Australian Paralympians shared their personal stories and answered questions during online meetings with Japanese schoolchildren.

bonds with people and organisations in Kobe and Chuo, who have been so welcoming," said Paralympics Australia

foster and build such relationships, and continue to spread those messages, representing the best of Australia

Australia's ENGAGE programme is supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Australia-Japan

Australian cricket followers might like to look away now. It’s February 1.

ball to tie the match.But as the bowler walked back to his mark, his elder brother Greg, captaining Australia

bowling" and what the wider world soon described with the term "bodyline".Bradman had been majestic as Australia

Matches in two qualifying groups for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup are set to be played in Doha after being moved from countries which have implemented travel bans to counter the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Clark was also meant to welcome New Zealand, Australia, Guam and Hong Kong for Group C matches,

 Qualifying matches for Group C, which includes Australia and Hong Kong, are yet to be relocated

The dialogue phase of the process for selecting hosts for the next two men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups has started.

Multiple countries have already shown interest in hosting the men's Rugby World Cup in 2027, including Australia

Snow Australia has held a training camp for members of the national Para Snowsport team, which was held

Maxim Burov claimed his fifth consecutive win in the International Ski Federation (FIS) Aerials World Cup in the Belarusian capital of Minsk.

victory of the season in the women's competition.She recorded 89.88 points, edging out Laura Peel of Australia

At 20-player squad for the Australian women's wheelchair basketball team has been announced, with just two athletes who have past Paralympic experience included.

Australia are set to compete at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, and the Games will be the squad's

Australia finished runners-up at London 2012 ©Getty ImagesElla Sabljak, who sits on the International

An independent report has criticised a "totally dysfunctional high-level sports concept" at the Swiss Gymnastics Federation (STV), following allegations of abuse in rhythmic gymnastics.

countries to speak out against the abuse they had suffered.Athletes from Britain, The Netherlands and Australia

Up to 30,000 spectators will be permitted to attend the opening eight days of the Australian Open, while dozens of players have celebrated leaving a two-week period of strict quarantine.

many players began exiting the two-week period of strict quarantine they had entered upon arrival in Australia

 Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley revealed players who had been in strict isolation

Softball Australia has announced its 23-strong squad of players who will be vying for places at the rearranged

in advance of the original dates of Tokyo 2020 last year.The two new faces are Georgia Hood of South Australia

featured at the Olympics - including a bronze at Beijing 2008 ©Getty ImagesThere are also two Western Australia

players - Leigh Godfrey and Leah Parry, three from South Australia - Hood, Chelsea Robinson and Belinda

Australian Capital Territory in Clare Warwick and one from Victoria in Trim.Talking about the squad Softball Australia

Maxim Burov will be aiming for his fifth successive win at tomorrow's International Ski Federation (FIS) Aerials World Cup event in the Belarusian capital of Minsk.

 Laura Peel of Australia currently tops the women's standings in the FIS Aerials World Cup ©Getty

Athletes will be limited to the Athletes’ Village and competition venues on arrival for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates, who has also reiterated that further postponement of the Games is not an option.

Coates confirmed in an interview with Sky News Australia that athletes would not be quarantined on arrival

Like we have introduced in Australia for people coming here."

be taken on venues, we have to look at the capacity and what the situation is," Coates told Sky News Australia

The choice of Beijing as host city for the 2022 Olympics, made on July 31 2015 at the 128th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Kuala Lumpur, meant the Chinese capital would become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games, having staged the Summer event in 2008.

the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Japan and Australia

The Hungarian Olympic Committee (HOC) has established a committee to look into the feasibility of staging the Olympics in capital Budapest in 2032.

nations have already launched bids for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.A bid from Queensland in Australia

Salla, which claims to be the coldest town in Finland, has launched a parody bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics, as part of efforts to raise awareness of global warming.

countries have expressed a more serious interest in hosting the 2032 Olympics, including Queensland in Australia