Lacrosse’s journey back to the Olympics
IT’S hard to believe that the last time athletes in the globally popular sport of lacrosse stood on an Olympic medal podium was 1908. Though there were a few Olympic exhibition matches as late as...
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Swimmers admit Stilnox use, deny bullying at Olympics
THE six members of the Australian men’s swimming 4x100m relay team faced the media today after allegations by silver medallist Jade Neilson surfaced overnight claiming that they were the instigators...
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Aussie Olympians to sign no doping stat dec: AOC
AUSTRALIA will likely become the first nation to order its Olympians to sign a legal document stating they have no doping history in a landmark move athletes say will flush out drug cheats. Under a...
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Improving is incentive for Anna Meares
ANNA MEARES accepts she can’t top her London Olympics heroics but she believes she can get better – and that’s the incentive that could keep her on track to Rio 2016. After a track cycling career...
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Aussie Olympians bask in glory on return home but already looking to Rio
THEY may have just arrived home but Australia’s Olympians are already preparing their campaign for Rio in 2016 after scraping into the top 10 on the medal table in London. The team was given a rousing...
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Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk in AOC hot water once more
AUSTRALIAN swimmers Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk may have landed themselves in hot water yet again, after posting photos online before their Olympic social media ban had ended. The pair were due to be...
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Australian Olympic Team look to Rio after London languish
THEY landed with hope, yet found little glory. And don’t bet on a rapid revival in Rio. After free-falling at the London Olympics, Australia will again aim high, for a top five finish at the 2016 Rio...
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Australia cling to top 10 Olympic status in London
AUSTRALIA clung to a top 10 finish before its athletes celebrated the end of the London Olympics in a raucous closing ceremony. With seven gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze medals, Australia ranked 10th...
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Aussies fall short of Olympic top five
AUSTRALIAN Olympics Inc failed to meet the bottom line expected by stakeholders in London and will examine its business model to ensure there is no profit forecast downgrade at Rio in 2016. Having...
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Australian sailors inspire mini Olympic medal rush at London 2012
INSPIRED by their sailors, Australia’s Olympians are flying home with a wet sail after a sluggish start to the London Games. Five gold medals in four days is not quite a gold rush by American, Chinese...
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Oarsome K4some kayak gold lifts Australia at London 2012
AS a quartet of surf lifesavers resuscitated Australia’s Olympic reputation with a much needed gold medal, the men’s hockey team’s campaign again ran out of breath in the semi-finals. Tate Smith,...
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Australia’s Kate Lundy to row Eton Olympic course after GB goldrush
By Lee Crossley LET’S hope Australian Sports Minister Kate Lundy’s rowing technique is well honed. She will be rowing the length of the Eton rowing course when Australia finish behind Great Britain on...
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Sally Pearson and Anna Meares double Australia’s Olympic golds
STEELY Sally Pearson and iron-willed Anna Meares turned mettle into precious gold on Australia’s most successful day of the London Olympics on Tuesday. Pearson dramatically won the 100m hurdles gold...
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Aussie Olympic revival may take eight years: Green
AUSTRALIA could take eight years to revive its flagging Olympic fortunes, team boss Nick Green says. A day after sailor Tom Slingsby doubled Australia’s gold medal tally at the London Games, Green...
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Sailors come to Australia’s Olympic rescue
WATERBORNE gold medals are the traditional mainstay of Australia’s Olympic effort, but this time it’s the sailors not swimmers who are pulling off a rescue act. Tom Slingsby won sailing’s Laser class...
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Tom Slingsby wins gold, Australia’s London 2012 hopes turn
SAILING superstar Tom Slingsby won Olympic gold on the breezy waters off Weymouth as the winds of hope began to blow through the Australian camp in London. The five-time world champion’s victory in...
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Is Australia’s London 2012 resurgence a Kiwi-inspired comeback?
SALLY PEARSON scorches over the hurdles, the Boomers net a last-second winner, Michael Diamond shoots another perfect score, the sailors set themselves up for gold, the Stingers snatch an extra-time...
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Silver! Silver! Silver! for Australia at London 2012
NO-ONE remembers who comes second. If that old sporting maxim is correct, the 2012 Olympians will soon become the forgotten men and women of Australian sport, consigned to the dusty register of...
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What an amazing opening week of London 2012
SO many superlative performances. So many heroic failures. And throw in a topping of the distinctly bizarre just for good measure. Where to start after a fascinating first week of the London Olympics?...
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Liz Cambage makes Olympic history with first women’s dunk
AUSTRALIAN women’s basketballer Liz Cambage has made Olympic history, when she became the first ever woman to dunk in Olympics basketball. In the Australian Opals group game against Russia, Cambage...
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