Saya Sakakibara took part in the final week of a three-month programme aimed at building excitement in Australia

visit capped off the pilot programme, called Australian Olympic Connect.Born in Japan and raised in Australia

year-old shared her Tokyo 2020 journey and heard from students from Osaka in Japan and Alice Springs in Australia

Saya Sakakibara shared her journey with students from Australia and Japan as she bids to compete at Tokyo

I’m excited to see Australian Olympic Connect bring students from Japan and Australia together to experience

in Osaka today is the perfect way to demonstrate the great friendship and Olympic connection between Australia

Australia’s bid for the 2027 Rugby World Cup has been boosted by a AUD$8.8 million (£4.8 million/€5.3 million/$6.2 million) funding injection from the country's Government.

staging the showpiece event will create 12,000 jobs, bring more than 200,000 international visitors to Australia

spirit, and significantly contribute to the country’s long-term recovery from COVID-19, with Rugby Australia

Sport Minister Richard Colbeck believes staging the Rugby World Cup in 2027 will help Australia recover

visitors right now, any in-roads we can make to secure large-events that will bring more tourists to Australia

World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) President Robert Rauch is holding out hope for the "broad distribution" of a COVID-19 vaccine by July 2021 when competitions are scheduled to resume.

Croatia will be postponed to August 2022 and World Masters Ultimate Championships in Gold Coast in Australia

Australian wheelchair basketball star Jessica Cronje says she is both "nervous" and "excited" at the prospect of competing in the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

The 22-year-old from Menangle has represented Australia several times at national level but is looking

playing basketball at the Paralympics means I will be playing with and against the best of the best from Australia

I represented Australia in some junior competitions and that was amazing in itself but just picturing

2021 cycling season with the Santos Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race races in Australia

The two races in Australia traditionally open the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour season.The

was due to run from January 14 to 17, with the men’s event running from January 19 to 24.Events South Australia

difficult challenge to overcome.Rasheed highlighted the challenge posed by the ongoing border closure in Australia

, SA Health and SA Police to create a successful strategy to bring the international event to South Australia

The two events in Australia traditionally open the UCI WorldTour season ©Getty ImagesOrganisers have

Britain’s Sir Mo Farah has been warned his reported appearance in reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! could hinder his preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

participate in the show, which is due to begin on November 15.The programme is typically filmed in Australia

“The fact that it's in Wales and not as long a time is very different from many weeks in Australia.

Belgium and Britain beat each other for the second consecutive day in the International Hockey Federation Pro League in Brussels.

Sarah Robertson deflected home Anna Toman’s penalty corner pass.Victory for Britain moves them above Australia

The long-awaited Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearings in the case between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) are set to begin in Lausanne tomorrow.

agreement and that was not the case.The arbitral panel is set to comprise Judge Mark L Williams of Australia

Quanhai Li of China has been elected as the new President of World Sailing after defeating incumbent Kim Andersen of Denmark in a run-off.

as World Sailing vice-presidents - Tomasz Chamera (Poland), Philip Baum (South Africa), Sarah Kenny (Australia

Newly-appointed head coach Bev Priestman says the Canadian women's football team’s "immediate focus" is on next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 next year and then subsequently building towards the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia

in as potential hosts for the 2026 Commonwealth Games are officially over after Commonwealth Games Australia

(CGA) announced it had given up hope of persuading the South Australia Government to back a bid.

Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games five times, most recently at the Gold Coast in 2018 ©Getty

 Australia have so far hosted five editions of the Commonwealth Games.The first time was at Sydney

Swimming Australia has been forced to find a new chief executive less than a year before the start of

I’m proud of what has been achieved over the past three years and I feel Swimming Australia is now in

held the same position at Netball Victoria, having also worked with Cricket Australia and Australian

Football League clubs Essendon and Gold Coast.During her tenure at Swimming Australia, Russell had to

 During her time at Swimming Australia, Leigh Russell dealt with the doping case involving Shayna

Jack ©Getty ImagesSwimming Australia deputy Board chairperson Tracy Stockwell thanked Russell for her

Sport in 2020 has been a tale of the unexpected and as Hallowe'en approaches, the time seems right to recall some moments when it has also been a horror story.

with a Rugby World Cup semi-final as the New Zealand All Blacks took on France for the right to meet Australia

The Australian Government announced a A$3.02 million (£1.6 million/$2.1 million/€1.8 million) investment for 13 Paralympic high-performance programmes from 2021-2022.

We believe this is a significant moment in the evolution of Paralympic sport in Australia," he said."

Paralympics Australia President Jock O’Callaghan welcomed the investment from the Government ©Paralympics

AustraliaParalympics Australia chief executive officer Lynne Anderson claimed the announcement would

Australia has participated in every Paralympic Games since its inauguration in 1960.The country has enjoyed

 Australia earned 81 medals at Rio 2016, including 22 gold, 30 silver and 29 bronze.

Athletics Australia has appointed London 2012 Olympic 100 metres hurdles champion Sally Pearson as a

Athletics Australia made three new appointments to its high performance department.

For some time, I have felt a strong purpose in helping to inspire the next generation of athletes in Australia

the Olympics and Paralympics next year, I’m looking forward to putting more systems in place so that Australia

 "Aligning my expanding knowledge of psychology with my role at Athletics Australia is a dream and

Further Athletics Australia high-performance coaching appointments are expected be made in the coming