The draw for the 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to take place later this year in Paris, preceding France's hosting of the tournament in three years' time.

South Africa, New Zealand, England and Wales sit as the top seeds.The second seeds will be Ireland, Australia

National Basketball League (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver has warned players who are hoping to represent their country at the postponed Olympic Games that it is "unlikely" the league will accommodate Tokyo 2020 by pausing their delayed 2021 season.

would be detrimental to the quality of several national sides in the Olympic tournament.Basketball Australia

In his book Football, The Golden Age, John Tennant collects "extraordinary images from 1900 to 1985". One of them, photographer unknown, shows Ipswich Town players in January 1939 relaxing in the team bath after losing 2-1 at home to Aston Villa in an FA Cup third round replay. Of the nine pictured, three have cigarettes hanging from their mouths.

teams attempted to maintain connections with tobacco sponsorship by suggestive logos or car liveries.In Australia

the Tobacco Prohibition Act in 1992, and in 2006 the loophole that still allowed some advertising in Australia

More than 50 legal cases linked to the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi remain outstanding, it has been revealed, as the event celebrates the 10th anniversary since it opened.

Australia finished top of the overall medals table ahead of the hosts India.Australia won a total of

Tony Gustavsson has been appointed head of the Australian women's football team for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo and beyond.

experiences in the international game and a strong track record of success," said Football Federation Australia

have been waiting for – to lead the Matildas for four years and also at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia

Australia have played at seven FIFA Women's World Cups so far, reaching the quarter-finals in 2007, 2011

Aerial skier Danielle Scott believes Australia’s new Olympic Winter Training Centre in Brisbane will "give us an edge" in preparation for Beijing 2022.

Through our partnership with Gymnastics Australia, this facility creates huge potential for gymnasts

Through the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) and Sport Australia, the Government has invested time

Having a home facility means this is time and funding that can be invested here in Australia rather than

Paddle Australia has made three appointments to its high performance programme in preparation for next

 Olsen joins Paddle Australia following his roles as head coach of British Canoeing’s Olympic sprint

I'm very excited to be given this amazing opportunity and join Paddle Australia and the high performance

 "Australia has such a strong Olympic canoeing history, and I feel the strategy direction for sprint

canoeing Paddle Australia has set out will strengthen the development of both the pathway and the sharp

tasked with the role of identifying and developing Queensland’s talented sprint kayak athletes.In total, Australia

A coalition of netball organisations in Australia have pledged to address the under-representation of

The need to enact sustainable, systemic change is a large and multi-faceted challenge," said Netball Australia

World Athletics has announced the launch of the World Athletics Road Running Championships from 2023 with the event billed as a global festival of road running.

Country Championships in Bathurst was another event impacted by the pandemic, with the competition in Australia

Governing bodies of eight sports in Australia have committed to implementing governance that supports

At a launch held at Sydney Cricket Ground, the Australian Football League, Hockey Australia, Netball

Australia, Rugby Australia, Tennis Australia, Touch Football Australia, UniSport Australia and Water

Polo Australia unveiled their policies and guidelines.The initiative, organised by ACON’s Pride in Sport

 Following the launch, governing bodies such as Athletics Australia, Diving Australia, Football

Federation Australia, Judo Australia, Swimming Australia and Triathlon Australia committed to developing

Rugby Australia has confirmed captain Sharni Williams and Shannon Parry have re-committed to helping

but also fantastic leaders in their own right and they have done a huge amount for women’s rugby in Australia

Rugby Australia said both players began their rugby careers as 15s players before switching over to the

I’m really proud to be re-committing to this team and to Rugby Australia," Williams said."

to Rugby Australia for the next 12 months is really exciting," Parry said."

Australia are already assured of their place in the women’s rugby sevens competition at Tokyo 2020.The

The iconic 35-ton set of steel Olympic Rings that lit up the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the 2000 Games, which closed 20-years-ago today, have been put up for sale on auction site eBay.

The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games was the Olympics of a lifetime for Australia and the world, symbolising

An event that even in the face of a global pandemic, continues to bring Australia together 20 years on

Mehran Shahintab has been confirmed as the head coach of Iran’s men’s basketball team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

the FIBA World Cup ©Getty ImagesWorld champions Spain, France, Argentina, Nigeria, United States and Australia

Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot has said he is ready for the World Cup season after adapting his training during the coronavirus pandemic.

ramps and giant air bags in Montreal, with travel restrictions preventing his usual summer training in Australia

Rugby League World Cup 2021 chief executive Jon Dutton hopes the tournament can leave a positive social impact in the future rather than focusing on a legacy.

rugby league and rugby union.The right wing scored his country's only try in the 20-17 victory over Australia