Top men's and women's seeds Rafael Nadal of Spain and Iga Świątek will both start their Australian Open tennis campaigns at Melbourne Park with tough draws.

playing as a neutral, against Austrian wildcard Dominic Thiem, the 2020 US Open champion and runner-up in Australia

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) is eyeing qualification for major competitions over the next few years, with its prime target for now being the Pan American Games in Santiago this year.

Birmingham, but lost their opening men's and women's singles matches respectively to opponents from Australia

The 2023 Oceania Cycling Championships are to take place in the Queensland cities of Brisbane and Toowoomba, as well as Rotorua in New Zealand, in March and April.

for the Oceania Championships debuted last year, with the majority of the disciplines taking place in Australia

The BMX racing competition is to take place in Rotorua as part of a shared hosting agreement between Australia

Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese has said the Gabba Stadium would require a "substantial

Anthony Albanese became Prime Minister of Australia shortly after the war in Ukraine started, with inflation

Seven groups have been drawn in the first round of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) women's football qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

second round, where they are to be joined by the five highest-seeded Asian teams - North Korea, Japan, Australia

Spectators at the Australian Open next week have been warned that they will be ejected if they abuse Novak Djokovic.

deported for refusing to have a COVID-19 vaccine.Djokovic had initially been banned from returning to Australia

England's Harry Brook and Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner have won the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Player of the Month awards for December 2022, it has been announced.

greater than 50.It caps off a tremendous 12 months for Gardner, who played a starring role in helping Australia

The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Championships fields have been finalised, with 12 women's and 16 men's teams set to compete in the re-arranged event in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

return.Bronze medallists Germany are in the field too, with Spain being the other European side.Algeria, Australia

, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Thailand and the US make up the rest of the 12 teams.Japan and Australia are

Volleyball Empowerment, a programme that focuses on development support to grow the sport worldwide, has had a record number of projects approved for the 2022-2023 period, already beating the previous mark with four months still to go in this cycle.

with 56 related to equipment and 25 for knowledge transfer programmes.Seven countries - Afghanistan, Australia

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has rejected proposals to move the Grand Slam to another part of the season calling it a "ridiculous, bizarre claim" over calendar and heat concerns.

 "It starts in January, it starts here in Australia."

 "We've been talking about that for a long time, but Australia is the summer, Australia is January

A-League club Melbourne Victory has been given a fine of AUD $450,000 (£255,000/$311,000/€289,000), the biggest in Australian football history, for their fans' pitch invasion in the derby with Melbourne City last month.

In addition to the fine handed out by Football Australia (FA), Melbourne Victory lost approximately AUD

The contest for the two Asian places in the Paris 2024 women’s football tournament starts on Thursday (January 12) with the official draw for the Asian Qualifiers Round One.

advance to Round Two where they will be joined by the five highest seeded teams - North Korea, Japan, Australia

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed tennis players at the tournament this month will not be required to take COVID-19 tests and could be permitted to play even if they have contracted the virus.

refused entry and deported due to his ambiguous vaccination records.Tily said this change reflected how Australia

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed the men’s and women’s player of the month nominees for December.

top of the women’s T20 player rankings for all-rounders after her heroics with bat and ball helped Australia

Heba Saadia is to become the first Palestinian international football referee to officiate at the FIFA Women's World Cup, also becoming one of the first Arab woman to achieve this feat.

she received her international refereeing badge in 2016.The FIFA Women's World Cup is to be held in Australia

Saadia is to work at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, scheduled to take