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Five teams ready to contest maiden IFCPF Women’s World Cup

  • Football News

The first-ever International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Women’s World Cup begins tomorrow in Salou.

entered the competition, with hosts Spain due to take on Japan in the opening match.The Netherlands, Australia

 Australia and the Dutch are also due to play tomorrow.Following a round-robin group stage, the


Ex-Australia captain O'Hea says Cambage "third-world country" jibe led to Nigeria altercation

  • Basketball

Former Australian women's basketball captain Jenna O'Hea has corroborated a claim ex-team-mate Liz Cambage told the Nigerian team to "go back to your third-world country" in a spat which came before her withdrawal from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Of course, [Australian player] Ezi Magbegor is originally Nigerian, a Nigerian who’s now living in Australia

there were words exchanged but I’m hearing things that aren’t true at all, flying around from people in Australia

Cambage received a formal reprimand following a Basketball Australia investigation into the match against

mother and Nigerian father, Cambage was raised in Australia.She won 2018 Commonwealth Games gold with Australia

a Women's National Basketball Association record for a single match.Without Cambage at Tokyo 2020, AUstralia


Australian Institute of Sport commences athlete recovery preparations for Birmingham 2022

  • Birmingham 2022

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has sent recovery equipment including ice baths and specialised compression devices to the English city of Birmingham for use by the country's athletes at this year's Commonwealth Games.

July 28 to August 8 ©Birmingham City CouncilShell has worked with national governing bodies Volleyball Australia

and Diving Australia to develop their recovery plans, and insisted that the AIS would similarly collaborate

Australia topped the medals table at seven of the last eight editions of the Commonwealth Games, including



World Rugby Council set to rubber-stamp four Rugby World Cup hosts

  • Rugby Sevens

The World Rugby Council is expected to rubber-stamp the hosts of four Rugby World Cups at a two-day meeting beginning tomorrow.

Hosts for World Rugby’s flagship events for the next decade are anticipated to be Australia, England

declared as the preferred candidate for the men’s Rugby World Cup in 2027 and the women's event in 2029.Australia





Healy and Maharaj named ICC Players of the Month for April

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Australian wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy and South African spinner Keshav Maharaj have been named the women’s and men’s International Cricket Council Players of the Month for April.

Cricket World Cup Final in Christchurch, New Zealand at the start of April when she scored 170, to help Australia

expense of holders England.Healy’s innings featured 26 fours as she scored at a strike rate of 123.18, as Australia


Nieva leaves India to become Australia's head boxing coach

  • Boxing

The Combat Institute of Australia (CombatAUS) and Boxing Australia have named Santiago Nieva as national

have been able to recruit a coach of this calibre to lead the boxing high-performance programme in Australia

develop their skills and work with them in an exciting partnership between the Combat Institute of Australia

and Boxing Australia."


Defending champions Indonesia start with win at Thomas Cup in Bangkok

  • Badminton

Olympic bronze medallist Anthony Sinisuka Ginting suffered a defeat in his Thomas Cup opener in Thailand's capital Bangkok, but defending champions Indonesia recovered to beat Singapore.

victories over Germany and Canada, respectively.The Uber Cup holders China cruised to a 5-0 victory over Australia


Sports scientists call on Australian sports bodies to amend transgender policies

  • News

Three sports science professors have called on nine Australian sporting bodies to change their policies regarding the participation of transgender athletes.

Society.Parker told The Australian she was concerned by the lack of response from some bodies, such as Cricket Australia

The participation of transgender athletes has become a hot topic in Australia after the country’s Prime

transgender women from competing in female competitions.The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and Swimming Australia

a campaign against transgender athletes in women’s sport.National governing bodies such as Cricket Australia


Netherlands retain men's title at Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup

  • Wheelchair Tennis

The Netherlands retained their men’s title at the Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup by beating Spain in the final in Vilamoura.

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after securing a 2-1 victory over Britain.Riley Dumsday earned a 6-1, 6-1 win over Joshua Johns to give Australia


Bach says Brisbane 2032 will be Olympics "for the whole Pacific region"

  • Brisbane 2032

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach claimed the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics will be a Games for the whole Pacific region on a visit to the host city.

These Olympic Games will not only be Games in Australia and for Australia, these will be Games for the

look forward to this as a great Olympic festival and as a great engagement of the Olympic Games by Australia