Australia's late Olympian Peter Norman has been honoured in a special ceremony at the National Sports Museum at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

support for the gold and bronze medallists.A 2012 CNN profile of Norman noted that "he returned home to Australia

The XXI Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia will be remembered for many reasons, not least

Slovenia’s Jure Lenarčič and Great Britain’s Bradley Forbes-Cryans up-staged more fancied rivals to top the men’s C1 and K1 qualifying standings on the opening day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup in Liptovský Mikuláš in Slovakia.

qualifying run in the women's K1, finishing 0.80 seconds ahead of reigning world champion Jessica Fox of Australia

Croatia, last year's world champions, have been knocked out of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo World League Super Final in Budapest, after losing to Hungary in a shoot-out in Budapest today.

States in the group stage.Elsewhere in today's quarter-finals, Montenegro beat Kazakhstan 14-6 and Australia

half score of 7-2 to Montenegro saw the game end in a comfortable victory 14-6.Next up in Spain versus Australia

 Croatia, the US, Australia and Kazakhstan, meanwhile, will play to establish fifth to eighth place

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ended in group-stage elimination ©Getty ImagesMile Jedinak's successfully-converted penalty earned Australia

Argentina are in grave danger of suffering an early exit from the FIFA World Cup in Russia after falling to a harrowing 3-0 loss to Croatia, who have secured their place in the last-16.

crossbar.Today’s other match in Group C saw another Video Assistant Referee (VAR) penalty decision help Australia

minute and the score remained unchanged through to the final whistle.Mile Jedinak's penalty earned Australia

Linz-Ottensheim in Austria is ready to host the second stage of the 2018 World Rowing Cup, a competition doubling as a test event for next year's World Rowing Championships.

accompanied by a 43-member New Zealand team.It is also the first international race of the season for Australia

Hungary and Croatia, last year's World Championship finalists, will meet in the quarter-finals of the men's International Swimming Federation Water Polo World League Super Final in Budapest after the United States and Montenegro topped the groups.

game finished 11-10 to the US.In Group A's first match of the day Montenegro gained control against Australia

and maintained it until the end.Two goals away was the closest Australia ever got to forcing a shoot-out

respective groups, Hungary take second place in Group A and Spain finished second in B.Croatia and Australia

rear with zero points each.Tomorrow's other quarter-finals are due to see Montenegro play Kazakhstan, Australia

It has been a day of mixed fortunes for South Korea at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) 2018 Asian Championships in Bangkok. 

 The semi-final was slightly closer, though they still saw off Australia with a 10 point margin,

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal of the FIFA World Cup today as Portugal, Uruguay and Spain all enjoyed 1-0 victories in their respective clashes with Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Mehdi Taremi headed over the bar late on as Iran sought desperately to equalise.Denmark are due to face Australia

Hungary’s Tamara Alekszejev will seek to defend her International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup title against a stellar field as the finals are held for the first time in Astana in Kazakhstan.

rankings.However, the entry list for the women’s final tomorrow contains Olympic champion Chloe Esposito of Australia

The reigning world champions Croatia lost to Spain in day two's stand-out result at the International Swimming Federation Men's Water Polo World League Super Final in Budapest. 

 Elsewhere in today's action Japan lost to Australia 11-7 in Group A as they failed to stop star

 A hugely impressive performance from Aaron Younger helped Australia to an 11-7 win against Japan

Great Britain have announced their squad for the 2018 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation World Championships in Sydney. 

nbsp;for the first time since the London 2012 Paralympic Games.Current World and Paralympic champions Australia

World champions Croatia have started their International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo World League Super Final campaign with a comfortable win over Kazakhstan in Budapest. 

 Hungarian captain Viktor Nagy managed a save percentage of 69 per cent versus Australia ©Getty

experience clearly did not bother them however, as by the end of the Group A match they led 8-2 against Australia

, comfortably winning the contest.The tournament will continue tomorrow with Australia versus Japan and

Representatives from Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022 are attending a debrief organised by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which began today in the English city.

billed as an opportunity to celebrate the success of what they are now calling a "Games of Firsts" in Australia