The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has formally selected its first athletes for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, mixed doubles curlers Dean Hewitt and Tahli Gill.

unbeaten at the last-chance Olympic qualifier in The Netherlands and are set to be the first curlers from Australia

The first time ever that Australia compete in Curling at the Olympic Winter Games.

Czech President Miloš Zeman has criticised the politicisation of the Olympic Games as an increasing number of countries join a United States-led diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022.

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said he was "very concerned about the human rights situation in China".Australia

Three-time Olympic flagbearer Pita Taufatofua has launched a fundraiser for tsunami relief in Tonga, where his father is among scores of people who have not been heard from.

 The 38-year-old, who is training in Australia, said that "many Tongans" were experiencing what

World number one Novak Djokovic has been sensationally ruled out of the Australian Open and deported from the country after a court upheld the cancellation of his visa.

a nine-time Australian Open champion, has been ordered to pay costs and could be denied entry into Australia

 Novak Djokovic has been deported from Australia and faces a three-year ban from returning to the

The 20-time Grand Slam champion initially landed in Australia on January 5, having obtained an exemption

However, Stephen Lloyd, representing Hawke, claimed Djokovic’s presence in Australia would "encourage

His presence in Australia would present more strongly to Australians his anti-vaccination views."

Reigning world and Olympic champion Chloe Kim won the women’s snowboard halfpipe final at Laax in Switzerland on her return to the World Cup circuit.

fissnowboard (@fissnowboard) January 15, 2022In the women’s snowboard slopestyle discipline, Tess Coady of Australia

the Park Hotel in Melbourne before a decisive court hearing in his appeal against deportation from Australia

The Serbian will face the Federal Court of Australia tomorrow as he appeals a second decision to cancel

be restricted to 50 per cent capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions.On top of the legal disputes in Australia

year without being vaccinated.Exemption permission was granted by medical panels assembled by Tennis Australia

Denmark is joining the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and will not send any Government officials to the event.

boycott.The Netherlands will also not send diplomats but has not joined the diplomatic boycott.Denmark joins Australia

Japanese skiers Ikuma Horishima and Anri Kawamura won the men’s and women’s events respectively as the final moguls World Cup competitions before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics took place at Deer Valley in the United States.

went one better from the previous day’s action, topping the podium with 80.89 points.Jakara Anthony of Australia

Three of the six snowboard gold medals on the second day of the World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer went to the United States, with six finals in duel banked slalom.

in the final by 1.49sec to Canadian Alex Massie who claimed the silver.Bronze went to Ben Tudhope of Australia

The Netherlands' Kimberley Bos won her maiden International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup crown in St Moritz while Martins Dukurs of Latvia secured his 11th overall title.

a combined time of 2min 17.62sec from her two runs.The 28-year-old lost out to Jaclyn Narracott of Australia

Quad Series since 2019 from tomorrow, with the host nation up against South Africa, New Zealand and Australia

pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Netball Quad Series.World number one Australia

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has offered his support for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, although did express "our views, expectations and sensitivities" on Uyghurs.

build-up to Beijing 2022 and several Western nations including the United States, United Kingdom and Australia

Commonwealth Games Australia and Speedo have extended their partnership that has ran since the 1958 British

Emma McKeon is set to compete at Birmingham 2022 for Australia ©Getty ImagesThe upcoming Commonwealth

and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales," said Craig Phillips, chief executive of Commonwealth Games Australia

Australia have dominated the swimming events at previous editions of the Commonwealth Games having secured

Australia has cancelled Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time, with Immigration Minister Alex Hawke

one against fellow Serbian Miomir Kecmanović on the first day of the Grand Slam.The Federal Court of Australia

accused of flouting coronavirus regulations in three different countries.Djokovic initially landed in Australia

unvaccinated.It is claimed that Djokovic had COVID-19 on December 16, which medical panels assembled by Tennis Australia

border officials were of the opinion that Djokovic had failed to meet vaccination requirements to enter Australia

revoke his visa.Djokovic has since then faced fresh allegations that he lied on a form needed to enter Australia

Mikael Kingsbury of Canada and Perrine Laffont of France were victorious in the penultimate men’s and women’s moguls World Cup competitions before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

points.Just behind her in second was Anri Kawamura of Japan, who scored 80.03, while Jakara Anthony of Australia