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US women searching for fourth consecutive Women's Super Final title

  • Water Polo

The United States will be looking to win a fourth straight International Swimming Federation (FINA) Women's World League Super Final title when the tournament starts in Shanghai tomorrow.

defeat in the Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament, a qualifying competition for the Super Final, to Australia

California in Davis.Although the US topped the group last month, they came unstuck in the final as Australia

prevailed 10-7.Australia claimed victory in the Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament by beating the


Gold Coast 2018 sign deals with two travel agents

  • Gold Coast 2018

Gold Coast 2018 have appointed two authorised travel agents (ATAs) to provide official packages for next year's Commonwealth Games.

Travel Group and ATPI Sports Events.The companies now have exclusive rights to sell travel packages in Australia

These will be available for fans from late June.Tickets for attractions in Queensland and the rest of Australia


Tight security as India thrash Pakistan in ICC Champions Trophy

  • Non-Olympic Sports

India began the defence of their International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy title with a comfortable victory over Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham after the match went ahead amid heightened security following a terrorist attack in London last night.

The tournament is due to tomorrow when Australia play Bangladesh in Group A at The Oval, where there


Grinham and Duncalf become first openly gay professional squash players

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Rachel Grinham and Jenny Duncalf have become the first active professional squash players to "openly identify" as gay after publicising their relationship in a bid to make others "more comfortable in their own skin".

Grinham, the 2007 world champion from Australia, and England's 2011 World Championship finallist Duncalf

Rachael Grinham is a former world number one from Australia ©PSADuncalf has made more than 100 appearances




International Gymnastics Federation to develop duty of care code

  • Gymnastics

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced it will develop a "duty of care code" to outline policies and procedures regarding misconduct in the sport.

review the governing body's existing rules.This group, comprised of Canada's Slava Corn, Jane Allen of Australia




ITU World Cup set to continue in Cagliari

  • Triathlon

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup season is due to continue tomorrow in Italian city Cagliari, which is staging a leg for the second consecutive year.

having finished just outside the World Cup podium twice this season by finishing fourth in Mooloolaba in Australia



Australia and New Zealand see ICC Champions Trophy game abandoned

  • Non-Olympic Sports

of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy as the clash between Antipodean rivals Australia

delay.More bad weather interruption came during the change of innings and once things had cleared again, Australia

overs.But just nine overs in, the rain came back and this time it proved to be the end of the match, with Australia

afterwards and when the sides came back out, New Zealand’s other opener Luke Ronchi, who grew up in Western Australia

, tried to push his side into a commanding score to make up for the lost overs.The former Australia A


Court hits back over calls to change name of arena

  • Tennis

Margaret Court has claimed a “gay conspiracy” is behind calls for a stadium named after her to be rebranded.

resurfaced where she seemingly shows support to the Apartheid regime.It has prompted calls for Tennis Australia

, wrote in a letter that Court had shown herself to be a “homophobe” and “racist”.On May 25, Tennis Australia


Australia to host 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

  • Curling

Australia has been awarded the hosting rights to the 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (PACCs),

It will mark the first time in 21 years that Australia has staged the Championships, having previously

November in Australia is the beginning of summer and so the event will have a different feel for the

Pacific-Asia Curling Championships to have access to world-class curling ice for the first time in Australia

Australia will host its national mixed doubles and seniors play downs in the week before the PACCs."

This event should be the first of many events Australia will bid to host in the future."


Philip Barker: The long road to reconciliation

  • Inside the Blogs

Commonwealth Games open in the Gold Coast next April, reconciliation with the Aboriginal people of Australia

Australia wonderful though it is does have a dark past.”The last time the Commonwealth Games were in

time included an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protection Act.It was the last of its kind in Australia

Petersen told the State Assembly that the demonstrations were part of a long term Soviet plot to take over Australia

It now became widely known by a global audience.Back in Australia, a day of national apology had been

Christine Anu both performed.Aboriginal culture was acknowledged when the Commonwealth Games returned to Australia