Heather Garriock, the chief executive of Australian Taekwondo, has pledged to "keep trying hard" to secure the sport's inclusion at future Commonwealth Games after failing to make the cut for Victoria 2026.

I would say taekwondo in Australia isn’t a big sport," she said."It is seen as a very small sport."

Italy’s Martina Fidanza retained her women’s scratch race title on the opening day of the Track Cycling World Championships in France.

 In the men’s team sprint Australia claimed gold with their trio of Matthew Glaetzer, Leigh Hoffman

France and Japan claimed their fourth successive wins after the third day of matches at the World Wheelchair Rugby Championship in Vejle, Denmark.

49-48 and later Britain 55-54.Defeat for the US, who won bronze at the previous edition in Sydney, Australia

, holders Japan sit top on eight points after victories today against Canada 52-47 and Brazil 58-37.Australia

Tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed that Russian and Belarusian tennis players will be allowed to compete as neutrals at next year's Australian Open.

Tiley, who is also chief executive of Tennis Australia, added that there were plans for a fundraising

The Under-23 Baseball World Cup is due to open tomorrow when Chinese Taipei face Colombia at Tianmu Stadium in Taipei City.

Taichung and Dou Liou.Group B contains last year's runners-up Mexico, South Korea, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Australia

Middle-distance runner Peter Bol, who escaped civil war in Sudan before going on to represent Australia

of civil war.They arrived in Egypt as refugees and settled there for four years before migrating to Australia

Australia, France and Japan won both their fixtures on the second day of the World Wheelchair Rugby Championship

Australia, who were the 2018 World Championship runners-up, beat Brazil 57-36 in court two.But their

Denmark 61-60 in a thrilling second game.Day 2 is off to a great start, with victories for France and Australia

victory.France and Britain occupy the first and second spots with two wins from two in Group A while Japan and Australia

A lucrative contract is on the table for agencies interested in delivering the Brisbane 2032 brand.

a compelling brand that reminds the world why they should come to Brisbane, stay and do business in Australia

The line-ups for this year's Pan Continental Curling Championships have been amended after an error was identified in the replacement system.

The host nation, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Chinese Taipei, Brazil and the United States join Australia

in the top men's division.The US, South Korea, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and

Hosts Denmark and Britain claimed comfortable victories on the first day of the World Wheelchair Rugby Championship in Vejle.

schedule is Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations winners Canada contesting 2018 World Championship runners-up Australia

Kenny Rice continued South Africa’s dominance of the men’s competition at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Ocean Racing World Championships at Viana do Castelo in Portugal. 

in this competition for his country, and the fourth in the six editions held since 2013.Cory Hill of Australia

Football Australia (FA) has confirmed it is investigating another incident of fan-based racist behaviour

at the Australia Cup final on October 1, with the possibility more will emerge as inquiries continue

“What happened last Saturday night at the Australia Cup final was shocking and it was concerning for

“There could be more [cases] as more information is made available to us.”Football Australia chief executive

James Johnson says further racist incidents at the Australia Cup final are being looked into following

The Liberal-National Coalition has committed to delivering an AUD 6.6million (£3.8 million/$4.1 million/€4.3 million)‎ redevelopment of Warrnambool Hockey Club to allow the South-West Coast to host training and warm-up matches prior to the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

This will bring hockey players, coaches and supporters from across Victoria, Australia and beyond in

The Netherlands' Felice Albers and India's Harmanpreet Singh have been named the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year for the 2021-2022 season in the women's and men's competitions respectively.

Meanwhile, Janneke Schopmann of The Netherlands and Graham Reid of Australia sealed the FIH Coach of

Australian golf has welcomed the news that the sport has been added to the programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

and the World Amateur Teams Championship, and the three peak bodies in Australian Golf - the PGA of Australia

, the WPGA and Golf Australia."

This is a great win for golf," James Sutherland, chief executive of Golf Australia, said."

Together with the PGA of Australia and WPGA Tour, Golf Australia looks forward to working with the IGF

This is a terrific result for our sport," said Gavin Kirkman, chief executive of the PGA of Australia