Australian athletes and officials heading to the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo will be given priority access to COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the Games, the Federal Government announced today.
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has paid tribute to Rome 1960 Olympic gold medallist John Konrads, who has died at the age of 78.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has recorded a AUD$938,000 (£524,000/$726,000/€606,000) deficit for 2020, its centenary year.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has formally added 15 members to its athletics team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, including middle-distance stars Linden Hall and Catriona Bisset and discus world champion Dani Stevens.
A series of live sites will help bring Tokyo 2020 to fans in Australia, it has been announced today at an event designed to coincide with 100 days until the opening of the Olympic Games in the Japanese capital.
Australian schoolchildren have been invited to create artwork that can be displayed on the walls of the nation’s athletes in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Village.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has announced the selection of Nia Jerwood and Monique De Vries to its team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with the pair set to make their debut in the women's 470 class.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has responded to criticism for using Asics to design the country’s uniforms for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics amid concern over the manufacturer’s links to Chinese forced-labour cotton.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has confirmed Olympic canoe sprint gold medallist Ken Wallace as its new deputy Chef de Mission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, following the departure of Rio 2016 rowing champion Kim Brennan.
It is not a "done deal" that Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has warned.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has started a search for some of the country's most inspiring young sports leaders, with its Australian Olympic Change-Maker programme.
A Parliamentary Friendship Group celebrating the important role Olympic and Paralympic sports play in the Queensland community has launched, with an opening function at Parliament House in Brisbane, the city set to be awarded the 2032 Games.
Ever since an F111 swooped over Sydney’s Olympic stadium at the end of the 2000 Games to capture the Flame in its afterburn, the Australians have made no secret of their wish for the Games to return to the land of the Southern Cross.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has announced 12,000 Australian and Japanese students will be brought together by the Australian Olympic Connect 2021 programme.
The appointment of Australian sports administrator Kate Palmer to help form a new national sports organisation dedicated to athletics has been welcomed by the country’s National Olympic Committee.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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As English football spearheads a boycott of social media to protest online racism and perceived inaction to stop it, could the three-day blackout lead to lasting change or will it fall on deaf ears? Mike Rowbottom reports.
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