Australia made history by reaching the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time with

Steph Catley and Clare Hunt in the longest World Cup penalty shootout, men's or women's, as France and Australia

 "You are part of this win," he told them after Australia became the first host nation to reach

Congratulations to Australia, and congratulations to all the staff who have done a wonderful job."

last quarter-finals of the tournament to beat Colombia in front of a crowd of 75,784 at Stadium Australia

scored the winning goal for England against Colombia in Sydney to set up a semi-final against co-hosts Australia

until 2030 following the success of the partnership at the Women’s World Cup currently taking place in Australia

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin has claimed she is "convinced" the Commonwealth Games will take place in 2026 and 2030.

Victoria in Australia made the shock decision to pull out of hosting the 2026 edition last month, while

If it comes off to be in Australia, that's where everybody was thinking we were going, that would be

depend on financial support from the British Government, which appears to favour the Games being held in Australia

FIFA has claimed that the Fan Festival at the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has been

semi-finals.The second set of quarter-finals will see England take on Colombia and France face co-hosts Australia

The United States are now just one step away from securing a spot at the Women's Baseball World Cup Finals following their Group A obliteration of host nation Canada in Thunder Bay.

#BaseballWorldCupW pic.twitter.com/fGEjl262tJ— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) August 11, 2023Earlier in the day, Australia

Australians as she notched up three runs, two hits, and two RBIs from four at bats.The result brings Australia

cent hit rate.Competition is set to continue tomorrow with the penultimate fixtures, beginning with Australia

Boxing Canada has become the latest country to announce that it is resigning from the International Boxing Association (IBA) and joining rival group World Boxing.

Wednesday (August 9), World Boxing had announced its first six new members.New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia

Spain and Sweden were the first two teams to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup as they knocked out the 2019 runners-up The Netherlands and 2011 winners Japan, respectively.

tournament at Eden Park on Tuesday (August 15).The remaining two quarter-finals are due to take place in Australia

tomorrow.The first one is scheduled to see England meet Colombia at Stadium Australia in Sydney.That

is due to be followed at Lang Park in Brisbane when hosts Australia play France.

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the men's 1,000m time trial and keirin on the final day ©Getty ImagesThere was success on Tobago for Australia

Calinda Kok, right, won the women's beach volleyball gold against Jasmine Rayner and Cameron Zajer of Australia

men's final against Peter Soczewka and Rob Morgan of England ©Getty ImagesJackson Love prevailed for Australia

Canada won both beach volleyball gold medals on the final day of competition at the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games here.

not drop a set en route to their gold, and won both 21-14 against Jasmine Rayner and Cameron Zajer of Australia

coming from behind to beat Cyprus' Alexis Savvidis and Anninos-Alexios Chrysostomou 12-21, 21-19, 16-14.Australia

won the inaugural fast5 netball Commonwealth Youth Games gold medal at the expense of Australia ©Getty

ImagesThe inaugural fast5 netball competition at the Commonwealth Youth Games concluded with gold for Australia

of 11.392 by 0.070 ahead of Malaysia's Darwish Putra Muhd Sanusi.There were three further golds for Australia

Athletics competition at Trinbago 2023 here concluded with two thrilling mixed relay races, won by Nigeria and Guyana in Commonwealth Youth Games record times.

out in the 4x400m relay, Guyana taking gold in 3min 22.07sec.The English team were 0.22 slower, with Australia

Commonwealth Youth Games record of 2:02.30, beating India's Asha Kiran Barla by 2.69 and Fleur Cooper of Australia

by 3.56.There were two golds for Australia on the last day of athletics.Phoebe Gill of England set a

topped the athletics medals table at Trinbago 2023 with seven golds, followed by Nigeria with six and Australia

World Boxing’s announcement of its first six members yesterday demonstrated that the fledgling governing body still has a long, long way to go before it can claim to have fulfilled its main stated aim of ensuring it represents the sport in the Olympic Movement.

breakaway organisation from the International Boxing Association (IBA), New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia

The Solomon Islands is continuing to hold consultations on banning single-use plastics prior to its first hosting of the Pacific Games later this year.

The project through funding support from Australia has made a large investment in making the Games free

More than 1,200 sailors will be vying for 107 quotas at Paris 2024 as races start at the Sailing World Championships in The Hague from tomorrow.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Matt Wearn of Australia will be determined to finish on top in the world

Mexico claimed a historic first-ever win at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup Group A in Thunder Bay, Canada.

They defeated Australia 16-8 in extra innings to retain hopes of bagging a spot at the Finals next year.The

remain top of the standings while Canada triumphed 22-3.It was a roller coaster of a game for Mexico and Australia

London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Liz Cambage has denied using a racial slur against Nigerian players in a pre-Olympics warm up game in 2021 as she expressed her desire to represent the African nation at Paris 2024.

Why does Nigeria want me to leave Australia and go and represent them?"

I don’t know who she’s talking to," Ogunade told ESPN.Having not played for Australia since the incident

I really hope Australia releases me and FIBA allows it because my fans miss me playing," she said.