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Kobe 2024 Para Athletics Day 9: Records broken all around, China tops medal table

  • Athletics

Saturday at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium kept record-keepers busy as world records and championship records fell left and right on the final day of the Para Athletics World Championships.

Deon Kenzie of Australia, who had the lead until the last 200 metres, settled for the bronze behind Abdelkrim



AOC, Paralympics Australia launch Olympics and Paralympics LIVE

  • Olympics

Australian Olympic Committee, Paralympics Australia and media company Nine have announced the joint venture

Matt Carroll says the excitement of the Paris Olympics can be shared with communities all across Australia

"The AOC is delighted to partner with Paralympics Australia and Nine in this exciting initiative and

hold their own celebrations while they watch the Olympic and Paralympic Games live from venues across Australia

bring their event to life and share the Olympic spirit," Carroll instructed sports fans.Paralympics Australia


IBA funds Oceania Youth Boxing Championships

  • Boxing

As part of its Financial Support Programme, the IBA will provide $100,000 (€92,000) to the Oceania Boxing Confederation for the organisation of this event. The aim is to develop the talents of young boxers. The championship will be held from 1 to 7 July 2024 in Tahiti.

Experienced instructors such as David Cutting from Australia and John Waith from Wales will teach the

They will be supervised by IBA Technical Delegate Wayne Rose from Australia.


Australian Olympic gold medallist Chelsea Hodges retires ahead of Paris 2024

  • Swimming

Numerous operations have left her with "the hips of a 60-year-old", Hodges said. The swimmer was named in the Australian team that will compete in the Olympic Games in less than two months. She was instrumental in the Tokyo 2020 mixed relay gold medal.

Australian head coach Rohan Taylor said, "Hodges will remain with Swimming Australia as a performance

Hodges was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2022.


Taming Teahupo'o: Olympic surf rehearsal in Tahiti

  • Surfing

Two months before the surfing events of the Paris Olympics take place, the world's best waveriders are getting an early taste this week of the majestic waves of Teahupo'o in Tahiti, Agence France-Presse reports.

American Carissa Moore, Molly Picklum from Australia and the Tahitian Vahine Fierro are among the favourites


World Para Athletics 2024 Day 7: Dominican delight, plus more records broken

  • Athletics

Day seven of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships was action-packed, with 22 events concluding on a bustling Thursday, several of which saw new world records being set.

Shi Yiting of China set an Asian record to claim silver, while Mali Lovell of Australia achieved a career-best

finish, followed by Yang Yifei with silver and Algeria’s Mokhtar Didane with bronze.Vanessa Low of Australia


World Boxing approves calendar of over 20 tournaments for 2024-2025

  • Boxing

The calendar includes competitions in eight countries currently scheduled for 2024 and early 2025. Two events, one in the Czech Republic and one in Sweden, will take place next June. It is designed for both male and female boxers from U15 to elite level.

registered.The latest elite world boxing tournament, the Eindhoven Box Cup, ended on Monday, with Brazil and Australia


Algerian tennis player suspended for corruption violations

  • Tennis

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has announced that Algerian tennis player Mohamed Ali Abibsi has been suspended for two years and six months and fined $10,000 (€9,230) for violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).

attending any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by ITIA members, including the ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia


Paris 2024: Canoe slalom racers train on Olympic course after final ICF checks

  • Paris 2024

Canoe slalom paddlers from 22 nations have started training in Vaires-sur-Marne after the International Canoe Federation (ICF) completed its final inspection of the course to be used at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Australia, Czechia, Germany, Japan and Senegal are among the nations with athletes trying out the venue


CGA President Ben Houston welcomes Kate Jenkins AO as new ASC Chair

  • Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) President Ben Houston has welcomed Kate Jenkins AO as the new Chair

discrimination, law and sport, leading major reforms including the independent review of gymnastics in Australia

Commonwealth Games Australia welcomes her to the role of ASC Chair, and we look forward to working with

Her appointment comes at a pivotal time for sport in Australia, as codes across the country come to terms

with their long history of contributing to gender inequality in Australia.

 Australian Minister for Sport Annika Wells said Jenkins would lead Australia through a pivotal


2nd Pre-Olympic Boxing Tournament in Bangkok: Last chance to secure a ticket to Paris 2024

  • Boxing

This second pre-Olympic tournament will award 51 quotas, 23 for women and 28 for men, from 24 May to 2 June in the Thai capital. A total of 188 tickets have already been awarded. These were distributed through the continental qualifiers and the first pre-Olympic tournament in Italy.

Australia is the most represented nation with 12 quotas.Cuban Olympic champions Julio César La Cruz and


Tennis match official Armando Belardi receives life ban

  • Tennis

Venezuelan tennis official Armando Alfonso Belardi Gonzalez has been banned for life following 26 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP), The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced Monday in a press release. 

attending any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia


Australia's Sam Kerr ruled out of Paris 2024 Olympics

  • Football

Australia and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has been officially ruled out of the 2024 Paris Olympics due to

in Paris, following their near-podium finish at the previous Olympics in Tokyo and the World Cup in Australia

Cups, and the Women's Community Shield.She has netted 99 goals for Chelsea and an additional 64 for Australia


OQS: China sweeps BMX titles while Japan dominates breaking

  • Olympics

The Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS) concluded yesterday with the world's top freestyle BMX riders, B-Boys and B-Girls, skateboarders, and sport climbers vying for a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 464 participants from 120 national federations gathered at Shanghai’s Huangpu Riverside Urban Park 16-19 May in the first of a two-part festival-style series.

Olympic champion Logan Martin of Australia came in second and Great Britain's reigning world champion