Summer Sports






Australian basketball icon Jackson launches academy

By James Crook

170002056June 6 - Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson has announced that she is launching her own basketball academy for teenagers with the hope of nurturing talented young players and giving them the chance to follow in the Opals captain's footsteps.



US Olympic Committee launch sailing scholarship to honour Rogge

By James Crook

roggesailingJune 5 - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have launched the Jacques Rogge Olympic Pathways Scholarship, named in honour of the outgoing International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, which will give one American sailor a full training course at a US Sailing Team Training Centre.


Swimming Australia chief promises change as major sponsors pull out of multi-million dollar deal

By James Crook

2473 swimming-aust-nettlefold-aap-130601-bJune 5 - Swimming Australia chief Mark Anderson has reassured that the organisation are on the road to recovery, despite the devastating blow of losing a major sponsor contract with Energy Australia, who pulled the plug on their five-year deal just 12 months in after President Barclay Nettlefold (left) resigned following comments he allegedly  made towards female colleagues.