Three-time Richmond premiership skipper Trent Cotchin is stepping down as the Tigers’ AFL skipper. Richmond’s longest-serving captain will continue playing in 2022 but under a new leader. Cotchin was appointed as the Tigers’ permanent skipper at the end of 2012, aged just 22, with 188 of his 268 career games coming as captain. The 31-year-old...
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Aussie skater performs ‘stealthy’ trick for gold in Tokyo
As the coronavirus pandemic shut down competitions and clouded the future for the Tokyo Olympics, Australian skateboarder Keegan Palmer and his coach were hatching a cunning plan. On the other side of the planet, far from the skateboarding community that congregates in California, the 18-year-old set to work perfecting a spinning, twisting, acrobatic trick that...
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Zac Stubblety-Cook wins swimming gold for Australia after stunning last lap
The last time an Australian man won a breaststroke gold medal at the Olympics was in 1964 when the Games were being held in Tokyo. More than half a century later, in the same city, an Australian again dominated the four-lap discipline as 22-year-old Zac Stubblety-Cook won the men’s 200m breaststroke final and broke the...
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Gold, Olympic record for swimmer Emma McKeon
Emma McKeon has her first individual Olympic gold medal and is on track for a record haul after victory in the women’s 100m freestyle, ahead of Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey and fellow Australian Cate Campbell. McKeon turned first in 25.08 at the 50m mark before accelerating home to set an Olympic record of 51.96. Haughey...
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Australia’s pistol shooters miss medal shootouts
The eye-catching pistol pairing of Dan Repacholi and Dina Aspandiyarova have finished eighth in the 10-metre team event at the Tokyo Olympics. Australia are still searching for their first shooting medal of these Games, with both 10m rifle teams also failing to reach their final. Repacholi and Aspandiyarova had every reason to feel bullish about...
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Australian team celebrates at the Olympic Games opening ceremony
The Australian delegation has made its appearance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games opening ceremony, lead by flag-bearers Cate Campbell and Patty Mills. Only 63 of the 500-strong delegation were able to take part in the Parade of Nations, but the team still looked like a strong unit, waving to a small crowd of delegates...
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Athletes test positive for COVID-19 in Tokyo ahead of Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Three athletes have tested positive for coronavirus, days before the Olympic Games are set to begin in Tokyo. The Games’ organising committee reported 10 new COVID-19 cases relating to the Olympics, all of which are from overseas teams. Three of the cases were reported in athletes, two of which are in the athlete’s village. It...
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AFL moves to send at least 5 clubs out of Victoria over COVID-19 outbreak
The AFL has opted to relocate at least five clubs to Queensland as concern grows about the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria. GWS and Sydney have been based in Victoria since June 22 due to NSW’s coronavirus crisis but were told late on Wednesday night about their next impending move. The Sydney teams were meant...
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Ponga lifts Maroons in Origin face-saver
It was missing for the first two games but Queensland finally found their State of Origin spark with fullback Kalyn Ponga. Absent for the first two matches due to injury, the Newcastle superstar showed the Maroons just what they’d been missing with a leading hand in Wednesday’s 20-18 win over NSW on the Gold Coast....
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Eagles a mess as Kangaroos snare shock win
The doomsday drums will be beating at West Coast after they suffered a shock 10-point AFL loss to last-placed North Melbourne at a wet and slippery Optus Stadium. In a match that featured plenty of twists and turns, the Eagles produced a four-goal blitz early in the final quarter of Monday night’s clash to take...