Two athletes that fled Afghanistan to seek refuge are "safe", the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed.

Khudadadi were among a group of more than 50 Afghan athletes that had been given permission to move to Australia

Dryden, a former Olympic swimmer who is also a Canadian lawyer, helped to get Rasouli and Khudadadi to Australia

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fencing gold medals on offer on the opening day ©Getty ImagesDebutants Denmark stunned reigning champions Australia

Boxing Australia is to send only three fighters to this year's International Boxing Association (AIBA

The Combat Institute of Australia has offered to meet the costs of entering the three Australians who

event for men.However, owing to "the uncertainty associated with international travel in 2021", Boxing Australia

Women’s World Championships in October as well, but a venue for this is yet to be announced, so Boxing Australia

The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) has expressed "deepest sympathy" to the family of Ikbal Jannif, following the death of the official.

August 6, 2021Away from sport, Jannif also served as President for the Suva Chamber of Commerce, Fiji Australia

Rohan Taylor will lead the Australian Dolphins swim team into the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after being confirmed as head coach on a permanent basis.

Swimming Australia confirmed Taylor will serve in the role through to December 2024 having held the position

for the Australian team, with Birmingham 2022 now less than a year away.Taylor will expect to lead Australia

Swimming Australia has also confirmed Tamara Sheppard has been appointed as high-performance director.Both

Swimming Australia chief executive Alex Baumann said the appointments of Taylor and Sheppard will set

Australia's performances at the Aquatics Centre on the first day of swimming ensured the nation ended today top of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games medal table.

arms.William Martin started the Australian gold rush ©Getty ImagesBen Popham made it a day to remember for Australia

lost the race lead on the tenth stage of the Vuelta a España after crashing, while Michael Storer of Australia

The final four rounds of the Rugby Championship are due to be held in the Australian state of Queensland, with matches scheduled on successive weekends from September 12 to October 2 in a COVID-19 enforced change to the original schedule.

The Rugby Championship includes Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa - the southern hemisphere

have been moved from Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra due to COVID-19 restrictions in place there as Australia

battles an outbreak of the Delta variant, and Rugby Australia says fans who had purchased tickets will

Africa have been moved from Dunedin and Auckland respectively.A date for the Bledisloe Cup match between Australia

of matches in the Rugby Championship, after games were moved from Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra in Australia

After pleas by football’s global governing body FIFA and international players’ union FIFPro, "a large number of women footballers and athletes" have been evacuated from Afghanistan by the Australian Government.

thanked by FIFPro for their work in securing the evacuation of female Afghan footballers and athletes to Australia

The International Floorball Federation (IFF) Men’s Under-19s World Floorball Championships begins tomorrow, featuring 15 teams across four groups at the Vodova Arena in Brno in the Czech Republic.

Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and Russia have had to withdraw from the competition because

Australia's wheelchair rugby team are aiming for a third Paralympic Games gold medal in a row as their impressive streak over the past decade looks to continue at Tokyo 2020.

first time since Sydney 2000, while Britain will look to bounce back from narrow defeats to Canada and Australia

The United States are aiming for a successful defence of both the men's and women's wheelchair basketball titles at the Paralympics for the first time as competition starts tomorrow at Tokyo 2020 at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza.

Championship final and could emerge as the Americans' greatest threat.Hosts Japan, Colombia, Germany, Australia

Spain.Germany made the final at Rio 2016, but were soundly beaten by 17 points by the US.Japan, Algeria, Australia

Lithuania and Turkey start among the favourites for the goalball gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, as they look to defend their Rio 2016 titles at the Makuhari Messe.

champions from 2018 when they competed as Russia, where they defeated Turkey.Also involved are hosts Japan, Australia

Sebastian Coe believes the stars of the future were born at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi after declaring the event in the Kenyan capital a success.

high-profile withdrawals due to COVID-19, had been "highly successful".The United States, Britain, Australia

Tokyo 2020 claims it is "ready" to welcome about 130,000 schoolchildren to the Paralympics here despite opposition from education officials due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Those youngsters are now in jobs, in positions of power in Australia."

That’s why Australia is one of the most inclusive nations in terms of persons with disabilities."