AOC signs with Gina Rinehart but not everyone is happy with the deal

AOC signs with Gina Rinehart but not everyone is happy with the deal

Hancock Prospecting’s partnership with the Australian Olympic Committee is a win for athletes but critics have labelled the move as “embarrassing” given Rinehart’s climate stance.

  • byPhil Lutton

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Why Tiley’s handling of Djokovic episode is raising eyebrows at IOC

Why Tiley’s handling of Djokovic episode is raising eyebrows at IOC

The Tennis Australia chief questioned the COVID-19 protocols at the Tokyo Olympics,saying they were not as rigorous as those at last year’s Australian Open.

  • byRoy Masters
Olympics year in review:Delayed Games worth wait in gold for Australia

Olympics year in review:Delayed Games worth wait in gold for Australia

Australian athletes shone in an array of sports in Tokyo:from the pool to the track,from the whitewater to the skate and BMX bowls.

  • byPhil Lutton
Rugby Australia close in on $300m backing for 2027 World Cup bid

Rugby Australia close in on $300m backing for 2027 World Cup bid

Australia’s World Cup bid bosses are about to launch a major charm offensive in England but there are some key promises they need to lock in at home first.

  • byGeorgina Robinson
Coates to step down from AOC presidency – but stay on for life

Coates to step down from AOC presidency – but stay on for life

John Coates has confirmed he will relinquish the AOC presidency at the organisation’s next annual general meeting,but he isn’t going anywhere.

  • byChip Le Grand
Games chief going out on a golden-hued high

Games chief going out on a golden-hued high

John Coates says running the Tokyo Olympics in the midst of a pandemic has been “the most difficult exercise I’ve ever been involved in”.

  • byRoy Masters
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Why scrapping gold medal predictions worked wonders for Australia in Tokyo

Why scrapping gold medal predictions worked wonders for Australia in Tokyo

The boss of the AIS says the contentious policy helped Australia’s record-breaking Olympics as the country’s highest-funded sports all delivered in Tokyo.

  • byAdam Pengilly
‘Anger,desperation and frustration’:Readers try to make sense of anti-lockdown protests

‘Anger,desperation and frustration’:Readers try to make sense of anti-lockdown protests

Having watched violent anti-lockdown protests unfold on their city streets,readers shared their frustrations at those who flouted the restrictions,but also those in power.

  • byOrietta Guerrera
Coates’ cutting behaviour is exactly according to his cloth

Coates’ cutting behaviour is exactly according to his cloth

So Coates and Palaszczuk worked out the details of her public belittling off-stage you say? That makes no sense.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
As the world holds its breath,the Games begin

As the world holds its breath,the Games begin

These are the Quarantine Games. There are no crowds inside the venues and nowhere else for the people of Tokyo to join in. The declaration of a state of emergency killed the live sites that would have created a rolling street party across this sprawling megacity.

  • byChip Le Grand
The Olympic movement want this to be the Gender Games,but they’re struggling to sell it

The Olympic movement want this to be the Gender Games,but they’re struggling to sell it

The International Olympic Committee will have men and women compete alongside each other on the track and the in the pool for the first time. So,what else is next?

  • byAdam Pengilly