Practice racing is taking place today at the Barcelona International Sailing Centre before the Nacra 15 World Championships get underway tomorrow.

Championships at Corpus Christi in July.Cooley and Haseldine are one of five young crews representing Australia

New Zealand built on their triumph at the recent Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast as they overcame France in the final to win the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series event in Kitakyushu.

women's rugby sevens Commonwealth Games gold medal exactly a week ago, saw them cut the deficit to Australia

to six points in the race for the overall crown.New Zealand beat Australia for the second time in seven

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has announced he wants the city to bid for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships following the huge success of the Commonwealth Games.

2018 and Tate is convinced they have done enough to persuade him to bring the World Championships to Australia

 If Africa does host the Championships in 2025, then Australia would seem a logical choice for 2027

Samoa overturned the world rankings as they defeated Fiji 54-43 to finish top of the Oceania Netball World Cup 2019 Regional Qualifier in Auckland - although both teams had already secured the two places for next year’s grand finale in Liverpool.

The young Samoan side, mainly comprised of players based in Australia or New Zealand, get together irregularly

Ghana finished top of the World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier A standings after they beat hosts Nigeria by four wickets in Lagos.

yesterday.Ghana and Nigeria both progressed to the next round of qualification for the World T20 in Australia

New Zealand progressed to the quarter-finals with an unbeaten record as arch-rivals Australia stumbled

qualify for tomorrow's quarter-finals with a 100 per cent record.New Zealand, whose victory against Australia

after securing a 24-12 win over Ireland.Spain also progressed as they became the first team to beat Australia

A.Spain's surprise victory set up a meeting with England for a place in the semi-finals and consigned Australia

Perth’s expression of interest in staging the 2026 Commonwealth Games is certain to stir the memories of Louise Martin, who has just finished presiding over the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.

1962 she was a teenage swimmer, still known as Louise Campbell when she travelled to Perth in Western Australia

The streets had giant black swans, the emblem of Western Australia.

Elizabeth R’’Ivan Lund, a fencer from Australia, took the oath on behalf of all athletes.Since 1998,

because that was just the way things happened then".The Scottish living quarters were next door to Australia

The New South Wales Olympic Council (NSWOC) has awarded Order of Merits to Peter Hadfield and Peter Kerr at its latest Annual General Meeting (AGM).

My dream as a teenager was to represent Australia at an Olympic Games, which I was able to achieve on

inflicted a crushing defeat on Gambia to maintain their pursuit of a place at the 2020 World Twenty20 in Australia

world rankings taken on December 31 this year, with six coming through the qualifying event in 2019.Australia

Cup in Jordan as a superb 84th minute goal from substitute Kumi Yokoyama earned them a 1-0 win over Australia

group stages, and Japan had to thank their keeper, Ayaka Yamashita, for keeping them in the hunt as Australia

New Zealand will aim to build on their dramatic Commonwealth Games gold medal triumph when the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series campaign resumes in Kitakyushu this weekend.

The Black Ferns Sevens come into the tournament fresh from their victory over Australia in the final

want to do is keep growing our game around the world and the amount of exposure it [the final with Australia

were very disappointed but extremely proud of the silver medal and the spectacle of women's rugby that Australia

and New Zealand were able to put on in that final was fantastic," Australia captain Shannon Parry said

Australia will take on Spain, Ireland and China in Pool A, while Pool C features Canada, Russia, England

RMIT University in Melbourne will stage this year's UniSport Australia 3x3 basketball nationals tournament

held at the A’Beckett Urban Square, located on the Melbourne campus, on July 31 and August 1.UniSport Australia

FIBA World Tour ©Getty ImagesThe 3x3 Hustle was created in partnership with the NBL and Basketball Australia

elite performance", which aims to "provide a pathway for aspiring players to rise from the suburbs of Australia

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship is making its French debut this weekend at Cannes.

Indianapolis in the US on October 6 and 7.The series is then due to draw to a conclusion in Perth in Australia

Swimming Australia President John Bertrand has hailed the success of the team at the Commonwealth Games

most successful Australian swimmer at Gold Coast 2018, winning five gold medals ©Getty ImagesSwimming Australia

never simulate in a typical home country competition," the Australian sailing legend, who skippered the Australia

Simbwa and table tennis player Halima Nambozo have become the latest Ugandan athletes to go missing in Australia

from Sierra Leone and Kenyan boxer Brian Agina also disappeared.They all have a legal right to stay in Australia