Russia are reportedly set to shun the first-ever Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Championship - but organisers insist they are still in talks with them over their participation.

England.Its national teams were also removed from qualifying for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia

Steve Hooker, the Beijing 2008 Olympic pole vault champion, will be among three recipients of the Order of Merit, the Australian Olympic Committee’s (AOC) highest honour, at the organisation's Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled to be held in Sydney on May 6.

Images"When you add a record number of top five and top six finishes, our winter team in Beijing represented Australia

delivered an indigenous basketball coaching scholarship programme in 2022 in conjunction with Basketball Australia

moguls gold won by Jakara Anthony spearheaded a record Winter Olympic medal-winning performance by Australia

Argentina, re-allocated the hosting of the inaugural World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Men's Softball World Cup, are also favourites to win it, as the delayed event is set to begin tomorrow.

series against the United States, have been awarded a wildcard place.Argentina are in Group A with Australia

live up to their position as favourites by reaching the medal games due to be played on April 23.But Australia

yqXl6TftkO— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) April 14, 2023Winners of the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup last December, Australia

Australia expects to send a team of up to 150 student-athletes to the postponed Chengdu 2021 International

student-athletes to compete at the elite level in a multi-sports event," said Graf.Mark Sinderberry, the UniSport Australia

Swimming Australia chief executive Eugenie Buckley has resigned from her position with just over 15 months

significant challenges of a corporate restructure and improving our financial position," said Swimming Australia

Buckley's resignation came after a group of swimming stakeholders in Australia sent a letter to her and

the Swimming Australia Board of Directors calling for an urgent and independent governance review.There

her culture and behaviour did not align with the organisation's stated values and objectives.Swimming Australia

as well as the national swimmers' union.The resignation furthers the state of disarray of Swimming Australia

Today's announcement about the formation of World Boxing, a new international governing body established to try to gain control of the sport at Olympic level, may seem like an unprecedented event, but it is in fact just history repeating itself.

Countries like Australia Canada, France and Ireland, members of the Common Cause Alliance formed last

Slovenia and Romania will be seeking to secure a place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for the first time when they do battle in the qualifiers.

Italy in Bratislava.The winning nations will advance to the finals where they will join Switzerland and Australia

The United States remain top of the updated women’s softball world rankings, with Puerto Rico and Canada swapping places in the top five.

followed by the Czech Republic in seventh on 1,789.Italy sit in eighth place on 1,773, followed by Australia

Half a century ago, New Zealand's cricketers were preparing to begin their tour of Britain at the picturesque Saffrons ground in Eastbourne on the English south coast.

many grounds to put up barbed wire barriers ©Getty ImagesIn 1971, events followed a similar course in Australia

fellow paceman Bob Willis and batsman John Hampshire, who had both helped England regain the Ashes from Australia

A new International Federation, World Boxing, has been established with the aim of securing the sport's future in the Olympic Games as the feud between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Boxing Association (IBA) continues.

Angeles 2028 and not guaranteed for Paris 2024 due to a row over technical officials.Despite this, Australia

Mercedes' Formula One driver George Russell has explained that a sustainable F1 calendar is important to the drivers as the sport expands in new markets.

But definitely I think Australia needs to be back-to-back with a Middle Eastern race, because I think

Subscription-based platform GameTime will be live-streaming the inaugural Under-23 Men's Softball World Cup, which is due to take place in Argentina. 

WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) April 12, 2023World number one ranked host nation Argentina are joined in Group A by Australia

Hosts Australia dominated the 2023 Rip Curl Pro in Bells Beach - finishing in the top two in both the

top with with a 2,300 point lead.The next event is scheduled to be the Margaret River Pro, also in Australia

Football Australia are celebrating the milestone of 100 days until the FIFA Women's World Cup, which

they too can be great," said Wells.The Legacy '23 project aims to reach gender parity for football in Australia

James Johnson, the chief executive of Football Australia, also spoke on the topic."

Our Legacy ‘23 Plan has laid the groundwork for Football Australia to leverage the FIFA Women’s World

James Johnson says Football Australia wants to revolutionise the way female athletes compete in sports

national training centre that will be used by the Commbank Matildas.Along with the 2023 Women's World Cup, Australia

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) held their first Development Moguls Camp in Chiesa, Italy, as they supported the preparation for the Youth Olympics Games qualification for the participants from six nations.

The countries involved were Australia, China, the Czech Republic, Italy, Kazakhstan and Switzerland.Junior