Australia beat Thailand today to make it two wins out of two at the inaugural International Federation

Women's cricket could feature at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed it had submitted a bid for the Twenty20 version of the sport to be included at the event.

two days after the conclusion of the Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies, a tournament won by Australia

Hosts Australia lead in every category being contested at the Oceania Para-Badminton Championships after

Funding cuts to several sports will cause "enormous problems" in the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) claimed following the announcement today.

Australian sport in recent years and was central to a dispute between AOC President John Coates and Sport Australia

injected into sports such as rugby sevens and women's football, while the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia

 "We strongly urged the government to provide funding directly to the sports through Sport Australia

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has praised Japan's National Training Centre which he believes could set the host nation up for success at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The National Training Centre reminds me of what the Australia Institute of Sport in Canberra (AIS) was

The future of the AIS has been an area of discussion in Australia in recent months.AOC chief executive

Australia once led this field when the AIS was a first in international sport."

Is that where Australia wants to be?"Second, third, way back in the field?"

Ireland won three major accolades at the World Rugby Awards here to top off the most successful year in their history.

became Six Nations champions this year, with the team also achieving their first series win in Australia

International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy event with a 5-1 victory over Australia

 Australia went one goal down after Xan de Waard put away team-mate Margot van Geffen’s rebounded

Fitzpatrick shot past Dutch goalkeeper Anne Veendaal to make the scores 2-1.Momentum was only briefly behind Australia

As far as England football followers are concerned, the number is one. One World Cup win, 1966. Nothing since. For followers of India's men's hockey team the figures are more complex, but the overall story is the same.

men have been overtaken by the emergence of teams from Germany, who won the trophy in 2002 and 2006, Australia

their fierce neighbourhood rivals Pakistan, winners in 1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994.History beckons for Australia

"Plus nations such as Germany, The Netherlands and Australia also had their own strong tradition within

Some also played in Australia to gain more experience."

The favourites for the title would have to be Germany, The Netherlands, Argentina and Australia.

Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry won the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne to hand Belgium a first-ever victory.

Marc Leishman of Australia helped his country finish second at the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne ©Getty

ImagesCompetition favourites Australia, consisting of Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith, finished

Australia won the International Cricket Council's Women's World T20 for the fourth time after thrashing

resistance with 43 from 37 deliveries, but her side could not add to their World T20 triumph from 2009.Australia

came in at three and top-scored with an unbeaten 33 as skipper Meg Lanning finished undefeated on 28.Australia

The final major tournament of 2018 is to be staged in Geelong in Australia from tomorrow as the

Iran won their opening game of the inaugural International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Asia-Oceania Championships in front of a home crowd on the island of Kish.

Benny Roche (@benny_roche) November 24, 2018They are now second in the pool on goal difference after Australia

France triumphed in a must-win doubles fixture against Croatia in the Davis Cup final to keep their hopes of defending their title alive in Lille.

against the reigning champions, though, as no team has recovered from 2-0 down to win the trophy since Australia

New Zealand's Beauden Barrett will become the first player to win the Men's Player of the Year award for three consecutive years if he is successful at the World Rugby Awards here tomorrow.

Johnny Sexton, who helped his side triumph in the Six Nations with a Grand Slam before a series in Australia

the shortlist, came out of retirement this year to captain her side to back-to-back victories against Australia

2017 recipient of the award, American Perry Baker, nominated again.He is joined by Ben O'Donnell of Australia

Australia have booked their place in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women’s Hockey Champions

decided asThe Netherlands and Australia.Despite being 11 places above Japan in the world rankings, Australia