A maximum of two Caribbean countries will be able to compete at Birmingham 2022 where women's cricket is set to make its Commonwealth Games debut.

Five-time T20 World Cup champions Australia will start as favourites for the Commonwealth Games gold

More than 80 organisations have joined forces to come together for the United Through Sports (UTS) Virtual Youth Festival 2020, with preparations in full swing.

broadcast from Bangkok in Thailand.It will connect cities including Yekaterinburg in Russia, Gold Coast in Australia

AusCycling, the new national sporting organisation representing all cycling disciplines, has announced Marne Fechner as its first-ever chief executive.

Currently the chief executive of Netball Australia, Fechner will move to her new role on February 1 2021

During her tenure at Netball Australia, Marne more than doubled revenue, grew the professional league

Fechner has grown Netball Australia into one of the biggest sporting organisations in the country, while

into netball and was involved in the successful bid for the 2015 Netball World Cup, hosted in Sydney, Australia

AusCycling was previously known as Cycling Australia, with the new organisation encompassing all cycling

International, one of the warm-up tennis tournaments for the Australian Open, will take place elsewhere in Australia

Tennis organisers released a statement explaining the logistical challenges created by the pandemic.In Australia

the fact the Australian Open will go ahead as planned and the world's best players will start 2021 in Australia

Other warm-up events in Hobart on the island on Tasmania and in Adelaide in South Australia will also

Top seed Novak Djokovic and fourth seed Daniil Medvedev both recorded straight sets wins on day two of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals in London.

fourth seeds Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina beat sixth seeds John Peers of Australia

Australia, Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia clinched their respective regional conference titles during the

Australia triumphed in the Southeast Asia/Oceania Conference, while Ivory Coast reigned supreme in Africa

East.The Philippines finished first in the Southeast Asia/Oceania Conference but were beaten 2-1 by Australia

The Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) is set to host a National Olympic Committees (NOC) Conference tomorrow titled "The Olympic Movement during and after COVID-19."

Olympic Committees (ANOC) expected to be among the participants.The G20 NOCs consists of Argentina, Australia

Softball Australia has unveiled two new indigenous-inspired tops that aim to celebrate athletes’ journeys

Stacey Porter, captain of Australia women’s softball team and proud Kamilaroi woman, came up with the

Leah actually suggested it to me," said Porter who holds the record for the most games played for Australia

Indigenous artist Kylie Hill and her son Jak created two tops after being contacted by Porter.Softball Australia

Australia are currently eighth in the women's softball world rankings and fifth in the men's.

Sri Lanka has emerged as a potential bidder for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, at a time when attempts to stage the event in Hamilton have stalled.

Sri Lankan city Hambantota bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, but lost to Gold Coast in Australia by

Four players share the lead after two days of action at The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, although the tournament is still playing catch-up owing to a day-one weather delay.

Abraham Ancer of Mexico, Cameron Smith of Australia and two Americans - Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson

Peter Harcourt has joined the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board after being appointed as the organisation’s new medical advisor.

the roles of medical director of the Australian Football League, chief medical officer to Basketball Australia

of the CGF Medical Commission at Gold Coast 2018.He is also the chairman of the Commonwealth Games Australia

Australia’s first Paralympic gold-medal winning sailors have been inducted into the country’s Sailing Hall of Fame

partially quadriplegic from a spinal fracture.His long list of sailing achievements included skippering Australia

a gold mine in Meekatharra.In 2010, he became the first person with quadriplegia to circumnavigate Australia

Brian Goorjian will return to coach Australia’s men’s basketball team at a third Olympic Games, after being confirmed as Brett Brown’s replacement.

Brown had been appointed head coach by Basketball Australia in November 2019 and was set to manage the

was sacked by National Basketball Association (NBA) team the Philadelphia 76ers in August.Basketball Australia

at the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.Basketball Australia said Goorijan has also broadened

in the bronze-medal match at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.Spain were again the victors when they beat Australia

Australia is very fortunate to have such a talented group of athletes at this time."

The United States has criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for raising the possibility of sanctioning countries who unilaterally withdraw funding or threaten to withhold their dues, as it sent another warning concerning its own financial contribution to the body today.

their agreed dues to WADA - funded equally by sport and Government - was also rejected vehemently by Australia

Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Iain Duncan Smith, has said that Australia should not "shy

Conservatives politician made the claim on ABC's 7.30 programme, stating that China's "appalling" treatment of Australia

Former Winter Olympian and independent Member of Parliament in Australia, Zali Steggal, has also stated

in recent decades, with the 2003 Australia–China Trade and Economic Framework establishing closer ties

between the nations for trading.Nearly a third of foreign university students in Australia are Chinese

- with more tension between the nations potentially causing more economic stress for Australia.