The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has launched a project which aims to assist Australian athletes manage challenges related to qualification, competing and returning from the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

This is a huge project - factoring in the difficulties of travelling from Australia, safely competing

It is a Team Australia effort for which our sports and athletes are greatly appreciative."

International Cricket Council's (ICC) 2022 Men's T20 World Cup has been confirmed ahead of the event in Australia

Asia in the A and B qualifying groups.Already qualified for the 2022 Men's T20 World Cup are hosts Australia

A meeting of Indian cricket powerbrokers on Christmas Eve (December 24) could be a pivotal moment for the sport’s potential return to the Olympics at Los Angeles 2028.

World Cup qualification process was launched this week and features 86 teams, while world champions Australia

Reigning champions South Africa will meet Ireland and Scotland in the pool stages of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

and Argentina as well as qualifiers from Oceania and the Americas.Pool C will see two-time winners Australia

The image of the black-gloved, raised fists protest by 200 metres medallists Tommie Smith, Peter Norman and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Olympics has assumed iconic status.

The House apologised for "the treatment he received upon his return to Australia" and belatedly recognised

The draw for the 2023 Rugby World Cup is poised to take place in Paris tomorrow with French President Emmanuel Macron in attendance.

one will feature South Africa, New Zealand, England and Wales, while band two consists of Ireland, Australia

Olympic champion Perrine Laffont secured her second victory in as many days at the International Ski Federation Freestyle World Cup as Ludvig Fjällström and Matt Graham were declared joint winners of a weather-affected men's dual moguls event in Idre Fjäll.

Matt Graham of Australia jointly won the men's dual moguls with Sweden's Ludvig Fjällström ©Getty ImagesAnri

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) declaration this week that it will not sanction athletes for demonstrating at the Olympics and Paralympics has reopened discussion regarding Rule 50, which had been largely dormant in recent months.

received further feedback from athletes from many other NOCs [National Olympic Committees], such as Australia

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the qualification process for the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2023.

rankings as of November 30 2021 - out of the 10 teams that competed at the 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia

region joining the bottom two teams in the Women’s T20I rankings - from the sides that competed at the Australia

qualifier among the 10 teams that played in the 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup, which was won by hosts Australia

Hockey Australia chief executive Matt Favier committed to "take the necessary action" once the inquiry

An independent inquiry into allegations of a "toxic" culture within women's hockey in Australia was launched

 Matt Favier backed Hockey Australia high-performance director Toni Cumpston ©Hockey AustraliaFavier

he could say on the individual complaints, but touched on the bullying allegations and said Hockey Australia

It was recently reported that Hockey Australia had been aware of concerns from members of their women's

 Australia has won three Olympic gold medals in women's hockey, the last coming on home soil at

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra has claimed the country's potential bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will not be revived until at least the first quarter of next year after it was put on hold because of the coronavirus crisis.

countries to halt their campaigns earlier this year as a result of the global health crisis.Queensland in Australia

Johannes Lochner earned his first two-man bobsleigh win of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season in Innsbruck.

 Breeana Walker of Australia won the IBSF Women's Monobob World Series event in Innsbruck ©IBSFBreeana

Walker of Australia was the victor, triumphing in 1:51.08.Germany's Laura Nolte, the 2016 Youth Olympic

Tennis Australia received AUD4.5 million (£2.6 million/$3.4 million/€2.8 million) in Government support

million) reserves and will seek external credit in its efforts to stage the Australian Open.Tennis Australia

COVID-19 response to meeting quarantine and bio-security measures for the Australian Open 2021," Tennis Australia

nbsp;The Victorian Government has confirmed players will have to undergo quarantine upon arrival in Australia

Tomas Eriksson was re-elected for a sixth term as International Floorball Federation (IFF) President during the governing body's General Assembly.

Switzerland's Jörg Beer, Norway's Monica Birdal, Denmark's Steen Houman, Stephen King of Australia, Martin

The majority of Para athletes who took part in a consultation process have signalled their desire for protests on the podium or the field of play at the Paralympic Games to remain banned, according to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council chairperson Chelsey Gotell.

athletes to protest at the event is seen as a significant step, even if athletes in other nations, such as Australia