Tokyo 2020 Olympic champions Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini suffered a shock defeat in the lightweight women's double sculls as they finished third at the World Rowing Championships in Račice, missing out on direct qualification to the semi-finals as a result.

Junior won the PR3 mixed double.Britain won the first heat in the PR3 mixed coxed four in 7:14.84 before Australia

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva, Alex Saffy and Yangzi Liu have been named among the 10 recipients of the Sport Australia

breaking's Olympic debut at Paris 2024.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Commonwealth Games Australia

Each year I am amazed by the calibre of applicants for the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and

Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews has vowed to rename Maroondah Hospital after Queen Elizabeth II, under planned upgrades which could cost AUD1.05 billion (£617 million/$702 million/€702 million).

monarch.First Nations people suffered heavy persecution under British rule from 1778 and 1901, while Australia

title to celebrate at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships in Wollongong in Australia

South Africa will bid for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, seeking to bring the event to Africa for the first time.

has also indicated a desire to bid for either the 2027 or 2031 World Cups.Next year's tournament in Australia

Tunisia have been given a wildcard place at the inaugural Baseball5 World Cup - a year before the country is set to stage the African Beach Games including the discipline's debut.

description.Hosts Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, France, Lithuania and Australia

Spain qualified for the Davis Cup Tennis Finals as group winners after victory in their final match against South Korea in Valencia.

RFETenis pic.twitter.com/N14BxqEOKz— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) September 18, 2022In Group C, Germany and Australia

Individual time trial events took place at Wollongong today. They mark the start of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships; but also something much bigger. Namely Australia's "Decade of Sport".

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, respectively.A British and Irish Lions rugby tour will also be hosted in 2025, and the year after Australia

We have talked about more than 30 major international sporting events coming to Australia and community

If you think you know Wollongong and Australia, think again."

That's one of the benefits of operating in a country like Australia," he told SportsPro magazine.

Indonesia's Foreign Minister has taken part in a handover ceremony at the Friendship Hall, a multi-purpose sports venue funded by Indonesia and built for the Pacific Games.

It is one of a number of Pacific Games funded at least in part by a foreign country, with China and Australia

The United States and Italy boast the biggest squads as the best rowers in the world are heading to the Czech Republic for the 2022 World Rowing Championships.

champion Lenka Antošová will be the home favourite challenging her while world medallists Tara Rigney of Australia

event they have entered participated so far this season.Olympic champions Canada will be careful with Australia

Three-time Olympic swimming medallist Mark Tewksbury is to appear at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday (September 19) as part of the delegation being sent by Canada.

the head of state for 15 Commonwealth nations at the time of her death including the United Kingdom, Australia

World number one and US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz was beaten in his first Davis Cup Finals appearance this year for Spain, who were defeated by Canada in the day's Group B tie in Valencia.

third set tiebreak against Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 6-4, 2-6, 7-6.Germany’s victory also ensured Australia

Anne-Marie Parsons has replaced Nicola Clayden as the chair of University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand (UTSNZ).

Flinders University.She joined University of Auckland in 2017 and was working for University of South Australia

 She established UniSA Sport at the University of South Australia, the institution’s sporting body

The United States and Australia both made it back-to-back victories in the group stage of tennis' Davis

Rinderknech 6-4.Matthew Ebden, back right, and Max Purcell, back left, won their doubles match to help Australia

It was somehow fitting that England's cricketers should win the decisive match in the Test series against South Africa at the Oval in London earlier this week.

their medal ceremony to protest the inequities in American society.Silver medallist Peter Norman of Australia

Getty ImagesIt was replaced by a series between England and the Rest of the World.The 1971-1972 tour of Australia