Winter Olympics: Who are the global names to watch at Beijing 2022?
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics start on Friday, barely six months after the delayed summer Games in Tokyo.
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'We didn't win anything in November' - Ireland's next target is a trophy, says Keenan
As Hugo Keenan rightly points out, there was no silverware to show for Ireland's Autumn Nations Series form.
Cate Campbell to miss Commonwealth Games, as world championships shifted to 2023
Cate Campbell will skip this year's Commonwealth Games while pondering her swimming future amid rejigged Australian plans for the pool in Birmingham.
The Socceroos' World Cup hopes are on a knife-edge after yet another qualifier draw. So what happens next?
It hasn't been a fun week to be an Australian football fan.
Australia on rocky road to Qatar after Muscat meltdown
MELBOURNE : A World Cup qualifying campaign that started with a record winning streak has turned sour for Australia, who now face a rocky road to Qatar after Tuesday's insipid 2-2 draw against Oman.
Winter Olympics 2022: Are Winter Olympic gold medals made of real gold? Why do athletes bite their medals?
When Beijing hosts the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on 4 February, it will become the first city in the world to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Games, which this year's medals have been designed to reflect. They will feature the «jade-inlaid medals of the Summer Games in 2008» to showcase Beijing as the first «dual Olympic city,» according to the official Olympic website.
Socceroos draw 2-2 against Oman, hurting World Cup qualification hopes
The Socceroos have suffered a heavy blow to their hopes of automatic World Cup qualification, with a 2-2 draw against Oman in Muscat.
Setback for Australia after Oman draw, while South Korea book their World Cup spot
Australia's hopes of automatic qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were rocked by a late Abdullah Fawaz penalty as Oman claimed a 2-2 draw with Graham Arnold's side in Muscat on Tuesday. Jamie Maclaren's 15th-minute penalty put Australia ahead but Fawaz levelled with a drive into the top corner in the 54th minute. Aaron Mooy restored Australia's lead 11 minutes from time when he shot past Faiyz Al Rashidi, only for Fawaz to score from the spot following Fran Karacic's foul on Muhsen Al Ghassani. Australia remain third in Group B of the Asian qualifiers but are now four points behind Saudi Arabia and three adrift of Japan, with games against the leading pair to come in the final two rounds of games in March.