Sunday Telegraph. The 2013 Water Polo By The Sea is held at Bondi Icebergs pool. ( L to R ) Johnno Cotterill and Nicola Zagane

Olympics Water polo couple aiming for Rio double

WATER polo glamour couple Nicola Zagame and Johnno Cotterill kickstarted their relationship at the London Olympics. Now they’re hoping for a golden anniversary in Rio.

Mitchell Iles

Going places? Young gun may be diamond in rough

OLYMPIC gold medallist Russell Mark says 17-year-old Mitchell Iles shapes as Australia’s Rio wildcard if he can displace Michael Diamond.

For Melbourne Olympic Rower Kim Brennan

The Buzz When winning just isn’t enough

YOU probably haven’t heard of Kim Brennan, because she doesn’t actually do anything — other than win. But Jon Ralph says in today’s sporting landscape, is that enough?

Fatal shooting costs GB coach Rio spot

Olympics 2016 Fatal shooting costs GB coach Rio spot

GREAT Britain’s men’s hockey team manager Andy Halliday’s involvement in a police operation that left a Brazilian national dead 11 years ago has cost him a trip to the Rio Olympics.

(FILES) A file photo taken on December 4, 2015, shows Kitty Chiller, Australia's Olympic chef de mission for the 2016 Rio Olympics, in Sydney. Australia's team boss for the Rio Olympics has defended the decision on June 6, 2016, to send controversial tennis star Nick Kyrgios a 16-page letter asking him to explain his behaviour if he wanted to be picked for the Games. Kyrgios, Australia's highest-ranked male tennis player at 19 in the world, responded to the letter by declaring himself unavailable for selection, saying he had been subjected to "unwarranted attacks" from the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC). / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST

Rio woe ‘We want our athletes protected’

AUSTRALIA’S Olympic boss Kitty Chiller has called on organisers of the Rio games to beef up security after two Paralympians were robbed at gun point.

Road to Rio

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2014 file photo the Russian and the Olympic flags wave during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The credibility of the fight against doping in sports will be at stake Friday, June 17, 2016 when track and field's world governing body decides whether to uphold or lift its ban on Russian athletes ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Sports geopolitics — and the key issue of individual justice vs. collective punishment — frame the debate heading into the meeting of IAAF leaders in Vienna. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

Olympic ban Russia got what it deserved

CHEATING is one thing. Getting caught, promising to change your ways, then brazenly continuing to lie and corrupt the system is quite another.

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‘Really upset’ I’m not stealing Olympic dreams: Hayne

A WORLD away from the $1.2 billion San Francisco 49ers’ HQ, Fiji-based Jarryd Hayne has hit back at suggestions he is stealing the Olympic dream from battling locals.

Olympian miner Daniel Repacholi

Larger than life From Rio Tinto to shooting for Rio

DANIEL Repacholi, the 136kg bloke who drives a 570 tonne truck, is the biggest pistol shooter in the world and everything the two-metre giant does is larger than life.

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(FILES) A file photo taken on December 4, 2015, shows Kitty Chiller, Australia's Olympic chef de mission for the 2016 Rio Olympics, in Sydney. Australia's team boss for the Rio Olympics has defended the decision on June 6, 2016, to send controversial tennis star Nick Kyrgios a 16-page letter asking him to explain his behaviour if he wanted to be picked for the Games. Kyrgios, Australia's highest-ranked male tennis player at 19 in the world, responded to the letter by declaring himself unavailable for selection, saying he had been subjected to "unwarranted attacks" from the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC). / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST

Rio woe ‘We want our athletes protected’

AUSTRALIA’S Olympic boss Kitty Chiller has called on organisers of the Rio games to beef up security after two Paralympians were robbed at gun point.

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Scary Paralympian robbed at gun point in Rio

AN Australian Paralympic sailor and official have been threatened with a gun and robbed before a race meet in Rio de Janeiro.

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Flashing blades Afghan war veteran plans for Rio success

WHEN it comes to making his Paralympic Games debut, Afghanistan war veteran Curtis McGrath has a single golden strategy in mind.

Olympian Melissa Tapper

History Tapper brings double helping to Rio table

MELISSA Tapper is off to the Olympics, twice. Yep, that’s right, the table tennis star will become the first Australian to complete at dual Games in Rio.