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UniSport Australia unveils founding teams for inaugural University Basketball League

  • Universiade

UniSport Australia has revealed the founding teams for its inaugural University Basketball League (UBL

Trobe University, the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, the University of Western Australia

University of the Sunshine Coast and Victoria University have entered the inaugural event.The first UniSport Australia

https://t.co/AlAYb4BBoC#WeAreBasketball pic.twitter.com/REYguLAzfV— Basketball Australia (@BasketballAus

," said UniSport Australia chief executive Mark Sinderberry."

The opportunity to bring a national league on campuses across Australia provides a unique experience



Honduras and Mexico secure Tokyo 2020 berths at CONCACAF men's Olympic qualifier

  • Football

Honduras and Mexico secured the final places in the men's Olympic football tournament at Tokyo 2020 after winning semi-finals at the Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifier in Guadalajara.

Argentina and Brazil, African representatives Egypt, Ivory Coast and South Africa and Asian representatives Australia


American ATR says customers will not be refunded 20 per cent handling fee on Tokyo 2020 tickets

  • Tokyo 2020

Americans who bought tickets for the rearranged Olympic Games in Tokyo could be left 20 per cent out of pocket on the cost of their seats alone after authorised ticket reseller (ATR) CoSport said it will not return the handling fee it charged.

refunded to them entirely.CoSport is also an ATR in Sweden, Norway, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Jordan and Australia




Michael Pavitt: Rankings freeze repercussions for tennis visible as thaw begins

  • Inside the Blogs

Freezing world rankings due to the COVID-19 pandemic was an sensible decision by governing bodies last year, as tournaments fell by the wayside. The trouble is restarting them effectively.

to face fourth seed Sofia Kenin of the United States, Osaka and world number one Ashleigh Barty of Australia


AOC announce Olympic champion Wallace as new Tokyo 2020 deputy Chef de Mission

  • ONOC

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has confirmed Olympic canoe sprint gold medallist Ken Wallace as its new deputy Chef de Mission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, following the departure of Rio 2016 rowing champion Kim Brennan.

Evelyn Halls.Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman said it was disappointing Brennan could no longer represent Australia

 "I know she will not let that stop her helping out back home in Australia, but we are lucky Kenny



The highs and lows of the Olympic Torch Relay

  • The Big Read

The sun shone on Thursday (March 25) as Iwashimizu Azusa carried the Olympic Flame with her 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup winning team-mates at J-Village Soccer Training Centre, for the "Grand Start" of the 121 day journey to Tokyo.

priority.Runners had visited the neighbouring countries of Oceania by the time it began its 100 day journey around Australia


Sagan wins sixth stage of Volta a Catalunya with Yates still in control

  • Cycling

Slovakia’s Peter Sagan secured his first victory of the season on stage six of the Volta a Catalunya, as Britain’s Adam Yates remained in the overall race lead.

) WorldTour race with one stage remaining.He leads from Ineos-Grenadiers team-mates Richie Porte of Australia


Al Shafar re-elected Asian Cycling Confederation President after winning coin toss

  • Cycling

Osama Ahmed Abdullah Al Shafar has been re-elected Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) President after winning a coin toss.

to the Executive Committee alongside Fiji’s Patrick Keenan, Guam’s Eric Tydingco and Anne Gripper of Australia

with the Oceania Cycling Confederation and UCI families over the past eight years and to everyone in Australia


Sanctions on China not discussed when Bach met senior EU officials, IOC says

  • Beijing 2022

European Union (EU) sanctions imposed on Chinese officials in response to well-documented allegations of a systematic repression campaign against Uyghur Muslims were not discussed when International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach met with high-ranking officials including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week.

been calls for the Games to be boycotted by some politicians in countries including Canada, the US and Australia


Brisbane City Council officially approves 2032 Olympic bid but Coates warns "it is not a done deal"

  • Brisbane 2032

It is not a "done deal" that Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has warned.

kinds held by Council since 2007 - before it was closed for presentations by Coates and Paralympics Australia

And just as Western Australia became the world’s greatest provider of energy in the last 50 years."


Decima "Dashing Dess" Norman

  • Commonwealth Sport Legends

Charles Garvice was a hugely popular author in the 1890s and early 20th century, selling millions of his romantic novels in the United States and, under the pseudonym Caroline Hart, in Britain and its empire.

Garvice wrote Her Heart's Desire in 1897 he named the heroine Decima Deane.A reader in Perth, Western Australia

and given a newspaper column and a regular slot on radio.If only she had been born in another part of Australia

had the ability, but the problem was she was on her own.There was no women's athletic club in Western Australia

coach for advice.She finally got her chance in 1937 when three women's clubs were formed and Western Australia