Australia has added a further 24 members to its athletics team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, bringing

Nine debutants were announced by Paralympics Australia, as well as the experienced trio of Christie Dawes

Paralympic Games, but what’s more exciting is the mix of experience we have on this team," said Athletics Australia

Britain will seek to top the Olympic rowing medals table once again after its success at the last three Games with a 45-strong team that includes returning double gold medallist Helen Glover.

ambitions are realistic, although the British pairing look likely to be among the chasing pack with Australia

quadruple sculls between 1992 and 2004, but they have been displaced at the top of the world since Rio and Australia

The newly-built, 15,000 capacity Aquatics Centre will not see any spectators but it seems certain to witness a succession of United States victories for Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel.

100m freestyle, for which she is the world record holder.Mitch Larkin is another strong medal hope for Australia

Tomorrow, one day after carrying her nation’s flag at the opening ceremony and 7,616 days after making the first lift by any woman at the Olympic Games, Dika Toua will be on the weightlifting platform again.

She arrived back in New Caledonia from a tournament in Australia with a really heavy cough," he said.

2020 Games were disrupted when the Oceania Weightlifting Institute relocated from New Caledonia to Australia

The Netherlands women's hockey team will be looking for Olympic redemption when they compete here at Tokyo 2020 as they aim to maintain their record of winning every major tournament since their shock loss in the final at Rio 2016.

first day of hockey action at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesPool A features three-time Olympic champions Australia

complete Pool A.The men's tournament is more difficult to call, with Belgium, world number one-ranked Australia

, Germany and The Netherlands are in Pool B with Canada, Britain and South Africa, while Argentina, Australia

Serbia and United States will hope to repeat their Rio 2016 triumphs as men’s and women’s water polo competition begins at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on the first official day of Tokyo 2020 competition.

The defending champions will face Australia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro and Spain in Group B, with

China and Hungary completing the Group B line-up.European champions Spain feature in Group A, alongside Australia

President Andrew Parsons has claimed that Brisbane 2032 "excites him greatly" and that the Games in Australia

My congratulations go to the whole team behind the candidacy, especially Paralympics Australia who played

there is clear desire for the Games to be successful beyond sport and to make a real difference in Australia

With news that the Games are heading back to Australia, I am sure many existing athletes are already

Troy Grant, chair of the International Rugby League, has underlined his sport’s Olympic ambitions in congratulating Brisbane on the news that they will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

"This is tremendous news for the city of Brisbane, the State of Queensland and the whole of Australia

With fewer than six months to go before the beginning of the Women’s Asian Cup in India, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has unveiled the logo for the tournament.

to reflect the fact that the Asian Cup is the pinnacle of women’s football in Asia.Japan have beaten Australia

advancing to the last eight.Hosts India and the top three from the 2018 Women’s Asian Cup - Japan, Australia

February 6 in 2022, and will also serve as a qualifying tournament for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia

and New Zealand.Both of the last two finals have seen Japan beat Australia 1-0.

Following on from yesterday’s announcement that the United Kingdom would host the International Working Group (IWG) on Women & Sport World Conference in 2026, the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham has been confirmed as the venue.

Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island in 2022, and has previously been held in Namibia, Canada, Japan, Australia

Powerhouses Australia and New Zealand have withdrawn from this year's Rugby League World Cup in England

Holders Australia, who have won the tournament 11 times, and New Zealand, champions in 2008, have pulled

after considering the risk of COVID-19 infection in the United Kingdom, the worsening environment in Australia

travelling to the UK to participate in the tournament this year are too great, and it is unable to endorse Australia

disappointed" with the decision.The Rugby League World Cup 2021 could be postponed to next year following Australia

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has claimed he was "completely misinterpreted by people who weren’t in the room" after receiving criticism for ordering Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony here.

online petition signed by over 130,000 people called for Palaszczuk to be denied the right to leave Australia

— Leigh Russell (@leighmrussell) July 21, 2021Former Swimming Australia chief executive Leigh Russell

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has ordered Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony, after Brisbane was confirmed as hosts of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games here yesterday.

online petition signed by over 130,000 people called for Palaszczuk to be denied the right to leave Australia

Women's football teams took the knee today in the first examples of protest at the Olympic Games after a relaxation of the rules.

Australia defeated their 2023 Women's World Cup co-hosts New Zealand 2-1 here in the other game in Group

G.Tameka Yallop's strong finish and a header from Sam Kerr put Australia in control in the first half

Brisbane has been awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rubber-stamped the Australian city as the host of the event at its Session here today.

The Games are in safe hands, we know Australia and their experience of delivering these events."