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Tim Anderson was so frightened of kayaking some 20 years ago that on one occasion he paddled backwards on a miniscule rapid. At Penrith Whitewater Stadium on Tuesday morning, he was announced as a kayaker on Australia’s Paris Olympics team. Australian Olympic team chef de mission Anna Meares revealed two …

Olympian Luke Plapp overcame a chain failure en route to clinching the 2024 elite men’s time trial title at the Australian Road Cycling Championships on Thursday. For the second time in two years at the national championships, the 23-year-old from Melbourne had to deal with his chain dropping when he …

Marathon swimmer Chelsea Gubecka has become the first Australian selected for the Olympic Games in Paris, but mystery remains over whether the city’s famous river will be fit for use. The 25-year-old Gubecka, who contested the 2016 Rio Olympics but not the 2021 Tokyo Games, was announced as an athlete …

Sunday’s NRLW grand final is shaping up to be a cracker, but the battle of the fullbacks will be a show on its own. Newcastle‘s electric No.1 Tamika Upton was crowned the best player in the competition at the Dally M awards on Wednesday night. At Accor Stadium on Sunday …

As an elite high jumper, Brandon Starc goes about his business in a world largely free of public criticism. As an elite cricketer, his older brother Mitchell plies his trade in a world inundated with exactly that, even if the daggers being hurled his way have dropped off considerably since …

One of Nigeria’s representatives at the Olympics has gone to the great beyond but even after that, his family has been unable to claim his corpse. Former Nigerian boxer Jeremiah Okorodudu passed away on Wednesday night. Before his demise, he received treatment at a private hospital in Lawandon, Lagos state. …

The Newcastle Knights have signed former Cronulla Sharks halfback Lachlan Miller for the 2023 season. Miller’s new deal will see the 28-year-old pull on the red and blue for the next three seasons, after being released from the final year of his contract with Cronulla. Newcastle’s director of football Peter …

American volleyball star Kim Glass, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, says she was attacked by a homeless man in Los Angeles this weekend and she nearly lost her eye in the incident.   The 37-year-old said it happened on Saturday, July 9, when she was leaving lunch with a …