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Aussie Olympian bats down Seine River concerns
Marathon swimmer Chelsea Gubecka, the first Australian Olympian selected for Paris 2024, isn't particularly worried about the famous river's water pollution.
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Swede nothings: Gustavsson coy on Matildas future with US job still vacant
The coach talked and talked until there was nothing left to say. Except, perhaps, what everybody really wanted to know: will he still be around for the Olympics?
- by Emma Kemp
Sam Kerr’s minutes to be managed through Matildas’ Olympic qualifiers
Coach Tony Gustavsson has foreshadowed heavy squad rotation in Perth, starting with Thursday night’s match against Iran at HBF Park.
- by Emma Kemp
Straight bat outta Compton: Why LA gang members are embracing the gentleman’s game
Cricket returns to the Olympics in Los Angeles with millions invested in the sport, more to be made, and an American history that stretches from the founding fathers to LA gangbangers.
- by Dan Walsh
Ellie Carpenter calls out online abuse but shrugs off her own
The Matildas right-back has returned to Australia for the national team’s trio of Olympic qualifiers but, as always, everybody just wants a piece of Sam Kerr.
- by Emma Kemp
Matildas brace for Perth ‘frenzy’ over hometown hero Kerr
The last time the Matildas played in Perth was in 2018, when a crowd of 7549 watched them rout Thailand at HBF Park. This time about 100,000 will turn out across three games.
- by Emma Kemp
Swimming Australia avoids drastic takeover after historic constitution change
World Aquatics threatened to force the country’s governing body to push through reform. But squabbling Australian swimming organisations have voted through the necessary change.
- by Iain Payten
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There are Olympic sports ... and then there are golf, tennis and cricket
Debate around which sports warrant inclusion reignites every time the International Olympic Committee rules that one is either in or out.
- by Emma Kemp
Why NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes could be competing against Australia for Olympic gold
The NFL and their players want to be involved in the flag football competition at the Olympic Games.
- by Dan Walsh
Why Australia are no sure things to get a start in cricket’s Olympic return
The lure of Games gold could keep the world’s brightest T20 stars playing for their countries. But Australia have work to do to make sure they’re on the plane to Los Angeles.
- by Dan Walsh
‘None of us have ever played the Olympics’: Cummins’ joy as Indian dollars secure cricket’s spot in LA
Ultimately it was money, and the prospect of Indian broadcast rights swelling revenue for the LA games by something in the region of US$200 million, that ensured cricket’s passage to the Olympics
- by Daniel Brettig, Greg Baum, Roy Masters and Carla Jaeger