The Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) signalled their intentions at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals by sweeping aside Canada to knock out the North American side at the event in Prague.

Belgium's Greet Minnen lost her singles match before winning in the doubles, but it was not enough to stop Australia

In Group B, Australia beat Belgium at the tournament for the first time since 1984.World number 412 Daria

Pakistan outclassed Namibia by 45 runs to secure their place in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

straightforward win.The Proteas are second in Group 1 behind unbeaten England and have a better net run rate than Australia

Jos Buttler scored his maiden international Twenty20 century as England edged out Sri Lanka to take a giant step towards qualifying for the semi-finals at the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

Africa in tomorrow's early clash.Only an improbable swing of net run-rate in favour of South Africa and Australia

The widow of Australian Olympic snowboarder Alex Pullin has given birth to the couple's daughter 15 months after his death.

in my entire life," she wrote.Alex Pullin died by drowning while spearfishing off the Gold Coast of Australia

Twitter this morning features a video clip showing Chelsea’s French international midfielder N’Golo Kanté methodically taking up and collecting training poles at the end of a session.

closing the gap to the leaders and winning the race.The National Centre for History and Education in Australia

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has rebranded its sports and athlete support funding programme as

designed to complement rather than replace or replicate any other sources of funding such as via Sport Australia

This investment in our sports and athletes is something Commonwealth Games Australia is very proud of

Australia topped the medal table at Gold Coast 2018, winning 80 golds, and plans to send its largest

with sports and high-performance partners at the AIS, the Australian Olympic Committee, Paralympics Australia

Martin Fuchs of Switzerland won the latest round of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Jumping World Cup Western European League in Lyon, winning an 11 horse jump-off onboard 14-year-old stallion Chaplin.

took place in Lyon today, with nine-time World Cup champion and current world champion Boyd Exell of Australia

Swimming Australia has appointed Eugenie Buckley as chief executive on a permanent basis, after working

to health struggles.Buckley's strategic vision and action-oriented approach impressed the Swimming Australia

someone with incredible ability to build and execute a strategy for Australian Swimming," said Swimming Australia

In addition to Buckley, Swimming Australia appointed Michelle Gallen and Neil Martin to its Board of

directors to replace Bruce Havilah and Andrew Baildon.Marin represented Australia at the Munich 1972

Olympics and is a former Swimming Australia President, as well as an ex-Commonwealth Games Australia

France captain Julien Benneteau has admitted he is not a fan of the new Billie Jean King Cup format as his side prepares to defend its title at the Finals starting in Prague tomorrow.

Of course we have still some memories from this wonderful moment down there in Australia but now we are

added.France and Canada are joined by the Russian Tennis Federation in Group A.Group B features second seeds Australia

Three-time Paralympic gold medallist Kurt Fearnley is set to serve on the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee as a Paralympic athlete representative and claims to have "no doubt" the Games will be the best ever.

But the transformational effects of an Olympic and Paralympic Games here in Australia can be profound

five Paralympic Games during his career ©Getty ImagesFearnley made his Paralympic debut the last time Australia

he secured his second career gold medal at the multi-sport event.Fearnley is set to join Paralympics Australia

enormous assistance as we set about building the foundations for a magnificent Games for Queensland and Australia

organisations can get back on track following the impact of COVID-19, as part of a partnership with Sport Australia

The Australian Government, through Sport Australia, is committed to making Australia stronger through

Sport Australia has announced its commitment to activate the National Sport Volunteering Plan to help

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has unveiled its #ChasingWinter promotional campaign prior to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

February 4, will highlight "Aussie athletes' year-round pursuit of winter excellence, from the heat of Australia

winter athletes spend so much time competing, preparing and performing at a world class level away from Australia

, and I look forward to Australia getting to know the stories of our athletes and see them perform on

South Africa scraped past Sri Lanka despite requiring 15 off the last over, while England swept aside Australia

triumph by four wickets off the penultimate ball.Jos Buttler hit 71 runs off 32 balls as England beat Australia

T20 World Cup ©Getty ImagesThe second match of the day in Group One pitted unbeaten sides England and Australia

from wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, who struck 71 off 32 balls, including five fours and five sixes.Earlier Australia

Jordan taking three wickets for 17 runs off his four overs.After slumping to 21-4 in the powerplay, Australia

as runners-up to the West Indies.England top the group table with six points, with South Africa and Australia

West Indies edged past Bangladesh as Super 12s action continued on an exciting day at the Men’s Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

position to advance to the semi-finals.Tomorrow sees two more matches in Group One, including England and Australia

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed dates for the 2022 Congress, which is set to be held virtually.

challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, saying they felt the hockey competitions were a success.Belgium beat Australia