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Scotland women qualify for Rugby World Cup to end 12-year wait

  • Rugby Sevens

Scotland have qualified for the women's Rugby World Cup after beating Colombia 59-3 in Dubai to end a 12-year absence from the tournament.

The Scots will join hosts New Zealand, Australia and Wales in Pool A after prevailing in the final qualification



Second man to break four-minute mile barrier Landy dies aged 91

  • Athletics

John Landy, the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier, has died at the age of 91.

after Britain's Sir Roger Bannister became the first man to achieve the feat.Landy won two medals for Australia

Landy was the final runner in the Queen's Baton Relay for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia

How appropriate that the Sport Australia Hall of Fame recognised that act as the finest sporting moment

It is a sad moment for the Olympic Movement in Australia but we will always remember John Landy as a



Australian Taekwondo chief executive Garriock inducted into Football Australia Hall of Fame

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Australian Taekwondo's chief executive Heather Garriock has been inducted into Football Australia's Hall of Fame.

Her career with the Matildas, two Olympics, captain for Australia, it caps off a stellar career in football

Born and bred in Sydney, Garriock played top-tier club football across Australia, Europe, and the United

States.She won six domestic trophies in Australia, Denmark, and Sweden and received the highest individual

honour for a women's footballer in Australia by winning the Julie Dolan Medal in 2003.Garriock is one

 The former midfielder helped Australia win the 2003 Oceania Football Confederation Women's Championship




UAE beat Ireland by seven wickets after qualifying for the ICC T20 World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The United Arab Emirates chased down a target of 160 runs set by Ireland in the final of the Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier A tournament with Mohammad Waseem's stunning 112 off 66 balls proving decisive.

By reaching the final, both teams had already qualified for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, scheduled


Paralympians eligible to apply for PLY post-nominal title as first recipients named

  • Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has introduced PLY post-nominal titles to recognise Paralympians' achievements.

The idea for PLY was put forward as a motion by Paralympics Australia at the 2019 IPC General Assembly

I already have three letters after my name with my Order of Australia medal, but this goes down with



Kvitová and Azarenka withdraw from Qatar Open but Sabalenka into last 16

  • Tennis

Injuries forced defending champion Petra Kvitová and ex-world number one Victoria Azarenka to withdraw from the Qatar Open, on what was otherwise a routine day for the top seeds.

withdraw before her clash against American Madison Brengle.With world number one Ashleigh Barty from Australia


Home sprinter Swoboda beats double Olympic champion Thompson-Herah over 60m in Toruń

  • Athletics

The look of shock on the face of home sprinter Ewa Swoboda said everything about the magnitude of her achievement in Toruń tonight as she beat Jamaica’s Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion Elaine Thompson-Herah over 60m in the concluding event of the Copernicus Cup.

50.64, the fastest time recorded this year and just 0.01 outside her personal best.Catriona Bisset of Australia



Beijing 2022 sliding venue to host IBSF World Cup events for five years in major legacy boost

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Beijing will host International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup events for the next five years after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the IBSF and the Chinese Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association.

The IBSF World Cup circuit currently only features events in four countries - Australia, Germany, Latvia


Champion Olympic oarsman Hecht dies aged 91

  • Rowing

Duvall Hecht, an Olympic gold medal-winning rower, has died in California aged 91.

Hecht represented the United States at both the Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956 Games, winning gold in Australia

buildings in Helsinki at the time were "pockmarked with gunfire" and how he watched Hungarian rowers in Australia