavy as she awaited a final dive in the Olympics. Eminem portrayed the Australian’s pickle in

Olympics schedule day 15: Stingers to face Spain in women’s water polo gold medal match, Hull runs in the 1,500m

Olympics essentialsThe 2024 Summer Olympics are underway in Paris, France.Australians will compete in events including the women's water polo gold medal match,

Australia prides itself on being a nation of ‘sport lovers’, but stats reveal a complicated truth

You have to be careful with those apparent messages from the universe: no matter how well-timed and profound they seem, they're not always reliable.Just as I wa

In an Olympic sport that may be one and done, Australia’s first breaker bows out in ‘different’ performance

Olympics essentialsWith the breaking spun, won and done in an Olympics cameo in Paris, Australia's B-Girl, Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun, bowed out without firing a

‘Kicking themselves’: Aussie hits out at critics after breakdancing’s wild Olympics debut

The urban sport of breaking spun its way onto the Olympic stage on Friday for the first and possibly last time, with Japan’s B-Girl Ami winning the inaugural

‘It’s a way of buying influence’: The billionaires acquiring Australia’s most iconic brands

As they stepped aboard the luxury yacht, about to set sail on the Seine, it wasn't our Olympians' hard-won medals glinting in the setting sun — it was their g

Australia’s Richardson claims silver in a battle that shows the raw power of Olympics sprint cycling

Olympics essentialsMatthew Richardson is Australia's most dominant sprint cyclist since Anna Meares.But up against modern legend Harrie Lavreysen, he just didn'

What time is the women’s water polo final in Australia? Stingers go for Olympic gold vs. Spain at Paris 2024 | Sporting News Australia

Australia's women's water polo team – the Stingers – have reached an Olympic final for the first time since Sydney 2000.It's been a campaig

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