Australia’s women’s wheelchair basketball team will be setting their sights on a return to the Paralympic podium after confirming their 12-player squad for next month’s Games here in Tokyo.

failed to qualify for Rio 2016.But having booked their place at Tokyo 2020 and selected their team, Australia

Merritt, who were part of the London 2012 squad, return to the side, while Hannah Dodd, who represented Australia

Bree Mellberg, Jessica Cronje and Georgia Munro-Cook are all set to make their Paralympic debuts as Australia

We’ve been working really hard to get to where we are, where we can represent Australia at the Paralympic

I’m so pleased with the way the entire Gliders programme bounced back, led well by Basketball Australia

Holders West Indies have been drawn in the same group as current world number one side England, Australia

Selectors for Australia’s taekwondo team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have rejected the appeal of former world champion Carmen Marton against her non-inclusion.

governing body was committed to improving selection processes, and pledged “a full review with Sport Australia

, the Australian Olympic Committee and Combat Institute of Australia, to develop team selection policies

Australian basketball player Liz Cambage has announced her withdrawal from the Olympics here over mental health concerns after revealing she was suffering from panic attacks, was not eating and was experiencing sleepless nights.

diversity.Cambage was born in London to an Australian mother and Nigerian father, but was raised in Australia

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has been announced as the host of the 2022 Indigenous Nationals.

1996 by the Wollotuka Institute and the University of Newcastle, the event is now overseen by UniSport Australia

, the governing body of university sport in Australia."

A Nigerian Olympic official has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in Japan linked to the event since July 1 to 30.

Denis Shapovalov and Federer's compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka.The 22-year-old tested positive twice in Australia

Australia's Suncorp Super Netball League has relocated four clubs to Adelaide in a bid to finish its season amid coronavirus restrictions.

capital.Queensland Firebirds and Sunshine Coast Lightning were also due to make the journey today, before South Australia

lockdown after recording 18 cases of coronavirus.New South Wales and Sydney had already locked down as Australia

We have moved quickly and decisively as the coronavirus situation develops," Netball Australia chief

the event will go ahead as scheduled from October 23 to November 27, even though reigning champions Australia

Speaking in a virtual media conference today, Dutton said: "We are confident that Australia will join

an agreement to be signed.Jon Dutton, chief executive of RLWC2021, is "confident" reigning champions Australia

of COVID-19 infections contrasts starkly with the methods being employed to combat the pandemic in Australia

Australia celebrate winning the 2017 Rugby League World Cup after beating England 6-0 in the final in

Asked whether replacement teams were being prepared in case Australia or any other nation did not participate

England’s netball team are set to begin preparations for their Commonwealth Games title defence in a new multi-million-pound training base in Jersey.

 England won the gold medal match at Commonwealth Games gold medal 52-51 against hosts Australia

An unnamed athlete has tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival here for the delayed Olympic Games and has been placed into quarantine for 14 days, Tokyo 2020 said today.

another player, Jerami Grant, into the protocols and called off a planned exhibition match against Australia

Brisbane will host a free outdoor live site on July 21 on the day the city will be named as the host of the 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympics, as well as showing coverage of the 2020 Games from Tokyo.

There’s no better way to celebrate and show our support for Tokyo Olympic Games and Team Australia than

remote, Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait.Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed a simplified points system for the second World Test Championship (WTC2), which begins next month.

Test cricket and it was awesome to see the interest that was generated around the Final against India.”Australia

Australia is set to send its largest team to an overseas Olympics after naming an additional 16 athletes

unsurprisingly, at Sydney 2000.A total of 14 athletes in football, hockey and rugby sevens have been selected by Australia

, should a member suffer an injury during the event.Judoka Nathan Katz has been chosen to represent Australia

Quality Purdey has suffered an injury.Judoka Nathan Katz is among the additional athletes selected by Australia

Australia has won 501 medals at the Olympics, including 29 at the last Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro

Boxers who win Olympic gold medals have a direct route to fame and fortune.

no" to offers to join them in turning professional, and was back at the Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia

Trayvon Bromell, winner of the United States Olympic trials 100 metres last month, looked the part of an Olympic favourite tonight as Gateshead staged its second stand-in performance for the Diamond League.

who clocked 38.29.The concluding men's 3,000, came down to a cat-and-mouse run by Stewart McSweyn of Australia