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Seif Eissa's journey from Taipei to Tokyo

  • Africa

Egypt's Seif Eissa announced his taekwondo talents to the wider world in 2014 when he earned bronze at the Summer Youth Olympics in Taipei.

South Korea's Minwoo Kang.On the main tour his season had opened with victories at the Luxembourg and Australia


ISA announces new dates for World Surfing Games in El Salvador

  • Surfing

The 2021 Surf City El Salvador World Surfing Games – the final qualifier for next year's postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics – have been rescheduled for between May 29 and June 6.

Michel Bourez of France, Brazil's Gabriel Medina and Italo Ferreira, Owen Wright and Julian Wilson of Australia




Australian Curling Federation President Forge selected for IOC sport management course

  • Curling

Australian Curling Federation President Kim Forge has been selected to study for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Masters in Sport Organisation Management.

organisation.The 49-year-old has been Australian Curling Federation President since 2015 and has also represented Australia

 Originally from Canada, Forge moved to Australia in the early 2000s and has since competed for

is set to focus her research on the best strategy to promote sport and reach diverse communities in Australia

to be held in Switzerland and Kosovo.Kim Forge will use her research to try and promote curling in Australia

Australia are yet to compete in curling at the Winter Olympic Games but could qualify for Beijing 2022



Australia may stage more tennis events in 2021 due to coronavirus restrictions

  • Tennis

Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley is in talks over staging tournaments after the Australian

global health crisis, Tiley - who is also the tournament director of the Australian Open - said Tennis Australia

Players looking to play in Australia from January 1 are due to arrive in the country in mid-December

Djokovic won his eighth Australian Open title in Melbourne earlier this year ©Getty ImagesBut Tennis Australia

International Cycling Union World Tour, were cancelled in recent weeks.Since the outbreak of coronavirus, Australia


Olyroos players hope to impress at training camp to earn Tokyo 2020 place

  • Football

Head coach Graham Arnold has challenged Australia's under-23 players to stake their claim for a place at Tokyo 2020 over the next nine days.

The Football Federation Australia has announced its 26-man party for a training camp in Sydney which

place at the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 Championship in Thailand in January.While in camp, Australia

This group of players - and the many more we are monitoring in Australia and overseas – have the opportunity


Wales win World Cup of Darts for first time

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Wales are Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Cup of Darts champions for the first time after Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton triumphed in Austria.

Having knocked last year's champions Scotland out of the competition yesterday, the Welsh pair beat Australia


Michael Pavitt: Biden's election success should come as a relief for the IOC

  • Inside the Blogs

I suspect the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was among those around the world breathing a sigh of relief that Joe Biden has become President-elect of the United States.

ImagesChina has faced heavy criticism over its actions in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong and Taiwan, with Australia


Double Olympic champion Perkins becomes Swimming Australia President

  • Swimming

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Kieren Perkins has been elected as the new President of Swimming Australia

Russell announced that she would be stepping down as chief executive at the end of this month.Swimming Australia

retirement in 2000, Perkins who amassed 23 medals at international competitions was inducted into the Sport Australia

the corporate sector," Russell said.Only the United States have won more Olympic swimming medals than Australia

have achieved 60 golds, 64 silvers and 64 bronzes.Perkins vowed to ensure swimming remained strong in Australia


Smart Cities & Sport Summit to maintain new global reach through virtual model

  • Olympics

The enforced online nature of this year’s Smart Cities & Sport Summit gave it a greater global reach than any of the previous six editions and will be maintained from now on even when it becomes possible to meet at a fixed venue, it has been claimed.

also from continents that are usually not really represented - I am thinking about New Zealand and Australia

Although in the past we have had participants from Australia and New Zealand it has been just a few."


Ladies European Tour cancel Australian Ladies Classic and Women’s NSW Open

  • Golf

Next year's Australian Ladies Classic and Women’s NSW Open have been cancelled by the Ladies European Tour (LET) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our players have become used to starting their season in Australia, so it was an extremely difficult

 There is currently a low number of COVID-19 cases in Australia, but strict travel restrictions