Manzoney, Caitlin Dransfield and Wayne Phipps have all been selected to make Paralympic debuts for Australia

It’s great just getting to the Paralympics but, to be the first two athletes to represent Australia in

an Australian judoka at either the Olympics or Paralympics.South African-born Phipps, who moved to Australia

Australia is my home," the 48-year-old said."

The support I’ve been given from Australia in general, from my judo coach and Paralympics Australia,

Given my age, for Paralympics Australia to say, 'We’ll back this guy and see what he can do' was, for

Gold Coast has been confirmed as host the World Bowls Championships in 2023, three years after the city was originally supposed to stage the competition.

Coast staging the event in 2023 instead, and this has now been rubber-stamped.World Bowls and Bowls Australia

unparalleled facilities and conditions conducive to the best staging of the event ever witnessed," said Bowls Australia

ImagesBroadbeach Bowls Club was the venue for lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.The last time Australia

hosted the World Championships was in 2012, where Australia won five gold medals from eight disciplines

Sydney held the first World Bowls Championships in 1966 and Gold Coast 2023 is set to be the fifth time Australia

World Netball has revealed a "Your Netball World" mosaic to mark two years until the Netball World Cup in Cape Town.

tournament Karla Pretorius, former England player and current Scotland head coach Tamsin Greenway, ex-Australia

China held off the United States to win the women’s 4x200 metres freestyle Olympic title in a world record time as both nations secured two gold medals here today.

The relay completed the morning’s swimming schedule, with Australia, China and the US expected to contend

with Yang Yunxuan touching first in 1min 54.37sec, with individual gold medallist Ariane Titmus of Australia

ending 0.14 behind.Tang Muhan and Zhang Yufei maintained China’s slender advantage over Australia by

three podium finishers each dipped under the previous world record mark of 7:41.50, which was set by Australia

Organisers of the Rugby League World Cup remain defiant that the event can be staged safely in England later this year, despite New Zealand and Australia's withdrawal from the tournaments.

nations in men's and women's rugby league pulled out.Concerns over the worsening coronavirus situation in Australia

tournament without them would be seriously undermined.New Zealand's men are the world number one, while only Australia

players, but so far remain committed to the World Cup.Postponement to 2022 - requested by New Zealand and Australia

Basketball England has launched #GameTime, a new campaign to boost the popularity of 3x3 basketball as the sport prepares to make its debut in the Commonwealth Games next year. 

form of basketball made its Commonwealth Games debut at Melbourne 2006 and was included again when Australia

 Australia won the men and women's gold medals in each tournament.England's best performance was

Ariarne Titmus, Yui Ohashi and Tom Dean all won their second gold medals of Tokyo 2020 after another intriguing session of swimming finals which saw Katie Ledecky become a six-time Olympic champion.

the last four Games, faded and slipped to fourth.This allowed the ROC to pinch silver in 7:01.81 and Australia

Australia ended Britain’s 20-year grip on the Olympic men’s four title here this morning as the first

Romania coming through for silver at 0.37.Hargreaves commented: "We obviously wanted to win it back for Australia

and Koen Metsemakers surged past them, they held on to finish 1.72 seconds back, with bronze going to Australia

best time of 6:05.13.Silver medallists Poland were more than six seconds behind, with bronze going to Australia

part of the International Olympic Committee’s drive for gender equality at the Games.The gold went to Australia

Brazil's Italo Ferreira and American Carissa Moore wrote themselves into the history books today by winning the first-ever Olympic surfing titles here at Tokyo 2020.

coast.Carissa Moore was in superb form to win the women's surfing title ©Getty ImagesOwen Wright of Australia

Germany’s Ricarda Funk chose the perfect stage to deliver the performance of a lifetime as she clinched her first Olympic gold medal with victory in the women’s K1 event at Tokyo 2020 today.

, who revelled in earning a place on the podium at the age of 38.Pre-event favourite Jessica Fox of Australia

South Korea's dominance of the archery events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games continued as its men's team of three delivered a masterclass with the bow and arrows to overcome Chinese Taipei in today's final.

©Getty ImagesChinese Taipei had advanced through their pre-quarter-finals elimination match against Australia

event at Athens 2004, while Japan saw off The Netherlands to clinch bronze.Chinese Taipei beat China, Australia

One current and four former athletes were inducted as Olympians for Life at a virtual ceremony and panel discussion organised by the World Olympians Association (WOA).

Rachael Lynch OLY - Australia ??Congratulations to all ?

instilled from an early age.The final winner was Lynch, who joined the conference from Tokyo, having helped Australia

World Bowls has appointed Darryl Clout as its new President and chairman, following the resignation of John Bell.

Bowls, the Appointments Committee met to fill the vacancies.Clout, who serves on the Commonwealth Games Australia

meeting is held at the 2022 Commonwealth Games ©Getty ImagesClout was formerly the President of Bowls Australia

international sports administration experience, including having been a Past President of Softball Australia

and Bowls Australia; a professional career as Head of the NSW Department of Sport & Recreation and

involvement with Commonwealth Games Australia as a director," said Collins."

Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) Board has held an emergency meeting following the withdrawal of Australia

Australia and New Zealand are the world's top-ranked men's and women's teams ©Getty ImagesThe men's,

ARLC and NZRL cited "the risk of COVID-19 infection in the United Kingdom", rising case numbers in Australia

Australia are 11-time winners of the men's World Cup and the defending champions, while New Zealand won

Paralympics Australia has confirmed its biggest archery team since Sydney 2000 for the upcoming Paralympic

Peter Marchant, Imalia Oktrininda and Taymon Kenton-Smith at an induction ceremony held by Paralympics Australia

Jono’s bronze medal showed the rest of Australia that it’s possible," said Ricci Cheah, Archery Australia's

the amount of sacrifice they’ve put in to try to get to the Games and have the chance to represent Australia

I’m excited to see what they can do and how Para-archery keeps progressing in Australia."