Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerHelp using this website - Accessibility statement
  • Advertisement

    Today

    Maddi Keeney at training in Brisbane before the Games, fresh from working at BHP that morning.

    ‘I’m always switched on’: How this Olympic diver balances a job at BHP

    Maddi Keeney gets a second chance at a medal in the 3m springboard from Wednesday night Australian time after heartbreak in the first week of the Games.

    • Hannah Wootton

    Yesterday

    Dustin Martin played his final AFL match against the Kangaroos on July 30.

    AFL’s mystery man Dustin Martin bows out in unique style

    Dustin Martin and Tom Hawkins have both called time on their glittering AFL careers, but the famously media-shy Richmond star didn’t attend his own press conference.

    • Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin

    This Month

    Cyril Rioli in action for the Hawks against Richmond at the MCG in 2008.

    AFL stars detail Hawthorn’s alleged racism in court papers

    Cyril Rioli, who played in four premierships at the Hawks under former coach Alastair Clarkson, is the lead applicant in a statement of claim lodged in the Federal Court.

    • William Ton
    Taryn Woods, Australian women’s water polo team assistant coach.

    Water polo’s golden girls have feisty medallist in their corner

    Gold medallist turned coach Taryn Woods says her sport has to be prepared to do what it needs to ensure exposure and inclusion.

    • Michael Bleby
    Karrie Webb has lost respect for her childhood idol Greg Norman.

    Aussie sport legends bag stake in golf buggy maker MGI

    The investment will refresh the family-run retailer’s register for the first time since it was founded in 1993.

    • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
    Advertisement
    Aussie record medal holder Jess Fox still has another medal chance this weekend.

    Paris shines in the glory of Olympic gold

    Paris has used its unique sights and attractions as the backdrop to its Games. But in terms of organisation too, this is the one that Brisbane must learn from in 2032.

    • The AFR View
    Blake Edwards shoots for goal during the Sharks’ win over France on Thursday night.

    Think you’re busy? Australia’s water polo captains live two lives

    The co-captains of the men’s water polo team have full-time jobs. It’s the reality for many Australian athletes, particularly as they approach the end of their careers.

    • Zoe Samios
    Spain’s Pablo Herrera Allepuz serves during the men’s pool F beach volleyball match between France and Spain at Eiffel Tower Stadium.

    At the Paris Olympics, the best views are the venues

    By utilising existing buildings, the Paris Olympics is showing off its beautiful heritage and saving billions on construction costs.

    • Jerry Brewer

    July

    Stubblety-Cook drinking his coffee at the Olympic trials in Brisbane.

    2000 customers: Zac’s big plans for gold outside the pool

    In June, swimmer Zac Stubblety-Cook qualified for the Paris Olympics and began his first business. “I’ve definitely burnt the candle at both ends,” he says.

    • Updated
    • Zoe Samios
    Pebble Beach Golf Links

    Want to play the world’s top golf courses? This app could get you there

    This avid golfer used his tech background to create an app that lets private club members hit the links together.

    • Richard Allen
    These Games are an integrated part of rebuilding Paris to better connect the wealthy centre the tourists see with its poorer suburbs.

    War-torn world pauses in gratitude for Olympic Games

    In 2024 with geopolitical tension everywhere, the Olympics are once again showing their power to get on with important matters like playing games.

    • The AFR View
    Brisbane 2032 president Andrew Liveris addresses international media in Paris.

    Andrew Liveris is wrong: the Olympics are by their nature political

    Letters from readers on Brisbane’s Olympic Games; the energy conundrum; and more music for the US election soundtrack.

    Your guide to the Olympics: Who to watch and when

    The Games are back and some of the world’s most decorated athletes will be centre stage. These are the events and competitors you won’t want to miss.

    • Zoe Samios
    The Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre at Nathan.

    ‘No time’ to get business case for Brisbane Games stadium

    Hours after Brisbane 2032 Games boss Andrew Liveris pleaded with politicians not to make it a political football, they did.

    • James Hall
    Bernard Arnault, head of LVMH.

    How the billionaire ‘godfather of the Olympics’ made his fortune

    LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault created the world’s biggest luxury group - and that lavishness will be on full display at the Paris Olympics.

    • David McHugh and Thomas Adamson
    Advertisement
    Australian skateboarder Chloe Covell in Paris.

    The 14-year-old Olympian who could make history in Paris

    Skateboarder Chloe Covell could become the youngest gold medallist in Australian Olympic history.

    • Roger Vaughan
    Xander Schauffele kisses the Claret Jug on the 18th green on Sunday.

    Schauffele roars to second major win of year at British Open

    The American golfer has delivered one of the British Open’s great finishing rounds to tame blustery Royal Troon after the Australian challenge petered out.

    • Ian Chadband
    Jackson Collins (right) and Aly Bull (left) with Australian sprint kayak assistant coach Laurence Fletcher (centre) after winning gold with Aly Bull (left) at the 2022 world championships in Canada.

    This delisted Sydney Swan is going to the Olympics

    After his AFL dream was dashed by knee injuries at 19, Jackson Collins followed in his father’s footsteps kayaking for Australia at the Olympics.

    • Gus McCubbing
    Kevan Gosper.

    ‘True giant’ Kevan Gosper, Olympic veteran and businessman, dies

    The Olympic silver medallist, who was planning to go to next week’s Paris Games, gave Australia’s fledgling Olympic movement business-like governance.

    • Michael Bleby
    State of Origin game three. NSW beat Queensland 14-4 at Suncorp Stadium.

    NSW stuns Queensland in brutal Origin fightback

    The Blues clawed back to win the State of Origin series in a chaotic, epic decider that saw Cameron Murray sin binned off the bench.

    • Scott Bailey and Murray Wenzel