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England Netball extends partnership with Red Bull to 2023

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England Netball has announced a partnership extension to 2023 with Red Bull as its official performance drink supplier.

2019 in the run-up to the home Netball World Cup in Liverpool, where England, still buoyed by beating Australia


CAS uphold AFC election results following dispute over third-party interference

  • Football

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the outcome of the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) elections, following an appeal made on the grounds of gender discrimination and third party interference.

although there was third party interference, it did not have an effect on the elections.John Boultbee of Australia


World Cup star Cahill gets Order of Australia for Olympic football contribution

  • ONOC

who played a starring role for his country at the 2004 Athens Olympics, has been awarded an Order of Australia

(AO) in today’s Australia Day honours list.

Cahill, 41, who represented Australia at four FIFA World Cup Finals during a 15-year career that earned

At that key moment in his young career, the Olympics and Australia were so important to him."

Greentown, and Jamshedpur before spending a year with Melbourne City.At the Athens Olympics, where Australia

I cannot overstate how important Dr Ken Fitch has been to sports medicine in Australia," Coates said.

Both men made their names on the football field, performing with aplomb for Australia and representing



IOC Athletes' Commission candidates split over whether Tokyo 2020 will take place

  • Tokyo 2020

Greece's Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi - who urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone Tokyo 2020 last year - has supported the staging of the Games this year.

chairperson Kirsty Coventry, co-chair Danka Barteková, France's Tony Estanguet, and James Tomkins of Australia


Hungary win women's Olympic water polo qualifier

  • Water Polo

Hungary beat The Netherlands 13-11 to win the women's water polo Olympic qualification tournament in Trieste, although both teams had already booked their places at Tokyo 2020.

Slovakia 13-10 to avoid coming last.Hosts Japan, defending champions the United States, Spain, Canada, Australia


South African wheelchair tennis star Montjane aiming for first Australian Open final

  • Wheelchair Tennis

South African wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane has set a target of reaching women's final of next month's Australian Open.

at the Australian Open, US Open, French Open and Wimbledon.The 34-year-old has already travelled to Australia

Players must quarantine upon arrival in Australia due to measures in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.This

strict isolation and were no longer able to train for up to five hours each day, having flown into Australia


Quarantined Yastremska unable to play in Australian Open after doping ban appeal rejected

  • Tennis

Dayana Yastremska will remain in quarantine in Melbourne with no possibility of playing in the Australian Open after her appeal against a provisional suspension was rejected by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

after banned substance mesterolone was found in an out-of-competition sample.The Ukrainian travelled to Australia

be ready for the tournament in time due to the mandatory two-week quarantine period upon arrival in Australia

;There are currently nine active cases of COVID-19 among players and support staff in quarantine in Australia



Three cases of UK coronavirus variant identified at Australian Open

  • Tennis

Three of the 10 people who tested positive for coronavirus while inside the Australian Open bubble have contracted the more virulent United Kingdom strain, it has been confirmed.

month.But the British star revealed he was unable to agree a "workable quarantine" plan with Tennis Australia

ImagesA total of 72 players are undergoing a strict two-week period of isolation after flying into Australia


Reigning champion Werth to headline FEI Dressage World Cup qualifier in Salzburg

  • Equestrian

Fourteen athletes from 10 nations are set to compete in Salzburg at the second International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Dressage World Cup Western European League event of the season this weekend.

Olympic team medallists Dorothee Schneider and Helen Langehanenberg.Athletes from Ireland, Denmark, Australia


IWF delays Congress after agreeing to need for completely new constitution

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has moved it's two-day Constitutional Congress back by a month, but will go ahead with elections as planned in the last week of March.

year, the most important qualifying event for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.England and Australia


AOC mourns death of legendary swimming coach Gallagher

  • ONOC

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has paid tribute to the swimming coach who discovered Dawn Fraser, Harry Gallagher, after his death aged 96.

Gallagher was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Sport Australia Hall

For services to swimming, Gallagher was previously awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.


Airbnb becomes first Beijing 2022 sponsor to be targeted by Uighur campaign groups

  • Beijing 2022

Campaign groups fighting against the persecution of Uighur Muslims in China have joined forces to pressure sponsors to withdraw their support of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

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